THE STUDENTS’ VOICE SINCE 1887 VOLANTEONLINE.COMWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2022 The VolanTe Coyote Football to Start ScheduleToughestinFCS USD will compete against Kansas State and top three teams in the FCS preseason poll within their first five games. SPORTS (Page 6) Art Club Plans to Help Students Destress The Student Art Alliance plans to make new changes to their club this year, among those changes will be events for the whole campus to participate in. Verve (Page 8) Housing Conflicts Leave Students Dorm-less As students moved into dorms, they were met with a unique living situation: six people living in one room together. See more on Page 2
“If students don’t get out of a lounge space before the end of the semester, they’re going to move into a brand new renovated floor for the spring semester,” Burggraff said.Burggraff said both Bur gess and Norton halls are also housing graduate students in lounges.“This is just until their lease becomes available, so we’re hoping to get those lounges opened sooner rather than later,” said Burggraff.
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Housing Conflicts Leave Students Dorm-less
As USD students made their way to Vermillion to be gin their studies this fall, some were faced with a unique sit uation regarding on-campus residency. Due to unexpected factors throughout campus, many students are left living in lounges throughout North Complex and Burgess-Norton residenceTypicallyhalls.used by students to interact with one another and do schoolwork, these areas are now closed off to those uses. Each lounge is now filled with five to six stu dents who have had to make it their “home,” temporarily.
Burggraff said. USD is also working to renovate the four residence halls which make up North Complex in the next few years, with two floors of Richardson to be completed by winter break.
“You have to have a lot of buy-in from the university as a whole and be able to look at the long-term forecast and trends of that nature. It’s millions of dollars to put up a residence hall and you don’t want to be sitting on that if enrollment goes another way. It’s a multiple year process,”
Scott Pohlson, Vice President of Enrollment, said via email the university can’t release any information re garding enrollment numbers for this fall until the South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR) makes the official public announcement. This will follow after the tenth day of classes.Withthe recent closure of Brookman Hall due to com plications with budget and building codes, the university looks to add another parking lot in its place for students to utilize.Burggraff said the decision to put up another dorm is not in the works at this time as it’s a lengthy process that requires action from not only the housing department, but also the university’s President and the SDBOR.
Burggraff referred to the ongoing housing situation as “the perfect storm of three things:” a larger incoming class, an unexpected loss of a residence hall and renovation projects.“We have a bigger first year class and we lost beds we weren’t expecting, and we couldn’t really go back on our construction plans,” Burggraff said. USD saw nearly 7,000 undergraduate students enrolled last fall with 34 per cent relying on on-campus housing.
“I was frustrated because there were problems on the university’s end with my application being processed,” Demarias said. Two of Demarias’ room mates, Raul Ibanez and David Gonzalez, both applied late which also caused them to have to temporarily reside in a lounge.“Iwas nervous because there were going to be so many of us in here,” Ibanez said. For the rest of the story, continue to page two. Karlee Phillips Karlee.Phillips@coyotes.usd.edu Madison Martinez | The Volante The class of 2026 gathered to walk with the USD Spirit Squad and The Sound of USD for their convocation in the Sanford Coyotes Sports Center.
The Lounge Life: University Housing is utilizing several lounges across North Complex and Burgess-Norton to house students. For one group of lounge occupants, the college move-in experience has been anything but ordinary.
Freshman Michael De marias, a criminal justice major, lives with four others in a lounge. He had compli cations with his application being processed late, causing him not be able to live in a traditional dorm right away.
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“I think we were on the lucky side because we got a lot of decent people living in here,” Demarias said.
As students moved back on campus, volunteers from student organizations and Greek Life helped moved their belongings to their room.
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The three feel as though the university could improve their communication in regards to upcoming details. They expressed their concerns with not being given a time frame of how long it would be until a traditional dorm was found for each of them.
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housing situations, University Housing trained its resident assistancts (RA’s) on how to handle any disagreements between roommates.
