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qqueenofhades · 2 years

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You're pretty smart, and you know your politics, so I have a question I want to ask. Leftists claim Biden has enough power to cancel student debt, and I'm wondering if that's actually true? So can he? Or is it a lie?

WELP. This has been one of the biggest talking points ever since Biden took office, and there have been rampant bad-faith misinformation, exaggeration, and general disingenuous attacks that have largely or entirely come from said Online Left. Right-wingers are screaming about how Biden's an illegitimate fraud who stole the election from God King Trump and is a socialist and evil Plotter Against America and so forth, but the left? They think Biden's the devil because "he hasn't cancelled all student loans!!!" Which, you may remember, he a) never actually promised to do outright, and b) this whole "Biden is worse than Trump because he hasn't given ME a pony, and therefore I am morally justified in withholding my vote from the Democrats yet again" is about as immature, sociopathic, and selfish as it's possible to get, especially when the other party has gone full masks-off fascist and is preparing its second coup attempt and end of American democracy in plain sight. So.... yeah.

The actual facts as to whether Biden has the authority to just wipe out the $1.7 trillion of current outstanding federal student debt are, to say the least, complicated. As I have said before, I am not unconcerned about the issue. I voted for Elizabeth Warren in the primaries largely because she made full cancellation a priority, and I have a lot of debt from three degrees (especially my master's degree) which I am, barring a sudden economic windfall, deeply unlikely to ever actually pay off. So yes, I would like to see the development of a policy to both permanently get rid of my loans and make sure that future generations don't have to be saddled with this unjust lifetime economic burden. As with most things, this is Ronald Reagan's fault. Once Reaganomics became the central economic planning strategy, and taxes for wealthy individuals and corporations were drastically slashed as a result, that meant there was no more money left over to either automatically pay for college or have it average $50 a semester. The student loan debt crisis is a predictable result of deliberate and repeated Republican policy: make the rich richer and make the poor poorer by forcing them to take out loans that they are unlikely to pay back, because we need to keep more money for the richest 1%.

Biden is the first president since Reagan to actually and forcefully denounce "trickle-down economics" and state outright what we can all see: that the policy doesn't work. However, since it's been the guiding principle of American and global capitalism for 40+ years, you can't just snap your fingers and reverse all the effects, and that's where the student debt debate gets really stupid. Online Leftists are the kind of people who strongly believe that all the problems in America could just be fixed if Biden and the Democratic Party "tried hard enough," and the fact that they "haven't tried" and/or succeeded in everything is proof that they don't care and that they're evil and etc etc worse than Trump voting is bad I am a very moral and progressive person who performs purest wokeness on the Internet!! So that's the approach that they're taking to the debt crisis. The fact that Biden hasn't snapped his fingers and wiped out the $1.7 trillion existing debt means that he doesn't care and he's evil, end of story.

You might recognize this as a risibly simplistic and nonsensical "analysis" that doesn't take into account any actual facts and mostly serves to stoke outrage and increase anti-voting and anti-Democratic sentiment in leftist online circles. And yet, it's pretty much the dominant philosophy, because fantasy worlds and magical thinking are much easier than comprehensively reasoning through the problem and coming up with a realistic, tenable, and long-term solution. It's substantially unclear whether Biden has the executive authority to just handwave away almost 1/20th of the USA's entire GDP (which was $23 trillion in 2021). That debt is managed by large companies, tied up in other investments, traded on the stock market, and otherwise treated like any other financial commodity, and it's unclear what just evaporating it would do. It's not fair, you say? Welcome to capitalism! Student debt is currently an integral part of the American economy, and with inflation and gas prices staying high and dark whispers of a recession that could hit just before the November midterms, Biden is going to be cautious about taking sweeping and unprecedented actions that might have a knock-on effect and hamper the ability of Democrats to be elected and/or keep the House and Senate, which is already going to be an uphill battle. Which is... not wrong.

This also involves a fundamental misreading of what the executive branch is and is not able to do. As noted, a significant chunk of the Online Left thinks that Biden can just wave a magic wand and fix everything, and/or write an executive order and solve the problem. First, executive orders are NOT magic wands, and second, they're temporary fixes at best, because the American system is purposefully designed NOT to centralize all unaccountable power in the executive branch, because it was founded on the kind-of-important idea that we shouldn't have a king. Obviously, recent Republican presidents have tried to use it in exactly that way, which has led to the grossest abuses of power that we have seen in possibly the entire history of the institution. If Biden did issue an executive order to cancel all student debt, it wouldn't be a magical and instantaneous fix; it would direct the relevant federal departments to come up with and implement a solution. That would still take time and effort to figure out and would involve all the factors previously mentioned, and I can guarantee that 48 hours after he did issue such a hypothetical order, there would be Online Leftists bitching about how it hadn't happened yet and therefore wasn't good enough for them.

Obama's second term and most of Trump's ill-fated single term were run by executive orders, because Obama had a hostile Republican-controlled Congress blocking everything and Trump was just too dumb and impatient to go through the legislative process, because he didn't care about anything except his own power and grift. That was why, in both cases, it was easy to get rid of some of the most egregious policies; you just issue an executive order to reverse the last one. It's also why any executive-order-based solution would be vulnerable to reversal by any Biden successor. If, God forbid, Ron DeSantis or some other aspiring Trump clone won the presidency in 2024, he could just issue an order cancelling the program. But Online Leftists don't get that either and likewise don't have the patience or understanding of the deeply flawed American legislative system, especially now that one of the two major parties has abdicated all interest in responsible government and just exists to pursue white grievance and fascism. Plus, the Democrats have a barely operable Senate majority thanks to Manchin and Sinema essentially functioning as Republicans. If you want a legislative solution that will be more workable, wide-reaching, and harder to undo, yet again, you need to elect more and better Democrats. But since voting is anathema to certain types of Online Leftists, God forbid they do that.

