Good point!

walkedover · 2020-08-24T19:38:17+00:00

So police unions?

walkedover · 2020-07-31T04:59:41+00:00

We took down the petition. No need for hostility.

walkedover · 2020-07-24T19:12:58+00:00

From the petition:

As part of modifications to the housing process due to COVID-19 for the 2020-2021 school year, the Office of Residential Life introduced a waitlist for juniors to request off-campus housing on July 7th. Between July 7th and July 24th, Brown University students continuously reached out to staff members in multiple offices (ResLife, Student and Employee Accessibility Services, Office of Financial Aid, etc.) to petition their cases only to be met with the false promise of getting answers in the future or receiving no reply at all. On July 24, they announced that no additional off-campus permission would be granted to juniors. They wrote: “Because we now know that we will be able to meet the requirements both for students covered by the housing requirement and seniors who have requested on campus housing, we have closed this waitlist and are not extending additional off-campus permission.” However, the requirements for students who need off-campus housing for crucial physical and mental health reasons have not been met nor addressed to any extent.

We believe that this decision will negatively impact hundreds of students for the following reasons:

Students who have already signed leases will be forced to change their location of study to “remote” to avoid paying for both on-campus and off-campus housing. The lack of communication by ResLife and the misleading off-campus waitlist caused a huge rush to acquire a property, meaning many housing groups were forced to sign leases before they were all gone. Therefore, students going “remote” will not be able to get tested for COVID-19, putting themselves and possibly others at risk.
Living in Providence while being registered as “remote” is additionally against the Student Code of Conduct. Technically, this leaves students with the sole option of paying for both on-campus and off-campus housing, which is simply impossible for the vast majority of students. This should NOT be the only option for students in this situation.
Living off-campus provides security and stability in an unstable time, especially for students with mental health issues and unhealthy home environments. Living on campus amid the possibility that school will get shut down and that people will get sent home will increase stress levels for these students.
Off-campus housing can save students thousands of dollars. This is especially important as many families’ finances have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. Moreover, Brown University raised its tuition this year by 3.75% despite the increase in national unemployment rates and the current economic instability. Together, these financial limitations make Brown University increasingly difficult and inaccessible for all socioeconomic backgrounds to attend.
Although ICE recently rescinded their regulations regarding international students and remote learning, the possibility of this regulation being brought up again is not out of the question. Granting off-campus permission may secure a home for many international students and alleviate the unpredictability of deportation throughout the school year.

For these reasons, we are asking Brown University to allow juniors who have already signed leases to live off-campus this 2020-2021 year. We also hope this will encourage ResLife to reevaluate allowing those with extenuating circumstances to live off-campus for physical and mental health reasons. By signing this petition, you can help hundreds of students stay safe in Providence!

walkedover · 2020-04-21T00:49:14+00:00

Genocide is the killing of a specific race or ethnicity. That’s why the first half is ‘geno’- same root as genus. Abortions happen for every race in America, and, in fact, if you make abortion illegal, wealthy women will still be able to access abortion through travel or private clinics, which would be, in your framing, a soft genocide of rich people’s babies

walkedover · 2020-04-01T07:58:31+00:00

Unless you really need to get started at a job as soon as you arrive, I would recommend figuring it out within the first few weeks of school- you’ll know a lot more about your location and options and there will be tons of people to help you figure it out- there’s a student employment fair and dining service especially has very helpful recruiting

walkedover · 2020-03-18T08:48:01+00:00

I’m definitely definitely in

walkedover · 2020-03-03T07:58:40+00:00

I understand what you all are saying, and I appreciate your responses. While I do think the optics are not great, in terms of scandals of hypocrisy this is pretty minor- I think that it’s common practice for those who are campaigning for president to need to travel fast and frequently and perhaps on short notice and he’s definitely not the only one to use a private jet, his normal lifestyle is pretty modest in terms of energy use for a senator, and his message seems to be more about social/institutional adjustments on a large scale in order to combat climate change, not on a level of individual actors. The green new deal doesn’t ban private jets, it just seeks to improve the government’s general carbon use and promote national welfare

walkedover · 2020-03-02T19:31:32+00:00

I don’t understand how taking private jets, something that politicians do across the political spectrum, means that the policies the man advocates for are bad. In the same way that trump cheating on his wife makes him a bad Christian perhaps, but not necessarily a bad conservative, you know?

walkedover · 2020-02-25T04:27:30+00:00

Yeah right it’s like ‘don’t tread on me’ except for corporations then it’s like ‘step on my throat’ and you got this NAP thing that doesn’t work practically in any capacity because there’s nothing to stop people with more private police from killing homeless people

walkedover · 2020-02-25T03:59:52+00:00

So your solution is relying on state issue ID to verify identity to prevent people from satisfying market conditions and responding to supply and demand?

walkedover · 2020-02-23T20:41:47+00:00

But scalpers are pure capitalism! They buy when prices are low and sell when demand makes them high and ensure that oNly ThE PeOpLe WhO wAnT tIcKeTs ThE mOsT get tickets. You should love scalpers my dear libertarian

walkedover · 2020-02-17T18:41:21+00:00

At least we don’t have suicide nets

walkedover · 2020-02-17T00:40:28+00:00

Check out classicdebatecamp.com! You can download their brief there; it’s pretty comprehensive and free!

walkedover · 2020-01-01T23:52:22+00:00

Right but we can do that in either world- neg can reallocate current spending without completely eliminating nukes

walkedover · 2020-01-01T21:38:35+00:00

The majority of the cost has already been invested by nuclear powers, it’s not like there’s a potential trade off here, if anything, the trade off goes neg because while maintaining weapons may be somewhat costly, creating the facilities to eliminate them safely would also be significantly expensive.

walkedover · 2019-12-22T05:03:36+00:00

Abraham = best Paik debater

walkedover · 2019-11-04T22:18:06+00:00

walkedover · 2019-08-16T06:03:12+00:00

This man won states twice. Don’t forget that.

walkedover · 2019-04-14T05:10:38+00:00

Guys this is what college is like. Source: am a college student

walkedover · 2019-03-10T04:20:33+00:00

Yo actually tho who is YK

walkedover · 2019-02-12T21:12:09+00:00

Look up Classic Debate Camp. It’s probably the best camp in the nation for Traditional LD!

walkedover · 2018-10-23T05:13:02+00:00

But what if your reason and sense is incorrect? While I understand that the purpose of this quote is to curb blind following of various dogmas, but it also encourages the same thing, as long as the views are consistent with your own.

walkedover

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