Moving Forward: While the university has received some concerns from students and parents, University Housing said it is working closely with them to communicate and distribute any upcoming details. More recently, housing has begun to move those who were not placed into dorms into ones where students did not show up. For students who are continuing to live temporarily in the lounges, Burggraff said they will receive a triple rate. All students were notified of this prior to move-in day.“We are starting to move them into spaces where students didn’t show up or canceled on move-in day,” Burggraff said, “We haven’t had a lot of [backlash] because there is light at the end of the tunnel, and we’ve treated them pretty goodUniversityfinancially.”Housing encourages anyone with questions or concerns regarding this process to reach out.
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In case there were to be issues among the roommates in these larger
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While a lack of communication was expressed from some, other lounge residents felt confident the university had communicated its intentions well withRoommatesthem.
Teclab said housing had given them a two week time frame until they would be out of the lounge. She also said the lounge life had affected her social life because of conflicting schedules and lifestyles among her roommates.
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“You have some personalities that might not work together, but you can have that in a double room as well. It’s just in these temporary lounges, there may be more of it. We encourage these residents to go to the RA’s if they do have any issues,” said Burggraff.
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“Sometimes somebody will be here sleeping and we don’t want to disturb them, so we’ll go to a friend’s dorm and stay there for a while. Space wise, you want to be alone in the room, but there’s just so many of us that we have to be cautious,” Teclab said.
Although both lounges had different experiences with University Housing during the process, there is a similar aspect between the two: the unpredicted friendships and connections which have been made along the way.
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“They’ve kept us in the loop a lot. There’s a lot of people here and we want our own room, but it’s peaceful here,” Teclab said.
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Ariam Teclab and Tewobsta Desta share a lounge with three other girls. They said University Housing has been open with them during this time and has offered insight into their next steps.
“In the face of progress, there is always a little bit of stress. This is a good problem to have in a way for the university; it means we’re growing in the right direction. For individuals, we do understand that it is a stressful time, and we ask that you work with us,” Burggraff said.
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The Biden Administration released an executive action plan for student debt relief on Aug. 24, 2022. This plan makes anyone that received a Pell Grant during their ed ucation currently eligible for $20,000 of debt relief and any household that makes less than $250,000 or individuals making less than $125,000 are eligible for $10,000 of relief if they took out student loans.This executive action
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came from months of White House conversation about canceling student debt as a way to help the economy. The doubled availability of relief of those that received Pell Grants is being favored as an action that would lessen the racial disparities in student debt and economic participation.However not everyone is in favor of the plan that leaves roughly 300 billion dollars in debt unpaid.
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Inflation is increasing on a global scale in the last year. According to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in a report with the Pew Research Center, “in 37 of these 44 nations, the average annual inflation rate in the first quarter of this year was at least twice what it was in the first quarter of 2020, as COVID-19 was beginning its deadly spread.” Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May the U.S.’s annual inflation rate was 8.6 percent, the highest since 1981, as measured by the con sumer price index. Then, according to the Pew Re search Center, Turkey has the highest inflation rate of 54.8%.Raised inflation rates is seemingly another symp tom of 2020’s COVID-19 widespread outbreak. The pandemic left both immune and economic systems compromised.
According to the New York Times, “The Republican Na tional Committee released a statement slamming the pro gram as ‘Biden’s bailout for the wealthy.’” There is also a critique in circulation stating that instead of providing debt relief the government should focus on how to better higher education so student debt does not become so preva lent.Students can sign up funds.inmationtoStudentAid.gov/debtreliefonbenotifiedasmoreinforbecomesavailableregardstoclaimingrelief
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South Dakota opened its first state-licensed medical marijuana dis pensary on July 27. South Dakota voters approved medical marijuana in the 2020 elections and now co-owners B.J. Olson and Adam Jorgensen have opened a store called Unity Rd. in Hartford. The store is a part of the larger Unity Rd. Franchise with other locations in Colorado and Oklahoma. South Dakota’s store is located at 404 West Opal Lane, and it offers many of the same products as its sister-stores.Thestore’s product will be packaged and grown in-state, specifi cally at Dakota Natural Solutions Grow outside of medicalSouthrequiredUnitywillor2021,icalCannabis,openedSanteeWessington.WhiletheFlandreauSiouxTribeNativeNationsthefirstmeddispensaryinSDintribalcardsand/out-of-statelicensenotbeacceptedatRd.CustomersaretohaveavalidDakotastate-issuedcannabiscard.
