During Tony Norman's speech at California University of Pennsylvania on March 27, he spoke about his job at the Post Gazette as well as some popular stories in the news lately. While not a lot has been going on at Cal U recently, a story that has been extremely relevant in the city of Pittsburgh was the death of K-9 police dog, Rocco. Norman said that this story has been the biggest news story when it comes to readers of the Post Gazette. For those of you who don't know the story, Rocco was on a run with his partner when the suspect that they were after stabbed him to death. Norman said that his paper covered that story like it was "The death of the pope." He talked about there being a "passion for dogs" within the audience and that there is more passion for this animal than there is for learning about Obamacare. I do find this situation to be interesting because it did become a huge deal to many readers of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Though I believe it is a sad story because no one wants to see a death to anyone, I thought people were interested in this beyond belief, including me. The main reason that I was so interested in the story is because I felt bad for Rocco's partner. Coming from someone who has had to experience the death of a dog, I understand the feeling of losing "Mans Best Friend." Though this story really blew up and become a phenomenon amongst the other stories that have been talked about lately in the Post Gazette, I think this story really hits hard to people who really relate to this emotional loss of a canine companion.
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AuthorJose Negron is a junior at California University of Pennsylvania and the Sports Editor of the Cal Times Newspaper ArchivesCategories |