Public Policy Draft

Rachel Letts Dr. Bodaski CAS 138T 3.24.23   Prioritizing Student Health:  Providing Curricular Flexibility for Student Health Emergencies   Introduction   Successful education, especially as it is on the collegiate level, requires well rounded environmental development. That means the anticipated expansion of knowledge and development of analysis skills. However, that also includes the physical and mental wellbeing of the students we are educating. At present, while The Pennsylvania State University…

Sweet Dreams

Serious question: You have a paper due tomorrow you haven’t finished, but you have to get up for class in four hours. Are you going to work on the paper, or go to sleep? It may seem like a trivial decision, or even a personal one. Maybe you’re thinking, “who cares if I miss some sleep tonight, I’ll make it up later”. I wouldn’t blame you, I’ve thought the same…

Power to the People

You wake up in the morning. What’s the first thing you do? Turn on the lights? Let the coffee start brewing? Maybe pop some bread in the toaster? Ok, maybe those things come second or third, but the reality is, they all require electricity. I think I can confidently say that most of us are heavily reliant on electricity in our day to day lives. Every time we plug something…

What’s on Your Plate?

If you’ve ever been a student at Penn State you’ve heard about our meal plan. Perhaps you’ve watched the money slowly dwindle, heard the stories from your friends, or experienced the all too familiar rush to find a job as you realize that funding your appetite is much more demanding than initially expected. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that food is costly. People all across the world, those who…

Deliberation Reflection

Reflecting upon our group deliberation I think that many things were successful, while there were definitely areas for improvement. Some of our strengths, I believe, were sufficiently educating the group on the problem, and the current state of solutions. I also think that while it may seem trivial, our topic altogether was a great selection for this particular cause. Not only was it a cause that impacts the entire group…