Sodexo Makes Food Changes Across Campus
On top of pricing concerns, stu dents are frustrated with the way service has been in the cafeteria. Many concerns come from the por tion sizes students are allowed. Stu dents cannot ask for double serv ings of any food and must get back in line if they wish to eat more.
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Morgan Montgom ery, cellular and molecular biology major, said the food has more sea soning this year and gives him more options.“There was a lot more variety in what they served, and it was a more diverse selection,” Montgomery said.As the year progresses, Sodexo has asked students to give feedback on the food, service and restau rants. With this feedback, students have said the price of the new WOW Café is too high. Students also have concerns that their meal plans may not last through the semester with such high prices.
“I don’t enjoy how varied the portion sizes can be when I com pare it to other people’s,” Mont gomery said.
Over the summer, USD switched food companies from Aramark to Sodexo. The change comes after the contract between USD and Ara mark expired in Spring 2022.
Sodexo served student athletes and people attending major events on campus throughout the summer and started serving the entire cam pus Aug. Sophomore22.
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Even with all the concerns stu dents have, Sodexo has continued to make strides towards pleasing the campus community. Sodexo prides themselves on being more environmentally friendly by offer ing reusable to-go boxes for $7 and not using any products that can’t be recycled or composted. Their efforts have been seen by students across campus as there are no longer any saran wrapped des serts or meals in the cafeteria.
“I enjoy the desserts. There are more options than just prewrapped cookies; there are actual desserts,” Montgomery said. The C-store in the Muenster University Center and Beede Bump have both opened as of August 30. The C-store in Coyote Village is set to open on Aug. 31.
North Dakota will be the final road trip for the Coyotes on Nov. 12. UND went 5-6 a year ago but five of the six losses were one score losses to FCS playoff teams. The regular season finale will be against North ern Iowa. The Coyotes forced three Panther turn overs in their path to a 34-21 victory last season. The magic number is seven wins to get to the FCS playoff dance. Last year the Coyotes ended the year with the magic number and got in. The Coyotes enter the season just outside the top 25 FCS poll at No. 26 and are picked to finish sixth in the Missouri Valley.
USD will play its big rival in SDSU on Oct. 8 in Brookings. Last season this game was won by a one second Hail Mary throw by Camp to redshirt fresh man wide receiver Jeremiah Webb. The play was lat er named the Sports Illustrated Play of the Year. The Jack Rabbits are third in preseason polls.
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Hall of Fame weekend is the home opener for the Coyotes where they’ll play Cal Poly Sept. 17. These two teams faced off last year where USD won 48-14.
The receivers saw many transfers and graduates, but last year’s receiving leader sophomore Carter Bell returned as the top pass catcher after ending the season with 672 yards and five touchdowns.
The defensive line welcomes back sophomore defensive end Nick Gaes and junior defensive end Brendan Webb. The two combined for 11 sacks and nine quarterback hurries.
Dakota Days will be an FCS playoff rematch from last season where Southern Illinois came out on top 22-10.After their playoff rematch, the Coyotes will trav el to Youngstown State. These two last played each other two seasons ago in the COVID-19 shortened season where the Penguins won. South Dakota will have Military Appreciation Day Nov. 5 where they host Missouri State. Missou ri State’s senior quarterback Jason Shelley is on the FCS preseason All-American first team list.
Head coach Bob Nielson will be entering his sev enth season with the Coyotes. Nielsen’s team will be led by sophomore quarterback Carson Camp for his third season where he will be joined by four return ing offensive line starters.
