Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

I think that every student needs to have studied abroad in their college days at least once. Students need to know the importance of getting out of their cultural norm to see what the rest of the world looks like. It will give you a greater understanding of the people you will encounter in your life, in work and just in general.

GCSU has many partnering schools internationally and that gives students a variety of options of where to study. They range from England to Sweden to Australia to basically anywhere you want to go. Not only are there various places you can go, but you also have the opportunity to study your minor or major classes overseas and have your credits counted at GCSU for that minor or major. I am studying my minor in Australia but getting the degree from GCSU, so there are no worries that your credits will not count.

The HOPE Scholarship also works with study abroad, which makes the

financial aspect of studying abroad more reasonable. Your college days are the best days to go abroad for an extended period of time because there are many programs that want to work with students and help make that possible for them. Scholarships are one example of a type of program that will help students’ abroad goals get attained. Also you have no work and family obligations now that will hinder you from going.

There is a world out there that we have the opportunity to get to know personally instead of letting Hollywood depict what it is. I would recommend studying abroad to every GCSU student, and I think The Colonnade should let students know of the amazing programs we have..

Victoria Sorokina,

Mass Communication

Dear Editor,

In response to: “Leland: Gun law will not make our campus safer”

I don’t think having guns on GCSU’s campus is that big of a deal. The people who are going to bring a gun on campus to do harm will do it regardless of the law. I do not believe violence will increase. In fact, I think the opposite will occur. If the people who are going to cause harm know that others will be armed as well, they will think twice before going on a shooting spree.

Bobbi Otis,

Pre-Mass Communication

Dear Editor,

The idea of creating a new addition to the HOPE Scholarship – which caters to students not based solely on grades – is that it helps those who wish to attend college, but aren’t necessarily financially stable enough to pay for their entire education. However, in my opinion, the idea is flawed because it only applies to those people who already receive the Pell Grant. I agree with the student (Eric Connolly) who said in the story that the Pell Grant is a great thing, … for those who are eligible. And there are many families that are at a somewhat low income, but the stipulations of Pell Grant disqualify them. I think it is nice to have an article in The Colonnade bringing this to the attention of the students, since many of us do rely on financial aid and are constantly looking for all the help we can get. However, it is quite disappointing that they aren’t making any arrangements to help those of us in the gap between low Pell Grant qualifying incomes and those that are still low but don’t qualify.

Emily Doster,

Mass Communication

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