Besides, I don't know if they've heard of a certain branch called the federal judiciary, but it's been making major problems for both Biden's administration and the rest of us. (I'm expecting SCOTUS to drop Dobbs either next Monday or the last Monday in June, so... farewell to legal abortion in much of the country because "SCOTUS isn't important and I'm not voting for Hillary Clinton!") Anything that Biden does via executive action is subject to challenge and review in the courts, and since there have already been plenty of Trump-appointed judges striking down his policies, it’s foolish to think that such a drastic action as student debt cancellation would just slide right on through without being challenged by the latest asshole Republican AG who wants partisan points for stonewalling “Biden’s reckless economic policies!” And as noted, due to the four years Trump and McConnell spent stuffing the benches with partisan hacks, there’s every chance that said challenge would succeed. Then that would somehow also be Biden’s fault for doing it via executive order and not legislation, which the Online Left would suddenly remember as existing after all. There’s really no way it could ever be good enough for them, because their entire brand is built on positioning themselves as smarter and more morally correct and more progressive than The Establishment, even if their rhetoric is largely dangerous nonsense that is needlessly driving young voters away from the Democratic Party at one of the most fragile political moments in recent memory. But y’know, gotta get that Twitter clout.

Besides, all this overlooks that Biden has cancelled student loan debt to a degree unprecedented by any of his predecessors! Aside from the multiple extensions to the COVID-era loan freeze, which mean that no borrower anywhere has paid a single penny in either loans or interest since he took office, he has cancelled billions for low-income, defrauded, or otherwise cheated borrowers who attended defunct for-profit schools such as Corinthian College, who basically took students’ money, saddled them with unworkable debt, and didn’t provide them with an actual degree at the end. You know, the people who actually need debt relief the most, and yet you won’t find any so-called progressive talking about that, because Biden hasn’t personally cancelled THEIR debt or given THEM a pony. For people who claim to care about others, this is, again, profoundly selfish and short-sighted. Plus they behave outright abominably; in January, Biden’s POTUS Twitter account sent out a post solemnly commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day, and there were plenty of gremlins in the replies attacking him for... not cancelling student debt yet. I don’t know about you, but I don’t think a Holocaust remembrance post is the right forum to bully and scream about that.

As I’ve said, I do have problems with how the administration is sticking too closely to the old-school model of “bipartisanship” and “due process,” especially in regard to the prosecutions of the Trump cabal for their endless and brazen criming. We’re having the January 6 hearings now, and it’s still not clear if it’ll lead to full charges, conviction, and imprisonment for Trump. We’re having to push and press and divine tea leaves for any sign that Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice are really doing their job; taking down the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers is all well and good, but everyone knows this is ultimately the Trump crime family’s fault. All of them need to be in jail for the future survival of the oldest democratic republic in the world, and yet Garland still seems to think that it’s too “political” or “partisan” to actually pursue an investigation with the necessary aggressiveness. I am hoping to eat my words, and as I have also said, I recognize that complex and unprecedented investigations into a former president with an extensively corrupt support system take time and effort. But also... nobody has any actual faith that Trump is going to be convicted and imprisoned for the rampant damage that he did and continues to do via proxy, and that speaks to a larger failing to grasp the seriousness of the moment. No matter what’s going on behind closed doors, public communication is important, and I just don’t believe the DOJ gets it.

All of this is to say: I have policy differences with Biden’s administration and think that it needs to be visibly more innovative and aggressive in several areas (aside from the J6 prosecutions, why the hell are you waiting for Dobbs to drop to issue an executive order on abortion rights? Just do it now for God’s sake! People will need time to plan and implement!) But the argument about “why hasn’t Biden cancelled student loans yet!” is fanciful, malicious, has very little relation to how anything actually works, and is pushed by Online Leftists who are doing unnecessary and serious damage to the Democratic Party in one of the most volatile and uncertain moments for American democracy in the history of the country. And for that, frankly, I feel like they don’t deserve to get their own loans cancelled, after behaving so terribly about it and spreading so much harmful outrage, defeatism, and misinformation. Oops.

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theyorthemrecords · 4 years

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imaginary toads in real gardens (I)

a/n: the soft college!cashton fic i’ve been promising the group chat, focusing mainly around their shared poetry class! also a little barista!ashton, if you squint. also linked below are the two poems mentioned by name, if you’re interested in reading them! (both are personal favorites of mine hehe)

tableau by countee cullen

the helmsman by hilda doolittle (h.d.)

word count: 1.7 k

warnings: a light sprinkling of cursing, but nothing else in this part! enjoy ~

Calum wasn’t quite sure how this morning could get any worse. It started with him oversleeping, causing a chain reaction of trying to brew his own coffee, spilling said coffee all over himself, changing his shirt because of the spilled coffee, and ending up in, quite literally, the ugliest outfit he had ever seen. To make it all worse, it was a Tuesday, meaning the class he was rushing to was poetry, which just so happened to be the one class he shared with the absolutely dreamy barista from the on-campus coffee shop, the Bee-Hive.

Calum had been crushing on the guy, from afar, since his freshman year, and couldn’t believe his luck when he materialized in his spring semester poetry class two years later. Throughout the first few weeks of the semester, he had collected a few key pieces of information about the other boy, using it all to fuel his romantic daydreams, when his mind wandered. First, his name was Ashton, which technically Calum already knew, but it just felt so different to hear Ashton say it himself as opposed to simply reading it on his nametag. Second, Ashton was a junior, like himself, but unlike Calum, Ashton wasn’t an English major. He was a Philosophy major, making his enrollment in the class perplexing to Calum at first, but he pretty quickly understood why Ashton had picked the class. It was obvious that Ashton loved poetry, the art of crafting words into something larger, something new, from the first class discussion they had about Claude McKay. Calum liked to believe, especially since he was now an upperclassman in the English department, that he understood poetry, but it had rendered him speechless to hear Ashton discuss poetry. He just seemed to feel everything so deeply, to be able to grasp the author’s intent and purpose immediately, breaking the poem due to purest essence before Calum had even figured out the rhyme scheme.