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The seondary remains almost intact, besides the departure of one senior safety, Elijah Reed who received a camp invite to the New York Jets rookie camp.Special teams will be in a transition year as last year’s starting punter and kicker both graduated. The Coyotes will call on Division III Weaton college transfer senior punter John Bickle who averaged 42.1 yards per punt last season. Senior kicker Eddie Ogamba looks to be the team’s starting kicker after only seeing action in two games last year.
USD will stay on the road as they take on Illinois State ,who defeated the Coyotes inside the Dakota Dome last season.
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The Coyotes finished fourth in rushing yards per game in the Missouri Valley Football conference last season and their top four rushers are returning.
Labor Day weekend is USD’s first game and will be in Manhattan, Kansas for their only FBS opponent this year, Kansas State on Sept. 3. The Wild Cats went 8-5 last year and ended the year with a Taxact Bowl win against LSU. Kansas State is coached by Chris Klieman, who was the head coach at North Dakota State from 2014-2018. As a head coach Klieman is 4-1 against USD.
The linebacker core saw three seniors who got significant playing time graduate. The unit will now hand over the keys to sophomore linebackers Brock Mogensen and Tre Thomas.
The Coyotes will stay on the road to play Mon tana the following weekend. The Grizzlies are picked to finish second in preseason polls after a 10-win season.
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As the Coyotes return to the field after their first playoff appearance, they are up against the tough est schedule in the FCS, taking on a FBS school and the top three teams in the FCS’ preseason polls within their first five games.
Shelley was the Missouri Valleys Newcomer and Player of the Year last season and was a Walter Pay ton Award Finalist in his first season as a Bear.
The reigning FCS champions, North Dakota State come Vermillionto Sept. 22. NDSU has won nine of the last 11 FCS Championships. The Bison are the pre season favorites to double down in Frisco, Texas.
The Coyotes opened their season with a game against No. 4 Louisville Aug. 26. South Dakota lost all three sets (25-14, 25-14, 25-20). Junior out side hitter Elizabeth Juhnke led the match in kills.
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South Dakota’s second game on Aug. 27 was against Northern Ken tucky who beat South Dakota last season in the Cardinal Classic in Lou isville. This time, the Coyotes won, defeating the Norse in three sets (2523, 25-13, 25-23). Juhnke would again lead the Coyotes in kills with 14. The final game of the Coyote Clas sic was against the Missouri Tigers. USD won the first two sets 25-15 and 25-22. The Tigers then won sets three and four 25-16 and 25-21. This took them to set five where the Coyotes won 15-13. Williamson became the winningest coach in USD volleyball history with 165 wins. Juhnke also reached her 1000 career digs.
Off of their Summit League Tour nament title and an NCAA Tourna ment appearance, the South Dakota Coyote volleyball team kicked off their 2022 season hosting the Coyote Invi tational Aug. 26-28. Bringing in teams such as Missouri, Northern Kentucky and No. 4 Louisville. These were the first games without middle blockers Maddie Wiedenfeld and Claire Gerdes, outside hitter Sami Slaughter, setter Madison Jurgens and defensive specialist Brooklyn Bollweg. Leanne Williamson brought in six new players including four freshmen.
The four freshmen are setter Madi Woodin from Omaha, defensive spe cialist Kamryn Farris from Lansing, Kansas, outside hitter Avery Beckett from Waverly, Iowa and middle block er Alexis Moses from Fairfax, Iowa.
The Coyotes then face Cornell on Sept. 16. The Bears and the Coyotes have never played each other before. The final game of the Bulls Volleyball Invitational will be against USF on Sept.
The two transfers are sophomore out side hitter Keyauna Linwood from Jacksonville and junior defensive spe cialist Alaina Wolff from Wayne State.
