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' , , , .4, , r , , , ';') ,,Y w; - "..,- , -- . - LI I y '- - ..$77 t ., ' '',' .4oP I ... 1 4 , , . . - a i ' -, - - -- - - , ' JI",-,- , N.. , ,C I , i '' -- J, er- , . , I : - -- 1 ,i.. - , !1 (:., . , , ' i 1 , ' ,,, , 't , 'it , 4 p .... -'- ' I 4 0 1...w4At ,. a 4 1,, -, 411.........,,, ) i 1 Audience members hold up signs as Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, gives her speech on the second night of the 201 2 Demo- cratic National Convention, News Editor Markee Heckenliable says defunding Planned Parenthood would leave a lot of women without proper healthcare. 1, BY MARKEE HECKEN LIABLE other female college students, that isn't the case. House Speaker Paul Ryan has been a huge part of the face that's trying to defimd Planned Parenthood. This was evident Thursday as he mentioned at the CNN town hall debate he doesn't want taxpayer funding to go to Planned Parenthood because of the amount of abortions it performs. Ryan also mentioned this funding should instead go to local health centers. While all of this may seem like a good plan at first, if Planned Parenthood is actually defunded, a lot of women will go without birth control or many of the other services it provides like STD testing, pap smears, cervical cancer screenings and breast exams. Say what? Yeah, Planned Parenthood actually does more than abortions. markeekaeDSN De funding Planned Parent- hood would be tal for What do you think about defunding Planned Parenthood? Tweet us your thoughts using women across America, especially female college students. I know, you're probably sick and tired of hearing about Planned Parenthood, but listen up. This is important. I consider myself one of the lucky ones. I'm still on my parents' insurance plan, so getting birth control or any other kind of d health service from my gynecologist isn't that big of a deal But I understand for female-relate- Voice0fDixie cost-wis- e. According to plannedparenthood.org, "one in five women in the U.S. has visited a Planned Parenthood health center at least once in her life." Besides helping with unwanted pregnancies, Planned Parenthood also provides 270,000 pap smear tests, over 360,000 breast exams, and more than 4.2 millions tests for sexually transmitted infections each year. Local health centers are great, but requiring birth control coverage may not always be possible depending on your insurance plan. Planned Parenthood makes it possible for a young college student who may be tying to make ends meet get birth low-co- st control. Some argue that college students don't need birth control and should be focusing on their schooling instead of be ing so but college sex-craze- d, students should be considered adults. According to the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals website, methods of birth control can be pricey depending on if you have insurance or not. Birth control pills can cost $15 to $50 a month, and the Nexplanon arm implant can be up to $800 without insurance. Another thing Ryan mentioned at the CNN town hall debate was by funding local health centers instead of Planned Parenthood, there will be fewer controversies. Controversies can follow anyone or any place. So, let's stop treating Planned Parenthood as just a controversy surrounding where their federal funding is going to. We can sit here and look at different statistics about Planned Parenthood, not knowing whether its services are 94 percent abortion services or 3 percent are abortion services. But we can't deny that Planned Parenthood has provided a lot for women and taking away its funding doesn't make sense. Even though I don't personally rely on Planned Parenthood, when I have children I want them to know they have a place to turn to, besides myself, if they're scared. If you don't rely on Planned . Parenthood for health services or if you are n, then that's fine. But someone you know or love may be relying on it. Don't sit back; speak up. The U.S. House of Representatives will vote whether or not to defund Planned Parenthood, so make calls to your congressional representatives. material would ;Working through school a perk for students benefit both DSU, students Open-sour- ce employer needs you to come in because your has called in sick. Balancing when homework can be done and when to work can be quite the task for even the most experienced of students. Sometimes getting less sleep or missing time with family or friends is a sacrifice I've made in order to make sure I have money coming in, and I am getting good grades. I work e two jobs and go to school Not a lot of the on time side, but it spare mind of knowing brings peace I am handling the struggle of BEAUX YENCHIK 3 aBeauxYenchik .'"1 LETTERS 1 TO THE EDITOR SU li letters to the editor to DixieSundixie.edu. 