Which all looped back to why Calum was hellbent on not only showing up to poetry class on time, but putting all his effort into the discussion they had, in order to desperately try and impress Ashton with his dazzling and insightful textual interpretations. Has it worked so far? Technically no, but he was too stubborn to stop trying and too chicken to actually just ask the other boy out. What if he said no? Then Calum could never go to the Bee-Hive again and his caffeine addiction would be limited to his shitty dorm room, french press brew. That was a horrific reality. Worse than that, what if Ashton wasn’t even gay? The question had perplexed Calum since the first day of class and he bounced back and forth on the answer every time they had class. The closest he had gotten to an answer was the day they discussed Countee Cullen and his poem “Tableau”. Ashton had talked so passionately about the poem and Cullen but managed to do so without actually saying whether or not the poem applied to him. Calum concluded that day that Ashton had to be gay, that there was no way a straight man would talk that emotionally and beautifully about one of the most stunning gay poems in existence. Still, he didn’t have a definite answer, and that was enough to scare Calum out of asking Ashton out.

Too lost in his train of thought, and the blasting volume of Jimmy Eat World currently pumping through his earbuds, Calum failed to notice the body in his way until it was too late and he slammed into whatever unfortunate bystander in the Quad, scattering the books in their hands all over the ground.

“Holy shit” Snatching his earbuds out and bending down to gather the books that fell to the ground, Calum was amazed when the voice that answered him was none other than Ashton himself, seemingly materialized in front of him by how hard Calum had been daydreaming about the man.

“Hey man, no worries. You’re Calum right, from poetry?” He winced as soon as Ashton spoke, glancing up at him from where he was positioned on the ground, picking up Ashton’s books, which, upon inspection, were obviously from their assigned book list. Of course Ashton barely knew his name, when it seemed that all Calum could do was daydream about him. It had gotten so bad that his roommate, Michael, had taken to throwing pencils at Calum to get his attention, as most of the time he was zoned out in his own private Ashton fantasy. Standing up to hand Ashton his books, Calum gave him a small smile as they finally stood face to face.

“That’s me. Sorry for barreling into you like that, I was just -” Calum paused mid-sentence, too self-conscious to admit that he was rushing to class. Especially because he was rushing to class to see the person that now stood directly in front of him. Luckily, Ashton filled his silence with an easy laugh, a sound Calum found particular delight in.

“No worries, I definitely don’t want to be late for poetry either. Dr. M always bites people’s heads off if they’re not on time. Since we’re going the same way, wanna walk together?” Calum could feel himself gaping at him, scrambling to find something to say to Ashton’s offer. This was too good to be true.

“Erm-” God, pull it together. Now or never Hood. “I’d love to.” For an English major, he felt like he should be able to say something a little more eloquent. Ashton just let him so speechless, it felt like every word he had ever learned simply departed the minute Ashton’s hazel eyes landed on him.

“Perfect! Lead the way” Falling in step, the two walked in silence for a beat as Calum gathered the courage to say something, anything, to keep a conversation flowing.

“You’re a Philosophy major, right? Why take an English class?” The walk was just long enough that Calum could get some answers to the questions he’d had all semester, and he decided this was the most neutral one to start with. Wouldn’t be very becoming to just launch out the gate with the good old “Are you a queer?” He at least had a little tact left. Again, he was met with one of Ashton’s laughs, a sound Calum quickly found himself becoming addicted to. I’m in too deep.

“You got me there. In all honesty? I’m not too sure why. I just had extra space in my semester and… I don’t know. The class just kinda grabbed me. If that makes any fucking sense.” Calum was nodding along, trying hard not to look like he was hanging off of Ashton’s every word. Fuck their poetry class, this man was a poem himself. Just grabbed by a poetry class. Could he get any dreamier?

“No, I totally get you. You picked a good one. Dr. M may be a hardass, but she’s one of the best professors in the department.” This was Calum’s fifth class with the woman and he was still shocked by how hard she made all of her exams. Still, she pushed him in a way that was unlike any other teacher he had ever had. He was happy to know her and even more grateful to have her knowledge in his life, both as a professor and his advisor.

“Shocking to hear you say that. She eats up everything you say. On the other hand, I feel like a dumbass every time I make a comment.” Accompanied by a bashful smile and shake of his head, Ashton glanced away for a second. Calum was, once again, stunned into silence, this time for a totally different reason.

“You? Are you kidding me? Everything you say in class is amazing, you’re so insightful. I wish I could read poetry like you do… everything you say is so stunning and you just… get it. You’re great in class Ashton.” Finishing his ramble, it was Calum’s turn to be embarrassed. I can not believe I just said all of that to him. He’s going to think I’m insane, that was a crazy thing to ramble at my crush. Is it too early to consider transferring?

“Really?” Every single bad thought Calum was having about himself halted when he looked over at Ashton when he spoke. Ashton was staring at him, with so much hope welling up in his eyes it was disarming. Calum’s mum had always said that the eyes were the windows to the soul, and it seemed like Ashton’s windows were flung open, displaying every emotion plainly to him. A warm summer day, gorgeous and breezy and open. “You think so?”

“I know so. And Dr. M loves you, she just has a funny way of showing it.” Calum bumped Ashton’s shoulder, half to break the trance they were in and half to remind him to start walking again. “She will, however, love us less if we show up late to this class. C’mon.”

It was silent again as the two walked side by side, but unlike before, the silence felt comfortable. Breathable. Like a shared understanding. It remained that way as they walked into the English wing of the Main Hall, finally reaching their classroom right on time. The class was small enough that there were always open seats, but everyone had settled into their unofficial assigned seats back during syllabus week. Ashton always sat closest to the door, while Calum sat across the room, right in front of the big window that faced the park on the front of campus. Ideal for gazing out of the window when he wanted to zone out and for sneaking glances at Ashton whenever he spoke. The best of both worlds. However, as they entered class today, Ashton followed him to the window and snuck into the seat on Calum’s left. When Calum stared at him in shock for half a second, still standing, Ashton laughed his adorable laugh again with another shake of his head.

“Figured it was time for a change of scenery, yea? Now sit down so we can talk about Hilda Doolittle. I’ve been dying all weekend to hear what Dr. M has to say about The Helmsman.” It’s official, Calum thought as he sat in his seat and pulled out his own book, I’m in love with this man.