USD’s next three games will be held in El Paso, Texas for the Border land Invitational where they will play Portland State, New Mexico and Uni versity of Texas El Paso (UTEP). South Dakota’s first matchup will be against the Vikings Sept. 2. The second game is against the Lobos on Sept. 2. The third game will be against UTEP on Sept. 3. The games will be South Dakota’s first time meeting all threeUSDteams.will then head back home to host the South Dakota Classic. They will be hosting California State Uni versity Bakersfield (CSUB), West Vir ginia and Northern Colorado. The first game will be against CSUB on Sept. 9. USD has only played against the Roadrunners one time in the school’s history. Game two will also be on Friday against West Virginia. West Virginia made the NCAA tournament last sea son falling in the first round to Illinois 3-1.The last game for USD will be against Northern Colorado on Sept. 10 at the Sioux Falls Pentagon. Both teams have a long history of play ing each other having 29 total games played between them with the Bears winning 26 of the matches including the last time they met in 2018. North ern Colorado also made the NCAA tournament but fell to Washington State in the first round.
South Dakota will then head south for the Bulls Volleyball Invitational for their final non-conference games. This tournament will have the teams Stetson, Cornell and University of South Florida (USF). Game one for the Coyotes will be against the Hatters on Sept. 16. The Coyotes won the only matchup in 2012 when they swept Stetson 3-0.
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The Omaha Mavericks sit in third position behind the Coyotes in the preseason poll They play each other on Sept. 22 at home. Omaha won the regular season championship with their record of 16-2. The Denver Pioneers are projected to win the Summit League this sea son, and will play the Coyotes on the following Saturday at home. These two teams split the series last season with both matches going the full five sets.After those two games, the Coy otes will go on a four-game away stint as they will play North Dakota State (Sept. 27), in-state rival South Dakota State (Oct. 1), St. Thomas (Oct. 6) and Western Illinois (Oct. 3). After the four road games, the Coy otes will come back home and play Oral Roberts (Oct. 13) and Kansas City (Oct. 15). The Golden Eagles were one of the three teams to beat South Dakota last season as they split the season series 1-1. South Dakota also took both games against the ‘Roos last season.South Dakota will then head west to play Denver (Oct. 20) and south to play Omaha (Oct. 22) in their second matchup of the season. USD comes back to Vermillion to play in-state rival South Dakota State for their second matchup of the year on Oct. 28. The Coyotes defeated the Jackrabbits in all three games they played last year including their final game in the Summit League Tour nament semifinals where the match went to five sets. USD will then head north to Grand Forks to play their first game against North Dakota on Nov. 1. South Dakota swept UND both times they met last season.Following the game in Grand Forks, the Coyotes will meet once again with Western Illinois (Nov. 3) and St. Thomas (Nov. 5) both in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. After the home stand they will trav el south to compete against Kansas City (Nov. 10) and Oral Roberts (Nov. 12).Following those road games will be South Dakota’s final two games of the regular season. The first will be against North Dakota State on Nov. 17. The next game will be senior day for South Dakota against North Da kota for their final game of the regular season on Nov. 9. The Coyotes are expected to fin ish in second place for the Summit League according to the Preseason Polls with a record of 20-10 and a con ference record of 15-3.
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low key, low stress and somewhere anybody [involved in SAA] can bring their art to,” said Titze. A smaller goal Reiffen berger has is to share her knowledge of art with those who may not have as much experience.Thepresident said SAA welcomes all majors, how ever there will be critique practices art majors can join. As an art major, Reiffenberg er said she wished she had more practice with critiques. Titze and Reiffenberger also hope to provide a few demonstration classes in fu ture
Submitted Photo | The Volante The club hopes to provide demonstation classes sometime in the future semesters. Helping them share their knowledge of certain crafts with other students.
