Making Sense

In this episode of Making Sense, Drew and Caleb discuss their frustration with bad news and how they hope to fight it! Sponsors: The Car Company - www.facebook.com/The-Car-Company-103911829964586/ Dog Ear Books - www.ilovedogear.com/ Time Stamps: 4:15 - Las Vegas shooting. 22:47 - Why we're sick of bad news, and helping a community in need.

On this episode Drew and Caleb discuss the recent controversy between Arkansas Tech and the Arkansas State Legislature, Hurricane Harvey, and the 'beautification" of downtown Russellville. Sponsors on this episode: 1. Rivertown Bank - www.rivertownbank.com 2. Feltner's Athlete's Corner - www.facebook.com/Feltners-Athletes-Corner-220005604694241 3. French Noodles Boutique - www.facebook.com/shopfrenchnoodles 4. Joshua's Fine Jewelry - www.joshuasfinejewelry.com 1:53 - Arkansas Tech vs the Arkansas State Legislature, why is ATU receiving half the funds of its closest peer institution which has less enrolled students? 21:45 - Hurricane Harvey, just how bad is it? What you can do to help. 34:15 - Downtown Russellville, is there a major problem with the construction of our city? 40:44 - Stupid stories of the week.

Sponsors on this episode: Joshua's Fine Jewelry - www.joshuasfinejewelry.com Sportscene - www.facebook.com/SportsceneOfArkansas On this bonus episode of Making Sense, Drew is joined by Alderman, Nathan George of the Russellville City Council and Operations Manager at Joshua's Fine Jewelry. Together they discuss the difficulties of proclaimed confirmation bias in local/national news and the controversy surrounding Russellville's new aquatic center. Introduction, who is Nathan? - 1:56 Confirmation bias in local/national news - 5:21 Russellville Aquatic Center - 26:40 Push for new technology jobs - 1:01:57