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Show jjW : ' . 7 77 , THE VOICE OF DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY - Jil -' II. H : , , ,ur E XI Tv NO. 13 VOLT, 4 i I top. --4411 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2014 www.DixieSunNews.corri SPORTS PAGE 4 FEATURES PAGE 6 11,0. Both Storm basketball squads get mixed results in nonconference games DSU's Parkour and Freerun Club vaults, rolls across campus - FINANCES 4IHEDIHO ScLelatiddips, C1GD' 0 gglaRYG BY LANDEN VANCIL LandenIV Of, ...JP' 11 - ' t , L U , 4 c Students across America, including Dixie State University students, are currently taking out student loans in order to pay for the time they spend enrolled in college. Students must learn how to manage their debt, financial aid adviser Roberta Cole z said. They have to decide early to only borrow to pay r for school expenses rather maintain their desired than to lifestyle. The national maximum Lmount of money that can be borrowed in undergraduate student loans is $57,500, Cole said. Steps can be taken to ensure that students have the least amount of debt possible once graduation is upon t ' - ng what area of study you are going to major in, look into the job market and make sure that you will be able to find a job upon graduating. Just because a major is offered, does not mean there is a job market for that field of study. -- , ri , Sit, Current Dale: 11,121,,2014 Anwourt S11397.00 S331,C0 S3.7721: Sprirg 2015 Tuiton SPntrog 2015 Sludent Fees Estnated Spring 2015 Liweig Expenses , f , are Service TOTAL contents of her wallet, revealing her lack of cash and dependency on credit. Tuition, books and living expenses cost around $6,000 each semester for Dixie State University students. "Borrowing loans so that a student doesn't have to work is the first thing I caution against," Cole said. She said not only have studies proven that students e who have a job, 0 hours weekly, working part-tim- 15-2- Thank DUE: Payment necessary activity." is peer-to-pe- Firul Us On lino What's Insido 1 Opinion 3 Sports 4 Features 6 Extra! Extra! 8 Read our doily edition DixieSunNews.com Follow us on Twitter DixieSunNews "Like" us on Focebook FaceboolccomDixieSunNews be er yw for yCktir payment. January 12, 2015 PAID IN FULL prier loatiending any spring 2015 classes. Scholarships One way of staying debt free, or closer to it, is applying for scholarships. Cole said if students don't have the grades corning out of high school to apply for scholarships, Dixie State real-worl- d to provary greatly from prop-ainto the fall under but many gram, they can recall and apply what they have learned in all of their other courses," said Shandon Glib ler, associate professor of management and MUST debt manageable," said Breanna Orullian, a senior communication major from Murray. "I don't think a job has had a positive or negative effect on my grades, I just know that I need the money. Having a job is just a The capstone not simply another class, English associate professor Ali Comeford said. schol"It's more of a arship experience as opposed to a student experience," Comeford said. "We see them as now participating in the professional activity that someone would be parwho has a degree in once they leave school." ticipating said Comeford graduates with skills "Students will have to show that 5500.03 5750.00 $2,000.00 Sludent Loan finance. nt i 12.00000 Academe Scholaranp of their degree. These projects can 1 $750.03 Vcsa graduating. "In the world today, you have to have real work experience so when you are done with school, you are marketable," said J.D. Robertson, executive director of financial aid. Cole said when students work while in school, it shows they have a strong work ethic, which employers like. "Being aware and not afraid of hard work has helped to keep my student degree. A Discover CapitaP One perform better academically, but it also means they have to borrow less. Working while in school also makes students more appealing to employers after category of capstone courses. As the name suggests, a capstone is the finishing piece of a bachelor's $723 $6.007.23 Payment Received A student shows Businesses aren't scrambling to hire inexperienced graduates into their workforces. Some majors at Dixie State University are combating this by requiring students to take on a comprehensive project during the course , Dixietau Payment Description BY CODY ECKMAN Cody Eckman News i3i TY 1101 Recept Number: ISa5 John Cusiorner Capstone projects prep for real-wor- ld Arwom .410...0 . ' Work is. ' 51 GeDrge, Utak Cole said when consideri- educational debt manageable I 1 - Plan ahead Cole said staying entirely debt free may not be possible for all students, but keeping A ST;kIE 1$ Find out what the beginning salary is of the job you are working toward, Cole said. Will your beginning salary be able to pay for the debt you've acquired while in school? If the beginning salary of your desired career is $30,000 and your debt is $57,500, there could be problems in paying it off. them. A University does offer continuing student scholarships. The scholarships require that you have obtained 30 credits from DSI.J. Currently, students are required to have a 3.3 GPA see DEBT page 2 experience and knowledge in their chosen fields of study may find they still lack material for their portfolios. "The capstone gives them a professional piece to take out with them," Comeford said. "It's a great option to have for interviews and to put on resumes as well." While capstone courses are mandatory in order to graduate in many majors, professors said that they shouldn't be seen as a chore or just real-wor- ld another thing to check off an demic shortlist. aca- "I hope that students see it as something that has value for them individually and not just another set of credits for them to get through," Comeford said. Currently, Dixie has capstone classes and projects in the UdvarHazy School of Business, the corn see PROJECTS page 2 Now To Contact Us I News Tips 8, Letters to the Editor Advertising DiDdeSunDbcie.edu DbcieSunAdsDixie.edu Dixie Sun News Jennings room 134 225 S. 700 East St. George, UT 84770 Dixie Sun News 435-652-78- 18 Jennings room 134 225 S. 700 East 435-414-00- 96 St. George, UT 84770 fax: 435-656-40- 19 I |