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We typically try to budget for anywhere from I our date if we are sitting OK er I If there is one thing about college I will value as much as receiving my degree, it will be about the life lessons I learned by working my way through school. As nice as it would be to have had my parents pay for my education, I am thankful that they didn't. Those who don't take the time to work during their college experience are at a bit of a disadvan- money-wis- money gets tight, it is important to be able to know where every dollar comes from and goes. When paying for your own school, you are much more careful about how you of times where that , dinner date or activity doesn't ( to we need because happen University make sure we have money lower could for rent or groceries. Our date the amount allotment doesn't seem like of students much, but when money is who gradu, ' tight, every penny counts. ate in debt Lastly, I think that if stureplacby dents work their way through e textbooks with ing school, they can feel that vvhich is material material, sense of accomplishment and available free online, and supsatisfaction it can bring by plying students with the class knowing that they truly earned materials they need. every aspect of their college DSU has some of the lowest experience: mentally, physituition and fees in the state, but cally and emotionally. Every the total cost of attendance is minute spent at that mediocre still around $17,000, with over and minimum wage job made $1,000 going toward textbooks the whole college experience and class materials. worth it. According to the College These same feelings of acit Board organization, complishment can't be felt by the average student spends those who have mom and dad S1,298 an academic year on pay for college. This is a lost and class supplies. If books art among many who strive you add this price to housing, to earn their undergraduate tuition, fees, food and transdegree. If you don't have a job portation, students paying for now, I would suggest getting their own education often can't - : open-sourc- e. non-prof- one. , - !, L , ' spend your money. Adulthood is filled with V :it living expenses, medical I It bills, car problems, birthday r, ,V p i t, 1 presents, and miscellaneous shopping sprees. By keeping track of their money flow, students can be ready for life's K I ; unexpected events because zt how they will know exactly have. much money they 0 Time management becomes , w cZ0, another life lesson students schoolz. .7 who pay for their own demand Teachers learn. Freshman Mark Cosentino, a computer science major from Garfield, New ing for homework be done, Jersey, works in the Trailblazer Café. Staff Writer Beaux Yenchik says students who pay for their own schooling are more motivated to succeed. while at the same time, your 1 .i $ k k . 0-- cn , , , , .,, ., ,, - , X , cal science adviser, said the average class fee for a physical science lab class usually These ranges from $60-10fees cover everything from lab equipment to consumable materials for experiments that are replaced on a regular basis. Yet, students are still asked to buy lab coats, goggles, and other class supplies because of the science department's small 0. Dixie State - succeeding in both. My situation may be a little different than some students at Dixie State University because I am married. Because my wife and I both attend school, it is essential we work in order to have food on the table and be able to pay the power bill. There have been times for us when decisions are made to go without something in order.to make sure something else is paid for. My wife and I try to go on at least one date a week. tage. By choosing to work and pay their own way through college, students enter the adult world better prepared. Budgeting can be a crucial skill learned while paying for your own schooling. When hannapollockDSN There have been e. a number part-tim- full-tim- BY HANNA POLLOCK afford the costs and have to take out loans. Lucas Batin, a freshman biology major from St. George, is a prime example. "Luckily, 1 get my brother's old textbooks," Batin said. "If didn't get his books, I would a semester on spend $500-60- 0 books alone." Batin said science classes (especially the ones with fees) often have expensive books as well as supplies like goggles and lab coats students have to purchase on their own. He had to take out student loans this semester to help cover the cost of his schooling. David Burr, a DSU physi budget. According to the Project on Student Debt by ticas.org, the average debt of graduates at DSU in 2015 was $16,302, with 86 percent of graduates in debt. I have had to take out loans myself, even with several scholarships, just because the cost of schooling is so great. A group of colleges in Virginia and Maryland are replacing textbooks with open-sourmaterial, and these changes could save students as much as 81,300 a year. Achieving the Dream, an education advocacy group based in Silver Spring, Maryland, is supplying the colleges with grants to help fund the prop-am. If we adopted a similar program at DSU, and minority students would no longer face financial barriers that keep them from paying for school out of their own pockets. e over the work summer, but when school comes, all of my money is gone the day I pay for tuition and books. If DSU replaced textbooks with open-sourc- e material and provided more class supplies, students like me could save money. Sure, doing this would only save students several thousand dollars a year, ce low-inco- full-tim- but that amount may prevent them from taking out loans. |