#GOD first fic posted DONE!#honestly..... i'm so excited by this #cashton!college au is my drug #cashton imagine #calum x ashton #college!sos #college!cashton #calum hood imagine #ashton irwin imagine #calum hood #ashton irwin

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SUNY Delhi’s First African American Graduate

This month, SUNY Delhi dedicates its Multicultural Lounge in memory of its first African American graduate, Thomas Russell Brown. Read what the college’s archivist, Jennifer Collins, learned about this exceptional alum.

Thomas Russell Brown was born in Manhattan, NY, December 7, 1897. His parents, Thomas Senior and Christiana, were freed slaves, both born on plantations in South Carolina. Neither Thomas nor Christiana could read or write, but both worked diligently at odd jobs until they gathered funds to move themselves and Christiana’s family north to New York City. This was during the Southern Diaspora, a time when many recently freed African Americans moved to cities like Philadelphia, Boston and New York City to find better lives and opportunities. The Browns settled in Harlem in a brownstone built by a self-taught African American Architect and started building a life.

Thomas grew up in this now historic section of Harlem surrounded by the budding intellectual and artistic thinkers who would start the Harlem Renaissance. Although we do not know much about Thomas growing up, the information that we can glean from census data and school files is that he was both studious and athletic. By all accounts his parents had the same hopes and drives all parents have when their children are growing up. They wanted their child to receive a full education and to prosper beyond what they were able to achieve. Unlike the vast majority of African American children at the time, Thomas completed high school. This was a rarity, especially in urban areas, where work superseded education for most families.

Defying expectations Thomas completed high school in 1916 and in February of 1917 he went to Long Island to enlist with the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. For most African American men service during the war meant doing laundry, cleaning American bases, and collecting bodies from the battlefield. Military records available from the Pentagon Library indicate that Thomas was placed in Company A of the 310th Division, a Quartermasters Unit that supported the 155th and 78th Infantry.

We need to put that discovery in perspective. The 310th was responsible for delivering critical supplies like petroleum and ammunition into active war zones on the French Front. The 78th is one of the most decorated units in the history of WWI. It was the 78th, supported by Thomas’ unit, that pushed the Germans out of France and won the crucial victory of the Battle of Saint Mihiel (pictured above). Membership in the 310th required exceptional reading and writing skills, analytical thinking and cartography skills. We can conclude that Thomas had these exceptional skills to participate in his unit.

At some point between 1918 and 1919 Thomas suffered a severe injury. We cannot say for sure, but it is likely that Thomas was injured during a supply run. The combination of unsecured live ammunition, large amounts of petroleum, and the nature of trench warfare made for a number of horrific injuries to members of the 310th.

After his injury Thomas was discharged with a disability—one serious enough that he was able to quality for lifetime military disability status. It would have been easy for Thomas to return home and have left it at that. A military veteran with a distinguished career (but one ineligible for any major military aware due to his race). Instead, he did something only 1.7% of African American men at the time were able to do, he enrolled in college.

Using the same tenacity and intelligence that served him in his military service, Thomas applied for the brand new (and sadly short lived) Federal Student Board Program to cover the cost of his education at Delhi. (Thomas is pictured above back row, fourth from left.) The program was established in 1918 to provide vocational education and training to veterans who had been deemed to have a significant physical disability. The selection process for this benefit was rigorous and highly selective. Thomas was one of very few people of color to receive this hard-earned benefit. He choose to come to Delhi, to study poultry, chickens specifically.

Thomas was fully involved in life at Delhi (pictured above second from right with faculty and classmates). He joined the newly formed American Legion and advocated for expanded rights and protections for fellow military veterans. He was a fan of music; his favorite song was a tune called “Please Lend Your Lips to Mine”. We are unable to find a recording of it, but according to student newspapers it wasn’t an uncommon occurrence to hear Thomas singing it across the campus. He was a member of the Glee Club. A student, an advocate, disabled, a performer, Thomas was admired and liked by his fellow students and by professors. He embodied qualities that we see in Delhi students today.

During his last semester at Delhi he was named “Mr. Congeniality” by his fellow students who predicted he would live happily with his wife Camille (who he courted and then married in 1921) on a chicken farm somewhere. Their predictions proved to be mostly accurate.

Thomas didn’t go on to raise chickens. Instead Thomas began working at the historic Poughkeepsie Hotel and was soon promoted to manager of their largest commuter cafeteria. Professor Evenden, of Tower fame, was a frequent visitor and wrote updates on Thomas’ life in the student yearbook for several years after Thomas graduated. Evenden continued to write updates about Thomas longer than any other student. Thomas kept this job until he and his wife welcomed their daughter and only child, Hope Brown. After her birth they moved back to Harlem, near Thomas’ parents. By then the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing—jazz, poetry, and literature were all around the young family. Thomas worked for the rest of his life in numerous hotel industry positions. He held a job through the depression; his family never went hungry or lived on the streets. He even sent Hope to college continuing the legacy that was started by his own father.

Thomas died April 16, 1944. His wife fought to have him interred with full honors in the Long Island National Cemetery, with the other members of his unit. Thomas’ legacy is extraordinary at every stage of his life. He was the first member of his family to learn to read and write, the first member of his family born a free man, first to graduate from high school, to go to war for a cause that he believed in, to go to college, and possibly the first to study the habits and rearing of the chicken, a pursuit he was indeed very passionate about. So much of his achievements mirror the struggles and triumphs of students every day at SUNY Delhi.

