Why those Hamline students are recording everything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfG1523MZgg

During my December college winter coverage, I ran across the vlog (video log) of Hamline University student Ruby Crews of Arizona. She recorded her own reaction to her first blizzard and posted it to the university’s Web site.

Turns out she’s part of a crew of video bloggers for the university — students who spend their time recording all aspects of campus life. (Sounds like a smart move — great fodder for prospective students, and I bet it’s cheap and effective marketing, too.)

They’re the subject of an episode of the Life to the Max show above.

About the blogger

Alex Friedrich

afriedrich@mpr.org

Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.