ABC News has been covering the deal that hundreds of colleges and universities in the USA have made with a catalog company that has very, very few items that are made in America. (Hundreds of thousands of college students shop from this catalog and are unknowingly damaging our already-hemorraging economy.)
Likewise, the ABC news coverage has touched on the number of items in college bookstores that are NOT made in America.
This might make a very good and interesting story for The Johnsonian, our campus newspaper, to localize to Winthrop.
Has Winthrop cut such a deal with this same catalog company?
Also, what's the status of goods that are for sale at our university's bookstore?
I took a casual stroll through there yesterday and saw some apparel that was "Made in Honduras."
Reason this is an important story is that hundreds of thousands of American jobs could be saved or restored if USA colleges and universities were more "Made in America" conscious.
Winthrop talks over and over about being globally conscious.
All well and fine, folks, but let's not forget to buy American whenever it's possible.
Here's the ABC News video (worth watching for sure):
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