#SUNY Delhi #African american #alumni #WWI #veteran

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hbv7224-blog · 5 years

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FGCU Sustainability Efforts, Nature Trail Walk, and Ecological Footprint

I.FGCU focus on environmental sustainability

Florida Gulf Coast University is known throughout Florida as a college that actively participates is sustainability efforts. While taking our first fieldtrip, we learned about advanced ways that FGCU uses for sustainability. For example, the College of Arts and Sciences (Seidler Hall) incorporates high efficiency lighting fixtures, energy efficient windows, and a more efficient air conditioning system that is more energy efficient than what would be in a conventional building. We explored the actual air system, in which FGCU uses ice to cool the buildings during the day and the ice regenerates at night. Around campus, solar panel compacted trash cans are used to help reduce waste output and trip accumulation to dumps. We also walked across whitikar bridge; this bridge is special because it is made of Ipe wood. Ipe wood is very dense and acquires little mildew and mold from being exposed to water, while also being very heat resistant. This allows for less repairs and trees being cut down to make a new bridge. These attributes of FGCU campus help to expose newer ways of sustainability, while also using less energy for a full college campus; this encourages the college’s message for changes in the environment. I believe this campus connects to the hummingbird video shown in class; this campus shows that small efforts can leave a big impact and that the university is doing the best it can to promotes sustainability efforts. (pictures

Group walking on the Whitaker bridge made of Ipe wood.

II. Learning from the nature trail

a) The Pine Flatwoods

The Beginning of the true nature walk was when we entered the first ecosystem area. The pine flatwood area was covered in sable palmettos, Florida’s state tree (even though it is not a true tree). Sable palmettos are covered in spikes called “boots” that help create micro ecosystems for smaller living organisms. We can see symbiosis with these “trees” when we look closer and realize that rabbits foot ferns also benefit from sable palms. Shoe string ferns also grow in this areas; they’re epiphyte plants, meaning they grow on another plant and are not rooted in soil. When going deeper in the pine flatwood area, we saw what could be described as invasive species; ceaser weed surrounded a designer burned (help regrow plants, promote healthy soil, etc.) portion of the flatwood. Volunteers go and pick ceaser weed on off days, just because it will root in the soil that is intended for species naturally grown in Florida.

Sable Palmetto with rabbits foor fern growing towards the root of the tree. Saw palmettos (spikey ones towards the left) are also shown.

This picture shows the after effects of a prescription fire. Also pictures are the invasive species, ceaser weed (small green plants that are scattered along the ground).

b) The Oak Hammock

Once we left the pine flatwood area, we began to reach the flooded areas of the nature preserve. At this point on the trip, it was only to our shins so there was only a slight uncomfortable feeling. This transitional period is called the ecotone, or the transition of ecosystems. Surrounding us were oak trees, and taller trees that would usually be seen in northern parts of the country. The trees also seemed to have stronger roots than in the pine flatwoods area; the bases of the trees had very strong roots that the whole group would trip over when trying to walk through water. This portion of the nature walk was longer, and we even spotted poison ivy on the way to the last portion of the nature walk.

Examples of oak trees found in the Oak Hammock portion of the nature walk.

Example of the water height when we first entered the oak hammock.

Poison ivy pictured when first entering the Oak Hammock.

c) Cypress Dome

On the last area of the nature walk, we were in waist/chest high water. The roots of the trees were deeper in the water, and no one was able to truly see the ecosystem’s floor. Walking to the cypress dome, were able to spot a beautiful floral (possibly lavender) plant along with apple snail eggs (an organism that frequents tropical areas that receive drought/heavy rainfall).

Entering the dome was another experience in itself. The trees that reside in the dome get their water from the newly created lake/river. It becomes a collection bank of rainwater that immolates a swamp-like ecosystem that eventually distributes the water to the surrounding areas. At this point in the walk, fish were seen swimming around us. Certain algae was seen on the trees to help with the filtration of air quality. The air was clean and crisp, the water was refreshing, and I didn’t know how calm an area surrounded by water and trees could be, until you look up at the sky from that point of view. The whole class was able to enjoy about 5-7 minutes of silence, listening to the organisms around us and their inner-workings.

Possible lavender plant spotted when entering the cypress dome.

Apple snail eggs pictured, about a minute from the entrance to the dome.

The class inside the dome, experiencing waist high water.

Beautiful picture of the camera looking up while inside the cypress dome.

III. FGCU Campus and Sense of Place

My sense of place on campus would be the library green lawn. It is currently under-construction, but I remember sitting out on the lawn for hours doing homework, hanging out with friends, watching clubs promote their meetings, and more. It became the meeting spot for my first friend group at FGCU; not only was it beautiful (and shady) but there was enough stillness (even with campus being active) that homework could be done and meditation could be done. I was attracted to this spot because of how close in proximity it is to the library; I study a lot and when I lived on campus I technically lived in the library. You could also experience the Florida breeze better from this spot on campus. It makes me understand a sense of place more, because when I came back to campus this semester and the grass was gone I felt saddened. For my first day back, I wanted to sit in the library lawn, listen to music, and reach my next class. Since my sense of place was destroyed (it was undergoing renovations), I was able to understand the impact it had left on me.

IV. Ecological Footprint Score

After taking the ecological footprint test, it showed that my personal Earth overshoot date is November 30th, 2019. It seemed most of the graph that contains my uses was mostly filled with carbon emissions, this being from my car. I also saw that an average human can live with a 1.7 footprint score, and I received a 1.9. I believe this is a better score than most individuals would get, but If I continued my vegan diet, carpooled to class more often, and possibly look into a new car, I can lower my footprint. My carbon footprint is the biggest issue; I drive an older car that was given by my parents since I could not afford the purchase of a car when I was 16 years old. It is more ecologically efficient than most gas guzzlers, but it is still a car that does not have as many miles per a gallon when compared to an energy efficient car. Since I still do not have the funds to purchase a new car, I can start using the free shuttle service my apartment building offers when it correlates to my class schedule. I can also try to carpool to and from work to save the need to purchase more gas and reduce the emissions my car puts into the environment.

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Over 1.5 million employees. Over $600 billion net worth. Over $40 billion donated to charity. 14 names made their billions in the tech space. 10 names made their billions in the last 10 years. Top 30 College Drop Outs Who Made It Big in Business

#1. Henry Ford (Ford) Net Worth $199 Billion – Dropped out at 16. Henry Ford dropped out at 16 and later founded Ford Motor Company in 1903. By 1908 he dropped the famous Model T and the assembly line, which has affected all of our lives, literally shaping the world. If he was still alive today, he’d be worth $199 Billion.

