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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,2020 | HILLTOPVIEWSONLINE.COM
21 NEWS
Hilltoppers return to campus, face changes amid ongoing pandemic
By Ester Martin
Hilltop Views Student Agenda promotes larger voter turnout for election
the community promote civic engagement."
about most and
U
HILLTSPPERS
Hilltoppers Vote works to ensure all students are heard by their local government officials. Hilltop Views’ col-
laboration with the StudentPIRG New Voters Project will help students register for the 2020 election.
issues
cares
ESTER MARTIN / HILLTOP VIEWS
The St. Andre Apartments allow two students per shared bathroom floor plan. Living rooms and kitchens are
shared among roomates.
room sharing a
two students per
bathroom.
Residence
Thus far in our survey, 35% of
our responses show that the 2020
election will be their first to vote. A
recent poll by Tufts shows that 83%
By Nina Martinez
@ninacate01
In July, Hilltop Views editors
joined a cohort of journalists across
the U.S. with Hearken Ina and
the American Press Institute to
provide a voting strategy for the
St. Edward’s community. The five-
week training prepared the student
journalists on how to report on the
upcoming election season.
NYU professor and journalist
Jay Rosen made a guest appear-
ance during the remote training
to explain The Citizen’s Agenda, a
strategy he developed which is used
in many newsrooms. Hilltop Views
geared the agenda toward its stu-
dent community, now labeled The
the student publication will not
be reporting on political candidate
gossip that fails to inform the pub-
fic on how candidates will improve
their community.
Aug. 26 marked the first day the
Hilltoppers Vote Student Agenda
survey was posted. With one week
on St. Edward’s Housing
Response to CO VID-19 and a
FAQ of Residence Life Opening
Fall 2020 visit the St. Edward's
University website.
There are still ways to connect to
people, but you definitely have to
try harder. The strict guest policies
in the residence halls have also
made it more difficult to socialize."
Amid the changes in campus fife
this semester, Nguyen reveals that
she still enjoys living on the Hilltop.
"I still like the environment of the
campus. The vibes are nice. I also
like the ability to have access to the
resources St. Edward’s still offers,”
she says.
Nguyen believes that St. Edward’s
left to collect responses, values, ideas and issues that we care
the survey aims to listen about. That means we can make a
to the students’ voices big impact in the November elec-
as the first step to the tion, but only if we vote,” Tobias
strategy. The second says. "TexPIRG is a non-partisan
step involves collecting organization that works to protect
data to understand the the environment, public health and
Student Agenda. This reporting and ethics throughout the process,
strategy aims to narrow the focus of Hilltop Views election coverage,
our coverage to the interests of the or Hilltoppers Vote, consists of
community, create a strong feed- listening to the St. Edward’s com-
back loop with our audience, cover munity to determine what issues
all angles of the election cycle and are most important to them when
implement varying perspectives electing a candidate. Unlike big-
while upholding reporting values name televised election coverage,
implemented guest policies for
students. Only students living
on campus are permitted inside
residential communities and are
allowed one guest at a time in
their room.
These safety precautions have
made campus life look a little
different this year. “It’s pretty
empty on campus,” sophomore
Linh Nguyen, a resident of the
St. Andre Apartments, says.
“There’s still people you can visit
but you definitely have to be
more careful. We can’t socialize
as much as we did the other
years.”
Though RA activities and
community events are still
permitted, Nguyen expresses the
difficulty in interacting with her
fellow Hilltoppers this semester.
“Everyone is more to themselves.
inform students who of young people believe they have
need guidance register- the power to change the country,
ing and voting, Hilltop By pairing up with TexPIRG and
Views has paired up StudentPIRG New Voters Project
with non-partisan or- works, the St. Edward’s popula-
ganization Texas Pub- tion also has the power to change
lie Interest Research their communities for the better.
Group (TexPIRG). "StudentPIRG New Voters Project
TexPIRG intern and has worked to rally youth turnout,
St. Edward’s sophomore Ethan To- help facilitate voter registration and
bias is working with the Student- foster peer-to-peer contact to stay
PIRG New Voters Project to regis- civically engaged,” Tobias said,
ter more young voters in Texas. Tobias encourages students to
"Young people make up the largest register to vote. For those who are
and most diverse group of potential registered, the source offers tips for
voters in the country, with our own voting as a student.
is doing a good job of
spreading its residents
out and taking adequate
precautions. "The student
population is already so
small here. There’s not so
many people here to cause
problems," she says.
Though she feels safe
with the regulations St.
Edward’s has enforced,
Nguyen acknowledges
that responsibility lies
in the students, not just
the faculty, to uphold the
precautions. "We have to
put effort in it too to keep
[the campus] s afe.”
For more information
St. Edward’s University has
permitted on campus housing for
fall 2020 up until the end of the
semester.. To ensure the safety of
residents, the school made some
changes to the Hilltop, which
include a mandatory COVID-19
at-home test before returning to
campus.
Safety precautions include
mandatory face coverings while on
campus and in shared community
spaces, as well as participating in a
required daily screening program
through the TopperSafe app. Social
distancing guidelines have been
put in place throughout campus
and in residence halls. These
include limiting occupancy levels
in elevators, public restrooms and
community spaces. Dorms and on-
-campus apartments are permitting
only single rooms and no more than
registering students to
vote.
In an initiative to
halls have
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