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September 11, 2019 Vol First football Involvement Football loses tailgate of the fair encourages home opener to season inclusion Gannon College Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 WWW.THESOUTHERNNEWS.ORG SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 VOL. 57— ISSUE 2 Move in delayed by financial aid issues Under staffed financial aid office results in failure to review financial aid packages leaving holds on student accounts explained their reasoning. $5,000 on the spot. By Jackson LaMar “This summer was “If I wanted to move in News Reporter unusual- unlike any other that day, I would have to summer. We were busier pay $5,000 out of pocket,” For most students, than normal but we were said Urbanowicz. financial aid is the also short staff[ed],” Cotto The issue was out of determining factor in said. “While that was no hand for the office, and whether or not they can fault to the student, we did even with temporary help, attend college. However, the best that we could, here work could not be done in for students such as art in the office, with the staff time. education major, Ewa we had. So everything was “In the interim, we Urbanowicz, a freshman, delayed this summer.” were able to bring in the university’s financial Due to the fact that the some assistance to help. It aid struggles over the Office of Financial Aid just wasn’t in time to get summer prevented her and Scholarships failed everyone in, in time,” Cotto from living on campus. to award a number of said. “I got the email saying students their financial aid Due to this incident PHOTO | JACKSON LAMAR that I was ineligible package on time, numerous occurring over the summer, Financial aid office located inside of the Wintergreen Building. to move in two days the financial aid office is students were not cleared will hopefully be resolved on time and were awarded “I need to know what before the move-in day,” working towards making to move into their dorms. and will not happen again, late, we came together financial aid is doing in Urbanowicz said. “Luckily I sure the delay will not Without their financial aid according to Cotto. as a university and tried order to do my job well had somewhere to stay, but packages, students were happen again. The financial aid office the best we could give the when sitting one-on-one think about the students not able to pay their tuition “We are actually worked closely with The circumstances that we had,” with a student” DeLuca transitioning at the who live out of state.” for the semester, and they Student Accounts Office said Cotto. said. The Office of Financial moment,” said Cotto. “We were considered ‘non- this summer in roder to The financial aid office This situation displaced Aid and Scholarships, have a new director that compliant.’ extend the due dates for also worked with the many students and caused located in the Wintergreen Although students were started in August and we students to pay their bills, Office of Financial Literacy. plenty of inconveniences building, is responsible for encouraged by faculty to go do hope to be able to hire while also holding some Student financial literacy for families. This is a type awarding students their to the Financial Aid Office some new people.” classes as well. and advising coordinator, of unforeseeable situation financial aid packages. students to address their The summer brought “While we know Lewis DeLuca, expressed where one hopes it will When asked about the concerns, in order to do so, unusual circumstances that [ the financial aid the importance of working never happen again, but if situation, Associate according to Urbanowicz, to the office, but with the applications were] applied with the Financial aid it does, it will, like it did this Director, Wanda Cotto, she was required to pay new director, this issue office. fall, make for a huge issue. LiveSafe app and blue lights together keep campus safer lights around campus, LiveSafe app is really which are emergency where the future is telephones located heading,” Dooley said. throughout the university Although the and are activated with a number of students push of a button, have actually downloading been reported broken. and utilizing the app “They’re in the process is minimal, Dooley of being repaired. There and the entire police are approximately 100 of department are working them on campus,” Dooley with different programs said. “The system office on campus to spread is working on it with IT. the word. He said all the It’s not exactly clear why incoming freshmen and they aren’t working.” transfer students have Dooley said although been given a presentation a few blue lights might regarding how to use and be removed, he defends get the app. the use of them despite According to Dooley, newer technology a lack of exposure coming out. is to blame for why “They’re in prominent registration for the app is locations, and they do low. Last month, roughly serve a purpose, and 1,500 students had signed PHOTO COURTESY | LIVESAFE hopefully we’ll have them up for the LiveSafe app, Opening page to the LiveSafe app on mobile cellular device. all up and running soon,” according to Dooley. In he said. the past 30 days, there By Amanda Cavoto according to Southern’s Psychology major useful to all students, but Despite the blue lights have been 561 new website, it “provides Cara Richardson, a specifically first-years. being repaired and members and, 77 of them Arts and Entertainment Editor students, faculty and staff sophomore, said the “They’re still unsure remaining throughout signed up in the past with a direct connection app’s feature of SafeWalk, The LiveSafe app was about the campus. They the campus, Dooley seven days alone. to campus safety so that which, according to the described by Chief Joseph could be traveling and said he hopes the newer “I thought the jump everyone can easily Southern website, is a Dooley as a “walking possibly just take a wrong technology of LiveSafe would be higher,” Dooley communicate all their “GPS-tagged monitoring encyclopedia of all things turn. It’s definitely a will take over campus said. “It was slow.” safety needs. It is an easy- feature to let your Southern.” reassurance thing to have communications. Dooley said that to-use feature help you friends and family keep The app was adopted in your phone, right in “[The blue lights] are exposure of the app is stay safe every day and you covered until you by the university and your pocket, wherever really not used as much. all people need to see enable us to better protect arrive safely to your introduced to the you are,” Richardson said. It’s an older technology, its value and create a you.” destination,” can be campus in June 2018 and, Some of the blue so I think eventually the campus-wide download. See Livesafe Page 2 Disability Resource Center not utilizing student note takers not providing quality notes. 48 hours. have documentation, that By Tamonda Griffiths “Our main goal is the With the previous note- deserve it.” Editor-in-Chief student,” said Adele. “That’s taking system, Associate According to Tetreault, And Jessica Guerrucci our focus, helping the Vice President and only 60% of students who Managing Editor student out and looking Dean of Student Affairs needed notes were being for different technology Jules Tetreault said two serviced, leaving the other Southern’s need for and resources to help them issues were surrounding 40% without notes or low- student note-takers has with regards to the learning providing equal access. quality notes. been eliminated with the process.” “Trying to assure, one, That problem would introduction of a new According to their that the student that is now appear to be solved system called Note Taker website, Note Taker receiving the notes is with Note Taker Express Express. Express is backed by “a getting high-quality servicing 100% of students, The issue with the talented human note taker” notes because that’s an however, concerns previous system, said that can get students notes equity issue as well,” said still arose on campus Disability Resource Center at the turn around rate of Tetreault, “and also that surrounding the audio director Goldie Adele, is their choice, which in this we’re able to provide taping of classrooms. PHOTO | TAMONDA GRIFFITHS student note-takers were case, Adele said, would be notes for all students, that Associate vice president and dean of Student Affairs See Notes Page 2 Jules Tetreault. Page 2 news September 11, 2019 and workshops regarding recording classes through the whole identified if they use their Livesafe the LiveSafe app. Notes audio recording, we’re class and so, if it’s not a cell phone as a recording Nursing major Katie already providing note- lecture-oriented course Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 device, Shea said. Gaccione, a junior, said taking, it’s just a different and you’re having a Another concern Last semester, a volatile “The company is although she saw the avenue of how to.” discussion, a lot of the brought about by the exchange between a really growing. I don’t email about LiveSafe, she Tetreault said he information is gonna be change in policy is professor and student normally advocate for did not really understand understands the concern hard to follow.” the idea of intellectual was captured on a cell one company but I think how to access it. and thinks it can be Shea said he and fellow property. phone, which sparked they’ve captured the “I’ve heard of it, but I discussed, but is not members of the School “So, people might not conversations amongst things we need to help never looked into it or convinced it is not of Arts and Sciences were want to be recorded for faculty and staff on keep the campus safe,” really know what it is or something they should be notified of the change on the sake of, you know, whether or not students said Dooley.
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