#2. Bill Gates (Microsoft) Net Worth $78.8 Billion – Dropped out at 19. Gates attended Harvard in the fall of 1973, only to drop out two years later to found Microsoft with childhood buddy Paul Allen. In 2007, he ended up receiving an honorary degree from Harvard.

#3. Larry Ellison (Oracle) Net Worth $56.6 Billion – Dropped out at 20. Larry Ellison is a serial entrepreneur, programmer and philanthropist who made a good chunk of his billions via the multinational tech corp, Oracle. Oh yea, he also own an island in Hawaii named, “Larry Ellison Island.”

#4. Amancio Ortega (Zara) Net Worth $66.2 Billion – Dropped out at 14. At 27, Ortega founded his own company, producing quality yet affordable garments, and in 1975, he opened his first retail store, Zara. Ortega is now the richest man in Spain.

#5. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) Net Worth $33.7 Billion – Dropped out at 19. Surely you’ve heard of Mark Zuckerberg. If not, he’s the guy who founded the second highest traffic website in the world, Facebook. Remember the hoodie he wore to all of his press conferences and public events?

#6. Li Ka Shing (Cheung Kong Holdings) Net Worth $33.5 Billion – Dropped out at 15. Li Ka Shing said “deuces” to school at age 15 and started selling watch bands. Today he’s the world’s largest operator of container terminals, world’s largest health and beauty retailer, Chinese energy supplier and real estate developer.

#7. Sheldon Adelson (Las Vegas Sands) Net Worth $30.2 Billion – Dropped out at 19. While you may not know his face, you may have partied at one of his Vegas establishments for your 21st. Aside from Sheldon Adelson being a casino tycoon, he also owns the Israeli Daily newspaper and dabbles in politics.

#8. Larry Page (Google) Net Worth $29.1 Billion – Dropped out at 21. Larry page is known for co-founding a little site called Google. He technically graduated from University of Michigan but later dropped out of his PhD. program which why he’s on the list.

#9. Michael Dell (Dell) Net Worth $21.8 Billion – Dropped out at 19. Michael Dell truly caught the entrepreneurial bug in college. Selling upgrade mods for personal computers from his dorm, ultimately led to him getting a license from the State of Texas to bid on (large) contracts. The rest is history.

#10. Paul Allen (Microsoft) Net Worth $17 Billion – Dropped out at 20. This Microsoft co-founder is a sports fanatic, owning the Seattle Seahawks, and the NBA’s Portland Trailblazer’s. He’s known for having fun with his cash thanks to ridiculous toys ranging from submarines to 400ft yachts.

#11. Azim Premji (Wipro) Net Worth $16.4 Billion – Dropped out at 22. Mr. Premji has been at the helm of Wipro Limited for four decades. In that time he’s grown them into one of the Indian leaders in the software industry.

#12. Kirk Kerkorian (Tracinda) Net Worth $10 Billion – Dropped out at 12. Kirk Kerkorian is known as the “father of the megaresort” and has helped develop, shape and grow Las Vegas. An 8th grade dropout, Kirk is a former boxer, WWII fighter pilot and CEO of the successful investment firm Tracinda.

#13. Steve Jobs (Apple) Net Worth $8.3 Billion – Dropped out at 21. Jobs dropped out of college after one semester and recycled cans and bottles to make ends meet. A vegetarian Buddhist who frequently experimented with LSD, Jobs has been hailed as the Ford and Edison of our Time.

#14. Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook) Net Worth $8.2 Billion – Dropped out at 21. Forbes reported Moskovitz to be the youngest self-made billionaire in history. Zuckerberg’s roommate at Harvard and Facebook’s third employee, Dustin left Facebook in 2008 to start hist software firm Asana.

#15. Lex Wexner (L Brands) Net Worth $7.7 Billion – Dropped out at 22. Over the years Lex has built up some of the most famous brands in the world, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Lane Bryant, Limited Too and Express. Btw, he’s the shot caller aka current owner of Victoria Secret. #16. Jan Koum (WhatsApp) Net Worth $7.2 Billion – Dropped out at 20. Koum made $6.8 billion when Facebook acquired his mobile messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion. He had originally dropped out of school to Yahoo, where he oversaw security and infrastructure for the internet giant.

#17. Ralph Lauren (Ralph Lauren) Net Worth $7.1 Billion – Dropped out at 20. This billionaire fashion mogul studied business for 2 years before dropping out. In 1967, after leaving his clerk position at Brooks Brothers, Lauren sold $500,000 worth of ties. He started Polo the next year.

#18. David Geffen (Geffen Records) Net Worth $6.9 Billion – Dropped out at 19. This guy founded Asylum Records and Geffen Records and co-founded DreamWorks. He also founded Hobby Lobby, a popular American chain of arts and crafts stores.

#19. Walt Disney (Disney) Net Worth $5 billion (2015) – Dropped out at 16. Walt Disney dropped out of at 16 and founded Walt Disney; a company which now has an annual revenue of about $30 billion. He’s regarded as the most influential animator ever. #20. David Green (Hobby Lobby) Net Worth $4.7 Billion – Dropped out at 18. Billionaire founder of Hobby Lobby, religious philanthropist. Did not attend college. Started the Hobby Lobby chain with a $600 loan.

#21. Richard Branson (Virgin) Net Worth $4.7 Billion – Dropped out at 16. Ironically he dropped out to start a youth magazine called “Student.” After he moved to London in the 60s, he developed a “mail-order” record company to fund his magazine, named Virgin. Branson’s empire includes an airline, drinks manufacturer and over 400 other ventures.

#22. Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) Net Worth $4.5 Billion – Dropped out at 19. At 30, Elizabeth Holmes makes her debut on the Forbes 400 as the youngest self-made woman billionaire.

#23. Subhash Chandra Goel (Zee Tv) Net Worth $4 Billion – Dropped out at 12. Dr Chandra who is referred to as the Media Moghul of India, changed the television industry by launching the country’s first satellite Hindi channel in 1992. The Zee Network now has over 500 million viewers in 167 countries.

