Emily Ladd https://www.cuindependent.com The independent student voice of CU Boulder. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:57:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7 Opinion: CU needs to refund students for mandatory fees during the pandemic https://www.cuindependent.com/2020/09/23/opinion-cu-needs-to-refund-students/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-cu-needs-to-refund-students Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:33:04 +0000 https://www.cuindependent.com/?p=119875 CU students are paying large student fees during the pandemic. Many facilities and services are not being used due to a mostly remote campus. Students need to be refunded for unused services and facilities by Emily Ladd

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]]> Opinion: Service industry workers deserve labor day off https://www.cuindependent.com/2020/09/07/service-workers-labor-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=service-workers-labor-day Tue, 08 Sep 2020 04:44:20 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=119543 While salaried workers indulge in the luxuries of labor day, service industry workers maintain their customers' vacation. By Emily Ladd

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]]> Opinion: There might be a bright side to this pandemic https://www.cuindependent.com/2020/04/07/opinion-bright-side-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-bright-side-pandemic Wed, 08 Apr 2020 02:59:38 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=116216 This pandemic might turn out to be a good thing for us. It is forcing us to slow down and reconnect with ourselves. By Emily Ladd

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]]> Opinion: Changing psychedelics from ‘drugs’ to ‘medicine’ https://www.cuindependent.com/2020/03/01/psychedelics-drug-to-medicine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=psychedelics-drug-to-medicine Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:44:04 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=114391 Psychedelics may be the key to healing society's most crippling mental ailments. It's time to allow for wider research and accessibility. By Emily Ladd

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]]> Opinion: Students are cheated out of in-state tuition https://www.cuindependent.com/2020/02/16/opinion-students-cheated-state-tuition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-students-cheated-state-tuition Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:22:22 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=113061 As if the unmerciful cost of college isn't hard enough, students claim CU denies them cheaper in-state tuition for unfair reasons. By Emily Ladd

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