Taylor Titze, vice president of SAA, said she wants the club to be a resource for students in whatever way will benefit them.SAA president Grace Reiff enberger said the club’s over all goal for the year is to focus on recruitment. They plan on doing this by being more active on campus and grow ing their outreach on social media.Asa way to get more stu dents involved, SAA will ta ble in the MUC more often, especially during the holi days. Reiffenberger and Titze are working on having small crafts students can partici pate in, whether for an hour or even five minutes. The SAA also puts on art sales each month in the MUC, which is how Titze first got involved with the club. Titze has sold many differ ent types of art including paintings, jewelry and prints. Anyone involved in SAA is encouraged to participate in theTitzesales. said a change the club will make this year is increasing the number of art sales they do each month. In the past, there was only one art sale a month. Now, there will be two a month which will help the group get more recognized on Reiffenbergercampus.and Titze are both working on proj ects to aid SAA members in garnering more exposure for their“We’reart. trying to partner with the Washington Pavil lion to get some student art out there,” said Reiffenberg er. Along with the hope to showcase art at the Washing ton Pavillion, SAA said they are working on coordinating and organizing some exhib its that students can partici pate“It’sin.
One week into the school year and students are already trying to find ways to de stress. One club has a plan to help students do just that. The Student Art Alliance (SAA) is striving to give stu dents a creative outlet and let them think about some thing other than schoolwork.
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Step 7: Don’t overfill your dryer! If you overfill, your clothes will take longer to dry or they won’t dry all the way.
Step 5: After the washer is done, don’t transfer your clothes to the dryer yet. Check and empty the lint trap. Typically it’s located inside the dryer’s door.
Step 1: Always look at the care instructions on your clothes. Yes, that’s important. The label will tell you the temperature, how gentle of a wash and if you should tumble dry or air dry your clothes. If there are no care labels, here’s a guide to the different temperatures:
Step 6: Generally each dryer will have air dry, gentle, permanent press or regular as a setting. Remember to look at the care instruc tions on your clothes to see which setting you should use. More than likely if your clothes can be washed in hot water, it can be dried on
Step 8: After your clothes are dried; fold or hang your clothes. Then, you’re done! -Hot water should be used when your clothes are very dirty but colors are more likely to bleed or fade and your clothes can shrink. Wash your towels, bed sheets and whites in hot water.
-Colored clothes should be washed in warm water. Using this tem perature can still cause some fading and shrinking, but not as much
Step 2: Check your clothes and spray your stains! It is more difficult to remove them after they’ve been washed and dried.
-Whites/Lights -Darks -Delicates Towels -Cold water is the best choice if you don’t want your clothes’ color to fade or shrink. Delicates can be washed in cold water.
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Step 3: Sort, sort, sort. Even though it’s a pain, it’s necessary. Sorting allows your clothes to last longer. It also prevents your clothes from fading. Sort your clothes into these categories: Step 4: Then detergent. Regardless of if you use pods or liquid detergent, your detergent will go in the machine before your clothes.
According to Bankrate, since 1980, the price of college has increased by nearly $20,000, with account taken for inflation. This means students are taking out more student loans and consequentially, having to pay more back. Of course, student loan forgiveness is a step in the right direction, but there is more our federal, state and local governments should be doing to supportDespitestudents.thisincrease in the price of college, federal assistance has not increased at the same rate. The maximum amount of Pell Grant funds that have been given out has not kept up at the same rate, according to a press statement released from the White House on Aug. 24. It feels like each
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There is an inherent question of fairness in this argument, but being fair does not justify the suffering of others.”
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The Biden Administration has recently announced they would be canceling up to $20,000 in student loan debt for borrowers who make less than $125,000 per year. Biden’s plan is to cancel $20,000 of debt for qualifying students if they received a Pell Grant and $10,000 for other students. This would help millions of Americans and college graduates pay off their loans faster or pay them off completely. But this loan forgiveness is not going far enough and doesn’t address the outrageous prices college students pay to receive a collegiate education. The reality for college students is we’re paying much more for college today than our parents did.