#24. Haim Saban (Saban Capital) Net Worth $3.3 Billion – Dropped out at 13. Saban made it big as the producer of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV show in the early 90s. And later sold Fox Family to Disney for $5 Billion and made $1.7 Billion on the deal. #25. Sean Parker (Facebook) Net Worth $3 Billion – Dropped out at 14. He’s the co-founder of the infamous music sharing service Napster, which changed the music industry forever. He later served as Facebook’s first president owning 28.2% of B shares.

#26. Evan Williams (Twitter) Net Worth $2.9 Billion – Dropped out at 19. Williams is one of the co-founders of Twitter and the founder of Square, and before each of the aforementioned companies he co-founded the successful podcasting company Odeo.

#27. Jack Dorsey (Twitter) Net Worth $2.5 Billion – Dropped out at 20. Dorsey, who is now on the board of Disney, is one of the founding members of Twitter, and founder and CEO of Square. He’s often referred to as the “cool” guy in tech. #28. Hiroshi Yamauchi (Nintendo) Net Worth $2.1 Billion – Dropped out at 22. Yamauchi dropped out to take over the company his grandfather started in 1889, maintaining his role as the third president of Nintendo for 55 years, taking them from small card company to video game powerhouse.

#29. Gabe Newell (Valve) Net Worth $1.3 Billion – Dropped out at 20. Newell co-founded Valve Corporation, a company famous for the sci-fi video game, Half Life. Newell claims to be “producer of the first three releases of Windows.” Like Zuckerberg and Gates, he was also a Harvard dropout.

#30. Orji Uzor Kalu (Slok) Net Worth $1 Billion – Dropped out at 20. The Nigerian born billionaire and war survivor, made his billions in television and media after being expelled from University for leading student riots and taking a $35 loan from his mother.

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Not having a college degree will be a hindrance to some avenues of success, but not all. It does tend to make it harder to get a job with big companies (in particular) or with companies that are founded by individuals who place great value on academic degrees. These types of people are increasingly less common, especially in tech, as you’ll notice from this list, but there’s still a lot of them.

Of the 30 names on this list, 25 are self made. And of the 25 that are self made, 10 made their billions in the last 10 years in the tech space. What’s also interesting, is that the combined total of employees that these dropouts employ is well over 1 million. And of this number of employees, a vast number of them have college degrees. Ironic, no?

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Interesting and inspiring selection I think you will agree. Not all are complete dropouts – some actually have pretty impressive academic achievements to their name but alas the call of their Entrepreneurial Ventures took them to leave those studies and instead go on to create considerable wealth plus businesses that in some case have touched Billions of people.

One Entrepreneur who in particular impressed us is Michael Dell – who started a computer company called PCs Limited while attending the University of Texas in Austin. It became so successful that Dell dropped out of school to operate it, and the company eventually became Dell, Inc, with revenues of $56.94 billion in 2013. In 2006, Dell and his wife gave a $50 million grant to the University which he attended but never graduated from.

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The J.D. Williams Library has been serving students and the University of Mississippi and Oxford community since 1951.

The library has traditionally stood as a resource for students to research and study, but as the university moves into the information age, the library is rapidly changing as well.

New pushes for increased research and data capabilities, innovative design platforms, increased study space, and interactive areas characterize the modernization of the J.D. Williams Library.

The J.D. Williams Library is a vital asset to students and faculty alike at the University of Mississippi. Photo by Jack Hall.

Standing proudly across from the Lyceum, the J.D. Williams library is at a central location, an important factor in attracting students to its halls. The library offers over 1.7 million books, over 40,000 periodicals, over 460 electronic databases, over 90,000 electronic journals and nearly 305,000 electronic books. The archives includes 46,000 texts and 700 manuscript collections pertaining to Mississippi history, blues music, politics, and the American South.

Dean Cecelia Botero, a University of Miami and University of Texas at Austin educated professor with more than 30 years in the library field, was named dean of libraries at the University of Mississippi in July 2016. She envisions a library able to meet the student and faculty demands in the future.

“I was brought here to bring some change to the library, and that’s what we’re working on,” Botero said. “We’d like to create more public space. We’d like to move more into the digital era, have more digital collections, more interactive learning spaces. We’d like to provide a larger variety of activities that can happen in the library.”

From left, Assistant Dean Tipton and Dean Botero discuss matters privy to the future of the J.D. Williams Library. Photo by Jack Hall.

She sees the primary purpose of the library to be of service to students. “The library is kind of home for students while they’re on campus, and that’s what we’re striving to do,” Botero said.

However, there is always room for advancement in research capabilities. “We have a lot to offer, not just for studying and helping students, but also we have a lot to offer for professional students as they move forward, as we move more into research,” Botero said. “We can meet those needs. Libraries have a lot to offer in all those areas.”

Jocelyn Tipton, assistant dean for public services, noted the introduction of internal renovations to bring the library into the 21st century. Although the actual building has been renovated most recently in the 1990s, the current focus has been adding state-of-the-art facilities within the existing structure.

“The other renovations we’ve had have really just been rethinking spaces within the building,” Tipton said. Last year, they created Studio One, a one-button video studio, and reconfigured the space.

“Studio One is on the first floor off our information commons,” Tipton said. “It’s modeled after a one-button studio at Penn State. The idea is that students who are working on multimedia or multi-model projects need a place where they can do that work. Whether it’s filming, video editing, practicing for presentations, conducting online interviews, all those types of activities can be done within the studio.”

The state-of-the-art Studio One is available to students and faculty during normal hours of operation for the library. Photo by Jack Hall.

Studio One can be accessed by students and faculty alike for a multitude of projects.

“If a music student needs to use it for an audition tape, they can use it for that,” Tipton said. “If someone just wants to see what they look like in front of a class, they can use it to record themselves that way. It’s simple to use.

“The idea is that it’s set up ready to use. You just come in, put your flash drive in, push a button, all the lights come on, the camera activates, so you don’t have to know how to do any of those things.”

In addition to Studio One, more than 150 workstations featuring desktop computers, and multiple study areas, the J.D. Williams Library is blessed with notable special collections within the archives department.

Students study in the information commons on the first floor of the library. Photo by Jack Hall.

