Whether or not I agreed with the articles on the Sentinel,
they all seemed interesting to me. Two
articles in particular got my attention.
First, “Student petition for extended hours at the Commons”, March 17,
2015 and “Report pushes In-State Tuition for Immigrants”, October 13,
2015. The March article argued that the
Commons dinning should open past 8:00 pm from Monday thru Thursday in effort to
accommodate working students.
Apparently, there have been 400 signatures collected to make this
happen. The Director of Culinary and
Hospitality Service argues that if the demand is there, he has no problem with
extending hours of operations as needed; however, there is a cost associated
with the extended hours and if students are able to cover this cost, this is
basically a non-issue. The students
that signed this petition are okay with the cost being added to everyone with a
meal plan. What’s frustrating to me is
that I have a meal plan which I didn’t ask for; therefore, I would be stuck paying
yet another fee for something that doesn’t apply to me. Awesome!
The October 13, 2015 The article asked: “How can in-state
tuition given to undocumented immigrants affect KSU”. Pretty loaded question in my opinion. I couldn’t agree more with the Director of
Global Admissions, Julio Espana. “It’s
hard to take a side. I believe in
education and we should be supportive of everyone, but having said that, I
think they should go by the law, follow the rules and then be able to have
in-state tuition.”
I think both articles have some validity. I will say that I was very upset that I had to have a meal plan, but it is based on the amount of credits I have and then the number of meals I get charged for will decrease. I will also say that I find it very nice to actually have meals, I have found myself on campus and hungry and have been grateful to have a meal plan.
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