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O pinion E d i t o r s ' C o m e r : Jena Boehnke and Dana Miller J i b b e r J a b b e r What is your solution for Carroll's dorm crisis? Editors in Chief Jena Boehnke Dana Miller Faculty Adviser Brent North up Editorial/Design Wayne Klinkel Lacey Middlestead Layout/Design Emily Madieros Sarah Smith Sapphire Carter Copy Editors Kirsten Rotz Kelsey Fallis Photogsaphers Gary Marshall Caitlyn King Lead Writer Raven Dry den Staff Writers Erin Johnson Nathan Kavanagh Reed Baker RyannLannan Kelly Meros Kimberly Wlggs Carly Garrison Jon Men Caitlyn King Cathy Davis Cory Crouser Jay Bouchard Marcie McCarvel Brandon Saiki Nick Carroll Rayme McKelvey Jordan Cade Kirsten Rotz Katie Cummings The Endless Abyss: Life without fall break We don't know about the rest of you out there, but the first month of classes here at Carroll College has been hell. Getting back into the swing of things is never easy, but this semester feels like a never-ending parade of homework, tests, and papers. Yes, we understand that this is college. It's supposed to be hard. However, in the past, right around this time of year, we would be looking forward to a special relief from the madness of our classes: Fall Break. Sadly, however, this break has been taken away from us (without the consulta tion of students, we might add), leaving us with a two-and-a-half month stretch of endless classes and stressful nights without sleep or rest, broken apart by a two day \break\ at the beginning of next week. The most ridiculous part of this story is that the administration actually believed that this would improve the retention rate amongst freshmen. However, we're not sure how a crash- course into college survival is going to accomplish this goal. We know person ally that we would not have survived our freshman year without that little respite. The first semester of college is hard; stu dents are pulled away from their families and thrown into classes, work, and inde pendence. A short break - to lighten the burden of transition - was very welcome after five weeks away from home. And it's not easy for upperclassmen either. We are nearing the end of our college experience, and our classes are only get ting harder and more intense. Dropping out sometimes seems like it would be a welcome relief from stress, especially when we are forced to deal with the fact that we have no relief on the horizon. We understand that the schedule is set for this semester. Obviously, despite the protests of students and faculty upon the change's announcement, the administra tion has decided to go ahead with their sneaky decision to take away our fall break. However, are you truly going to make us suffer for two years to simply try and prove a point? Are the actions of two freshmen (who apparently never returned from fall break last year) really worth the punishing of your enire student body? Are you positive, beyond a shadow of a doubt that those students would not have dropped out at any other time? We understand that retention is im portant; Carroll is a business, after all. But don't risk losing more students by increasing our stressors at the beginning of the year. \Admit Less Students!\ -Nick Jenkins, junior computer science, Bellevue, Wash. \Build another dorm for juniors and seniors.\ -Shelby Goodrich senior, community health. Portland \Build a new dorm building for upper classmen.\ -Angela Keller, junior, accounting. Portland \Only mandate one year of on campus living\ -Adrienne Culliton senior, education. Great Falls \The obvious solution would be to build a new dorm or college apartment.\ -Gerard Arroyo, junior, nursing, Tulare, Calif. \Not requiring sophomores to live on campus.\ -Jared Noyd sophomore, political science. Anaconda, Mont. \Develop dorm rooms like the Chinese develop apartments: everyone gets an eight by five space with a TV on the wall.\ -Ben Johnson senior, political science. Spokane \Make the plans for new dorms a reality\ -Callie Hanson junior, pre-nursing, Choteau. Mont. \More off campus living.\ -Katherine Serrano freshman, nursing Tukwila, Wash. \Build more on campus apartments.\ -Easton Pad den senior sociology. Laurel. Mont. \Only require freshmen to live on campus.\ -Katie O'Leary junior, biochem and education, Santa Clara. Calif. \Either build more dorms or don't let as many freshmen in...keep Carroll prestigious.\ -Grady Sinton junior, biology. Choteau. Mont. 1 I t # - OPEN ROUSE J Y00 ARE INHIIED! m ■ %■ Thursday, O ctober 11, 2012 v f l 1:00 - 4:00 PM Borromeo Hall East Student Services Departments Invites everyone to visit us In our new location in Borromeo Hall; 0 Career Services and Testing / Internships $ ARC - Audfm ic Resource Center v Audoinlc Advising v Education Abroad and International Programs <r Humtiiusen Center for Peace A Justice * Veterans' Services H i OUR M W WSS „ JOIN US K )R H O « DOfUVRES, ANO MEET THE STAFI THAT’S HERE TO SERVÌ VOUI 2 The Prospector Thursday, September 27, 2012
