Headphones Volleyball Living vegan matter, here is starts hot at Southern why PAGE 9 PAGE 4 PAGE 8 WWW.THESOUTHERNNEWS.ORG SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 VOL. 54— ISSUE 15 Italian Club fundraises for the Harvey Relief Fund Scholarships available for students every month By Alex Palmieri For the 2017-2018 school year, the cost of attendance at Southern is $25,840. Because of this, Lewis DeLuca, coordinator of Financial Literacy and Advising, said he wants students to know there are scholarships available every month that students can apply for. “It’s kind of a win-win for the student and the company,” said DeLuca. There are roughly seven scholarships that students can apply for in the month of September alone. On the Southern website, there is a scholarships tab that lists every scholarship students can apply for and what month the scholarship deadline is. DeLuca said this is helpful to all students since nobody wants to be in large debt coming out of college. “What I learned through other colleges that do financial literacy is they wanted to reduce the debt for their students,” said DeLuca. “Indiana Univer- sity was the first to do it. So they send these debt letters.” Debt letters is something DeLuca will send to the seniors at Southern. It basi- cally says how much a certain student owes in loans. DeLuca said by the student A group of participants in the bocce event. PHOTO |PALMER PIANA looking at their debt firsthand can make them more aware of the situation. Trace Malone, a senior business By: Josh LaBella for Hurricane Harvey that swept Lisa Vitale, a professor of added that she expected more management major, said the scholar- through Texas, leaving many Italian that also helped raise before the event came to a ships online are a great opportunity without homes, clothes and little money for Hurricane Harvey, conclusion. for students to have. He said it will do A $2 donation not only gave to eat. Scotto said the event said all funds will go to the “All kinds of people have students well in the long haul since most students an opportunity to play lasted a little over three hours Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund stopped by to play a game, also students have college debt. a game of bocce, but to also and she was proud of the funds and all victims that were a part to donate,” said Vitale. “I think this is good for the commu- possibly save lives. that students offered. of the hurricane will receive Evan Saunders, a sophomore nity,” said Malone. “I want to apply for All donations from faculty “We have had some great donations. She added the day English major, said his family’s some scholarships to reduce my loans so and students went to the interest,” said Scotto. “This is the fundraiser was held was the friends were impacted by the this might be a good starting point.” Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund of definitely a very fun game; it’s perfect day to have it. hurricane since they live in Malone said he has a lot of tuition that the American Red Cross. All were easy to play and easy to learn.” “The day ended up cooper- Houston. is piled up from the years he has been at welcome to the event. Scotto said there is not any ating as far as weather goes,” “The situation is they live in a college. But because of the scholarships, The event was held Thursday particular goals that they set to said Vitale. “And it is pretty two-story apartment and their Malone said his fees can decrease since Sept. 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 fundraise, but she was happy close to when the hurricane car got swept away and the first there are scholarships every month. p.m. Anybody who wanted to with the progress that was made happened. We tried to organize floor of their apartment complex “It definitely is a good thing that this could donate a couple dollars in throughout the day. it quickly and get it going.” is completely flooded,” said university chose to do this because it can exchange for a game of bocce. “Any little bit helps toward Half way through the fund- Saunders. “So, if I can help out in decrease the loan payments that I have Deanna Scotto is a part of the the Red Cross foundation,” said raiser, Vitale said she was happy any way I can, I will.” to date,” said Malone. “I hope I can get as Italian club and was one of the Scotto. “Whatever we can do is with the amount of donations many scholarships as I can.” people holding the fundraiser our goal.” they received. However, she Malone’s main reason to apply for SEE PHOTOS PAGE 14 scholarships is to owe less money after he graduates. Because this is his goal, Malone said every little bit counts. Whether it’s $1 or $1,000, he said he is up for applying for scholarships on the Southern website. “Since they’re every month I’ll defi- Hiring freeze forces administrative assistants to split time nitely look into it,” said Malone. “I mean what do I have to lose?” Malone thinks there is a lot to gain from these scholarships that Southern By Josh LaBella is ofering every month. He added that commitments for the next fiscal departments. that did not mean he was no because tuition is so much nowadays, year, until they had a better “There has been some moving worried about it. everyone should apply. sense of the budget outlook. around of clerical positions to “Some secretaries are split “I think everyone should be doing Tracy Tyree said that because She said that is something that try and optimize the positions in between two and sometimes this,” said Malone. “This is something that of the hiring freeze, some affects every department on academic affairs,” said Tyree. three departments,” he said. “That is important for everyone.” secretaries have to split their time campus. Kevin Butterbaugh, the means a lot of the time they aren’t Naia Smith, a sophomore psychology between departments, and there “Any department or division chairman of the political science there and the work can fall to the major, is a transfer student from a univer- is no end in sight. that has a vacancies, either that department, said secretaries head of the department, which sity in Tennessee and said she thinks the Tyree, the vice president of vacancy is going to remain frozen are some of the most important makes running the department a scholarships that Southern is offering is a Student Affairs at Southern, said until the freeze is lifted,” she said, people on the university’s lot harder.” great opportunity to get money. the hiring freeze came about last “or we had to go to the system campus. According to him, the Over a dozen secretaries were “College students are always strug- spring. office for permission to search for problem is not Southern’s fault asked about the issue declined to gling,” said Smith. “If it’s out there I don’t “The freeze was a system that position.” but it has huge implications on go on record. understand why people wouldn’t do it.” freeze,” she said, “not a university According to Tyree, the univer- the students and the faculty. Lisa Curley is a secretary Now that Smith knows about the freeze. It came about as a result sity did get initial exception to “[Secretaries] are the face of currently working for two depart- scholarships that can be applied for every of the uncertainty of the state hire the faculty that were already the departments,” he said. “When ments, both journalism and the month on the Southern website, she budget. The Connecticut State in line to be searched for before Southern students are looking for Honors College. Before that, she said she will get to applying. Because it is College and University System the freeze went into place. She help and the department’s door is worked for the chemistry and free money, Smith said she would apply. instituted a freeze for all 17 said that the remaining vacant closed, what is that supposed to environmental science depart- Though she does not know the exact institutions.” positions have been filled in any tell them?” ments. number, Smith said she does owe a lot in Tyree said the system needed way they could be, including by Butterbaugh said it had not tuition funds to date. to be conservative in their fiscal splitting secretaries between affected his department yet but “I think this is a great opportunity,” said Smith. PAGE 2 NEWS SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 U-Pass Expanded by University to Include Trains By Jenna Grace so even the students who do not rely on bus or train transpor- While New Haven may not be as big of a city as New York tation regularly should take advantage of it.” City, traffic and pollution still affect our everyday lives. South- Southern has traditionally offered students a complimen- As a graduate student she is not permitted to take advan- ern’s promoting of public transit reduces the student’s cost as tary bus pass with student status, and this semester they have tage of the service, but says she has seen “many students’ well as Southern’s need to invest in things like parking, road decided to offer not only a bus U-pass but also a CT Train pass. needs be met just to get to school” with the free student bus work and repair.