Even though $10,000 is a hefty sum in the right direction, the average amount of debt for students who took out federal loans is $37,667, according to the Education Data Initiative. Many students will still have plenty of debt on their shoulders even after some of their debt is forgiven. Lowering the price of college to more manageable levels and holding public universities accountable to the way they are spending money should be done as well. One major question for the Biden administration is what about everyone else, all the people who did not go to college or who worked really hard to pay everything off? There is an inherent question of fairness in this argument, but being fair does not justify the suffering of others. Just because one person struggled doesn’t mean everyone after them should have to. Instead, we should try to make college more accessible and stop the outrageous inflation of college tuition. The Biden administration has thrown out a life preserver with the cancellation of student loans but it not enough to keep many students afloat in their sea of debt.
by light pollution. Light can attract bugs and repel ani mals. For example, if a patio light remains on during the night, bats will have a dif ficult time hunting during theEarth’snight.ecosystems are also dependent on regu lar cycles of natural light. Plants, just like humans, need a consistent day and night and man-made light can cause issues with growth.Notonly is light pollution an issue, it can also cause a depletion of resources. Excessive use of light and energy contributes to the unnecessary use of natural resources. But the simple solution of just turning the light off won’t work. Light, especially at night, provides protection for people who are out in the dark. There have been many ways to stop light pollu tion. Devices like dimmers, motion sensors and timers can help reduce the average light pollution levels as well as help people save money. As of now, there aren’t a lot of people focused on the issues. But slowly, people are beginning to recognize the impact of light pollu tion and its potential to cause more problems in the future.While smaller towns like Vermillion don’t have much of an issue with light pollution, there is still a noticeable difference from looking at the night sky in town than from a mile away.
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Raymond Hull explains at least 70 percent of com munication is nonverbal, meaning body language plays a crucial role in form ing connections and creat ing meaningful interactions in our daily lives. By properly observing others’ bodies and facial movements, people can decipher whether or not someone is comfortable in a certain situation, enjoys one’s company or is a genuinely confidentUnfortunately,individual.the art of
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On college campuses, it’s extremely evident, where students rarely interact with new people (soberly) unless they’re in class or another social gathering which will force interactions. People use social media to conceal insecurities and present who they would like to be rather than who they are, and it can create ungenuine situations.Because of the lack of awareness regarding nonverbal cues, people are becoming socially crippled in terms of understanding another’s true intentions. Their focus is on words, which is problematic because words, when used methodically, can make anyone seem trustworthy or empathetic. Essentially, it’s imperative to acknowl edge this issue and take measures to remedy it so we don’t begin to lose our ability to empathize. On a positive note, peo ple are beginning to realize the negative effects of technology and how it hurts our ability to form connections, and there is no skill that cannot be re learned once it is lost. If in dividuals strive to truly see others and are observant and attentive in conversa tion, quality communica tion will become possible again.Hopefully, people will begin to see this and at tempt to understand others through honest, in-person interactions.
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driven generation begins to lose the skills to cultivate quality relationships.
Any topic, including the word pollution, will have an obvious negative conno tation. Water, air and land pollution are all well known and prominent issues in recentUntilyears.recently, it was my understanding light pollution didn’t have many consequences. As far as I knew, light pollution made it harder to see the stars at night in cities and larger towns. Compared to carbon emission, lack of recycling or lack of fresh water, light pollution seemed to be low on a long list of environ mental problems to be fixed.However, from my brief Google search, it has come to my attention light pollution is a major issue and will only create more problems in the future.
There are four main types of light pollution. Glare, which is brightness causing visual discom fort for both humans and animals. Light trespass is light falling where it isn’t intended or needed. This type of light pollution in cludes street lights shining into apartment or resi dential windows. Clutter light pollution is bright and confusing groupings of light sources and causes problems with animals who use night vision as well as disturb nocturnal animals. This type of light pollution is a completely man-made issue. Skyglow pollution is what I knew about. It’s the light surrounding cities which blocks out the night sky.There are many negative effects of light pollution on people, animals and sur rounding ecosystems. Humans possess a circadi an rhythm, this means the body requires regular light and dark hours to function at its best. The natural days and nights the Earth and Sun provide give people regular hours for being awake and asleep. When lights never turn off, the circadian rhythm can get interrupted and disrupt sleeping. As all students know, a regular sleep schedule is important to remainAnimalsfunctioning.arealsoaffected
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