Discussion Summary

I see that many people have summarized discussions lately, but I am actually scheduled to do so and therefore, there will be some overlap.
During the last week, we have talked a lot about Jamboree. Basically, an accurate summary of the discussion could be as follows:
Emily: Jamboree sucks
Nic: Okay, why do you think that?
The rest of the class and Emily: silence
Nic: Does anyone else agree?
The class: nods, blank stares, more silence.
As one can see, the class was not very productive on that Tuesday, but Thursday was much better. There was class discussion, once again about Jamboree, but this time about alternatives to Jamboree. The other class thought up a rather in-depth proposal about alternatives that involves courses about current events. Our class took that proposal and debated the pros and cons. I think about half the class thinks that the new current events based-course would be better, while the other half admits that Jamboree is not great, but think that a total new course is not necessary.
One good thing about the current events course is that there could be a more shared experience for freshmen, but with the various aspects of current events, I think that people would have the same differences as they do now. Also, with the system the way it is, there are bound to be at least a few different FYS's that a person is interested, but with current events, there could be many people who are only interested in one or two areas, which could fill quickly and cause problems. Personally, I think that neither way is great, but with a few changes, the current system could be improved immensely and that throwing away a whole course is how we got onto the current FYS system.