Student directed play to give proceeds to LGBTQ community
A Ball State student directing a play will donate the proceeds to an organization that benefits the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.
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A Ball State student directing a play will donate the proceeds to an organization that benefits the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.
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As the cost of higher education is rising, students are faced with more debt from student loans. A report released by the Project on Student Debt at the nonprofit Institute for College Access & Success ranked Indiana 11th highest in the nation for the average amount of student loan debt. In 2011, 70 percent of Ball State students graduated with debt. The average amount of debt of those graduates was just more than $25,000. Rebecca Howerton, a 2010 Ball State grad, said she left school with the same amount of student loans. “A lot of people go to sleep with these stomach cramps because they can’t think about anything but their student loans. Everybody’s got them,” she said. “You’re rare if you don’t graduate with student loans anymore.” During her time at Ball State, Howerton studied education. After graduation, she was a teacher for a year, but now she works for an insurance company. Because she spent money on a major she is not even using, Howerton said “a big part of me feels” regret. “You have to declare bankruptcy due to something you can never get rid of,” she said. “That’s the scariest part about them, I think.” Because of the current situation, Howerton said she thinks the government should reform the loan system. “Everybody this age is graduating with $30,000-$70,000 in debt to go get a $30,000-a-year-paying job,” she said. “Either people are going to quit going to school, or they’re going to have to do something about it.”
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After Superstorm Sandy has killed at least 105 people in the U.S. and caused more than 3.5 million power outages, people across the country are dealing with the ramifications of the storm. One group at Ball State is doing its part to help. The Atheists for Science and Reason set up tables two days last week to collect donations for Sandy victims to send to the Red Cross. Kyle Stormborn, president of the group, also has set up an online donation page.“Hopefully people realize that we’re not trying to do anything with atheism for this event,” Stormborn said. “We’re sincerely trying to raise money for victims that were impacted.”The American Red Cross is responding across multiple states after the effects of Sandy on the East Coast. “This will be a large, costly relief response and we need help now,” said Charley Shimanski, senior vice president of Disaster Services for the Red Cross in a press release.The group has raised $671 as of Saturday, surpassing its goal of $500 in less than a week.Stormborn said he was not expecting a lot of donations, because college students generally don’t have a lot of money to give.“[Before, I thought] if we raise $100, I’ll be happy. Whatever we raise, I’ll be happy because any amount helps,” he said. “But the fact that we’re up to $671 is huge. I’m really happy about that. I’m proud of the group; I’m proud of Ball State for donating so much.”The group also used email and social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook to spread the word to their friends and family. “People mostly donate money to us online; it’s more convenient, especially for students,” said Nick Klemm, treasurer of Atheists for Science and Reason.The group still plans to set up tables in the Atrium and Teachers College next week.“We felt that it needed to be done,” Stormborn said. “They need all the help they can get, so we might as well do our part to try and make it a little easier on them.”Because the group taking donations is affiliated with being atheist, Stormborn said he originally had some concerns.“The main thing that I was trying to say is in the end, we’re all humans,” he said. “And we all need to help each other out regardless of what our religion is, what nation we’re from, what we look like. It doesn’t matter. We need to help each other for the sake of helping each other.”Students can donate at the tables next week or at crowdrise.com/asratbsu.
After Superstorm Sandy has killed at least 105 people in the U.S. and caused more than 3.5 million power outages, people across the country are dealing with the ramifications of the storm. One group at Ball State is doing its part to help.
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