The Echo: February 10, 2012
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SOUNDS SINGS SWEET FIND YOUR SOULMATE . TRACK OPENS WITH TAYLOR MELODIES RIGHT NOW INVITATIONAL A&E Life & Times Sports Volume 99 “It was a little faster for him, and he was so ready to say ‘I love you.’ That was one of the things that, in my heart, I Number 15 wanted to be so sure about before I ever said those three words. I never wanted to take them back.” Phyllis Bedi, 10 FEB 2012 Life & Times World INFLUENCED Taylor is continuing its sus- CAITLIN WILSON ing Commons. VOTERS tainability initiatives by par- EDITOR IN CHIEF Although this is Taylor’s ticipating in Recyclemania, an first year of involvement in eight-week national competition among Recyclemania, Crosby will compare this more than 500 colleges. year’s percentages to statistics he compiled “I think a lot of Taylor students are pas- from years past. sionate about really good things, but for GreenWaste.com says 75 percent of the most part, sustainability — creation waste is recyclable and should be recycled. care — isn’t really one of those issues as According to a report Crosby wrote for the Life & Times it would be on your average university, the past three college campus,” said Kevin “If you’re not going to eat it, years’ recycling diversion Crosby, Coordinator of Stew- don’t take it.” rates at Taylor were 21 per- BEDI JUST ardship & Sustainability at cent. That means 79 percent Taylor. of what was thrown away, Recyclemania began Feb. 5 and contin- the largest percentage of which was food, SAY YES ues through March 31. Winners are deter- went to the landfill. mined in part by highest diversion rate “I think food waste is about 30 percent of (percentage of total waste recycled), per our waste on campus by weight,” Crosby capita rate (amount recycled/campus popu- said. “If you’re not going to eat it, don’t lation) and waste minimization (trash and take it.” recycling/campus population). During past recycling-awareness events, Opinions Taylor’s statistics will be compiled from Taylor students sorted through trash and campus-wide trash and recycling amounts, found that 30-50 percent of what is thrown including those collected from Hodson Din- away is recyclable. The university’s diver- sion rate could be above 50 percent if these OBAMA’s recycables were recycled. On average, the university generates BIBLE 733,000 pounds of trash per year. Recycling weighs in around 173,000 pounds per CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 IN BRIEFS Tim Riethmiller ‘THE GREAT DIVORce’ by Infographic DISCUSSION AND PERFORMANCE Discussions of C.S. Lewis’ “The TUITION CUTS INCREASE Great Divorce” will be on Feb. 15 and 20 at 5 p.m. and Feb. 18 resident Obama’s State of the Union Address on Jan. 24 CHRISTEN GALL “Let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can’t stop at 10 a.m. P largely focused on the economic state of America, laying out STAFF WRITER tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will These discussions are preced- a blueprint of an American economy built to last. One area of high go down. Higher education can’t be a luxury — it is an economic importance to college students pertained to his statements on rising tuition costs. imperative that every family in America should be able to afford,” said Obama ing the main event of profes- The State of the Union Address was not the first mention of the president’s surrounded by a room of applause. sional actor Anthony Lawton’s proposal to cut tuition. Obama’s re-election campaign calls for college aid by the But higher education continues to be a luxury for many. performance of an adaption of federal government to be based on a university’s affordability. “Of course higher education is a luxury,” junior Mark Wysma said. “It’s higher the book on Friday, Feb. 24. During a speech at the University of Michigan Jan. 27, Obama announced a education. It’s in the name. It’s something not required but available. It will For more information, visit the plan that would increase funding for Perkins loans to $8 billion and the creation always be a luxury, and as long as there is one wealthy person able to pay for a of a $1 billion grant competition for states that keep college costs down, according high-priced school, that person will attend because it gives him an advantage C.S. Lewis Center in the lower to The New York Times. over everyone else.” level of Zondervan. With college tuition rising faster than inflation and theA merican public “I think it is a luxury, meaning privilege,” said freshman Charissa Lucas. “It OBAMA HEALTH CARE owing more than $600 billion in college debt, according to business writer James should be available for people who want to go to college but can’t afford it.” AFFECTS EMPLOYEES Surowieki of The New