Murder Board: year two; Catching up with crows in spring quarter By Chloe Peterson
For the final week looking into the University of Washington’s Daily News Outlet, a piece was featured and placed front and center on the website, as it is the top story from this week, with the most views. It centers around the crow populations around campus, where one student has become known as “the crow guy” and will routinely receive crow pictures and questions about their behavior and body language. The point of view appears to be from the author, Chloe Peterson, but it never mentioned their year, major, or any background information about them. The only thing the readers are given is that they are part of a research lab for animal behavior, where they focus on crows. They state the shift to more scientific research on the crows around Seattle, opposed to the simple interest in the campus’s avians when the journal first began a year ago. The author shares the behavior they have witnessed alongside peers who write for the column, and describe the experience with great detail. I thought this article was interesting since it appears so popular with students on campus, even though it is less of a news story than other posts.