“We’ve got some excellent special collections, which we are proud of, including the blues collection, a Mississippi history collection, as well as a second folio of Shakespeare’s works,” Botero said. “We’re also a federal documents depository library.”

The second folio was purchased from an auction house with the help of the Ford Foundation on campus. This particular copy was owned by Edwin Booth, a 19th century stage actor and brother of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Edwin Booth was best known for his portrayal of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

But that’s not all.

“We’re also the AICPA [American Institute of Certified Public Accountants] library, so for the accounting professionals throughout the country, we serve as their primary point of resources in historical accounting information,” Tipton said.

Dr. Jennifer Ford, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history from Millsaps College, a master’s degree in history and an M.L.S. from USM, and a doctorate in history from the University of Mississippi, has worked in many capacities within the library for 17 years. In 2005, she was named the head of the Department of Special Collections and Archives.

“The archive was not formally established as the Department of Special Collections and Archives until 1975,” Ford said. “It existed before that as the Mississippi Room and, in fact, you’ll still hear people from the community refer to us as the Mississippi Room. For several years, Dorothy Oldham, William Faulkner’s sister-in-law, ran the Mississippi Collection.”

Dr. Ford examines a map of territorial Mississippi in the archives. Photo by Jack Hall.

With Ford’s extensive experience at the University of Mississippi, she has seen department growth within the library.

“[The archives has] grown tremendously through the years,” Ford said. “We’ve acquired different archives across the campus. Within the last 15 years, we’ve doubled our holdings.

“The former director made a concerted effort to collect Faulkner as much as possible. First editions we did not already have in a dust jacket, the Rowan Oak papers, 1800 pages of early Faulkner manuscripts, were acquired in the late 1970s or early 1980s. We also received a substantial Faulkner poetry collection.”

Dr. Ford came to the archives when it was primarily a resource utilized by graduate students and private researchers, but Ford has been working to extend its accessibility to undergraduate students as well.

“We were historically used fairly heavily by graduate students and people from outside the university who knew of our collections, coming from all around the world,” Ford said. “We’ve been trying to reach out more recently to undergraduate students, because many of them don’t know how to conduct research in an archive or how to use primary documents when they arrive on campus. We try to show them what our resources are, help them conduct research for papers, and show them how to use primary documents, because it’s different from the rest of the library.”

Dr. Ford, in step with Dean Botero and Assistant Dean Tipton, sees the future of the archives as being online, just as archives and libraries across this nation are moving towards.

“We would like to develop the university archives even more than it already is,” Ford said. “I’d like our digital program to continue to expand because that is a direction that archival research is being done increasingly in this time.”

The Department of Archives and Special Collections is located on the second floor of the J.D. Williams Library. Photo by Jack Hall.

Ford has a vast knowledge of the history behind the libraries that have existed on campus.

“The first library was actually in the Lyceum, and the first librarian served in a dual capacity as a housekeeper as well,” Ford said. “This university has placed a great deal of emphasis on the library. It has existed in several buildings after the Lyceum, including Ventress Hall and Bryant Hall, before its eventual move to the J.D. Williams Library, which opened in 1951.

“It initially had closed stacks so, at first, students had to request material,” Ford said. “So if students think it’s hard to use the library now, it was really labor intensive at the time.”

It wasn’t all that archaic though; the library was the first building on campus to feature air conditioning. Ford also explained the ornate printer’s marks seen around the library.

“They refer to different printers who used those marks to distinguish their publications, and we have a guide to the marks seen throughout the library,” Ford said. “The director of the library at the time had them installed, and he had a very deep interest in the history of the book, and I think he felt that those were very appropriate to incorporate into the library’s design.”

Finally, Ford offers the community the opportunity to attend archive events throughout 2017.

“Next year is Mississippi’s bicentennial, and we will be hosting an exhibit in the Faulkner room,” Ford said. “I would like to invite folks. It’ll start Jan. 9 and will run throughout the entire year. We’re hosting a series of lectures and presentations.”

There are also student-employee and student perspectives on how the library operates to their use.

Tesha Cistrunk, a senior elementary education major from Louisville, Mississippi, started working in the library at the start of this semester.

Tesha Cistrunk types away during her shift as a desk assistant at the J.D. Williams Library. Photo by Jack Hall.

“My favorite part is getting to interact with all the people who come in the library, getting to talk about their books and professors,” Cistrunk said. “I used to like going to my library in my hometown and doing work there even in middle school and high school. I think it’s a good resource for those who use it. Not everyone does.”

Cistrunk also noted how and when students use the library.

“It’s really busy from noon until 1 p.m., with the exception of Friday,” Cistrunk said. “I think the times of the library are really good, especially during finals when there are extended hours.”

Brennan Trask, a senior marketing major from Jackson, Mississippi, routinely studies in the library.

Brennan Trask studies for his upcoming final exams on the second floor of the J.D. Williams Library. Photo by Jack Hall.

“The library is just a convenient spot on campus,” Trask said. “It’s got the most study space. I’ll sometimes use the [second floor] mezzanine. I’ll also study in buildings where I have classes, like Conner Hall or Holmann Hall.”

“I sometimes use the computers [on the second floor],” Trask said. “I usually study by myself, but sometimes I’ll study downstairs at one of the larger tables with a study group. I’ll come after my morning classes and throughout the day. I’m usually in here more towards the end of the semester. The 24/7 schedule for finals week is very helpful.”

Students study alone and in groups in the J.D. Williams Library. Photo by Jack Hall.

Trask brandishes a cup of coffee on the table beside his laptop.

“Usually I grab a cup of Starbucks before studying,” Trask said.

The J.D. Williams Library stands poised as an invaluable resource to the students and community around it as long as it remains. Dean Botero leaves the community with an opportunity to reach out and let their needs be heard.

“Every idea is welcome and they’re not unheard,” Botero said. “We’re welcome to input.”

By Jack Hall. Read more stories like this on Oxford Stories.

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#22. Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) Net Worth $4.5 Billion – Dropped out at 19. At 30, Elizabeth Holmes makes her debut on the Forbes 400 as the youngest self-made woman billionaire.

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