Yorker, these tuition cut proposals appear to voiced at Luxury or not, colleges and universities have a choice to make concerning exactly the right time. Obama’s threat to take away government funding. As of next year, organizations “Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, is an extremely useful “I suspect this statement will be more meaningful to some colleges than to that provide health care for metric, but it doesn’t necessarily accurately measure the costs incurred by a col- others,” Olson said. “For those who receive large amounts of money from the employees must cover contra- lege to provide a high-quality academic experience,” said Taylor Vice President federal government, they will be incentivized to meet his request. For those who ceptives, sterilizations and abor- of Finance Stephen Olson. “At many public colleges, budgets were historically do not receive much funding from the federal government, this statement will tifacients. built assuming a certain level of state funding. Now that state funding to these not be as meaningful.” colleges is being reduced, tuition is rising to fill that void.” Olson explained Taylor does receive federal funding, but the majority of the This includes Catholic universi- Obama’s plan to combat rising tuition costs remained vague during the State funding goes directly to students to pay their bills. He believes Taylor admin- ties, which strongly oppose any of the Union Address, but his intentions toward institutions unwilling to lower istrators are already striving to keep tuition low while still providing a quality form of pregnancy prevention. prices was clear. education. The announcement was given three days before the annual March for Life. For more information, visit www. IS UNPAID UNLAWFUL? frcaction.org. MAHE STUDENT KARA HACKETT ber of unpaid internships have risen at Taylor, as well. WINS AWARD NEWS CO-EDITOR “Nowadays you see a lot more unpaid opportunities, and I think that has to do with the economy,” said Direc- SIX CRITERIA FOR Daryn Dockter recently won Unpaid internships face scrutiny after a former intern tor of Career Development Jill Smith. UNPaid, “for-profit” best thesis award for this past filed a lawsuit accusing fashion magazine Harper’s However, Smith says today’s interns — regardless of year for his work on the Upland Bazaar of allegedly violating federal and state wage and pay — are receiving more valuable experience on the PRIVATE SECTOR Prairie Restoration. The thesis hour laws, according to The New York Times. job because companies have more high-profile projects INTERNSHIPS: was entitled “Spatial and Tem- Claiming unpaid internships contribute to unemploy- available due to high unemployment rates. She encour- poral Boundary Dynamics in a ment by creating “class divisions between those who can ages students to apply for internships and plan ahead. 1. The internship is similar to Tall-grass Prairie Reconstruc- afford to work for no wage and those who cannot,” the “You can’t know everything ahead of time, but I think training given in an educational tion.” lawsuit was filed Feb. 2 in the Federal District Court in every internship should have a full job description, and environment. Manhattan. you need to know ahead of time if it’s paid or unpaid,” WEEKEND WEATHER Intern Xuedan Wang and her law firm plan to make a Smith said. “The student really needs to own that infor- 2. The experience is for the ben- class action for all unpaid interns at Hearst Magazines, mation. Employers should be upfront about that, and I efit of the intern. which also owns Cosmopolitan, Seventeen and Good think most of the time they are.” Today Housekeeping. Junior professional writing major Drew Neuen- 3. The intern does not displace “Unpaid interns are becoming the modern-day equiva- schwander has submitted applications to be an unpaid regular employees but works under 36° lent of entry-level employees, except that employers are summer intern at the “for-profit” literary agencyA live close supervision of existing staff. not paying them for the many hours they work,” accord- Communications and the nonprofit parachurch organi- 16° ing to the lawsuit. zation Focus on the Family. Planning to be compensated 4. The employer derives no imme- Hearst officials said interns are compensated with with course credit, he claims the value of an internship diate advantage from the activities Saturday academic credit, and prospective interns are made well depends on the intern’s perspective. of the intern. aware of these arrangements. “If you view an internship as the employer offering 25° However, legal issues surrounding unpaid internships you a training course, then that’s a value add to you,” 5. The intern is not necessarily have been given careful consideration for the past few Neuenschwander said.