Cell Phone Charges
Despite the recent lawsuit regarding early termination fees, Americans are still being grossly overcharged for using their cell phones. I would like to get an idea of how much we pay, how much it really costs cell companies, what student consumers, who are often on a very limited budget, are doing about this, and what phone companies are doing to keep customers.
Overdrafts
There is a bill either that has just passed or is in the works to make it illegal to charge overdraft fees without allowing customers to opt out of them. I would like to expand on this and other fees banks charge. (On a personal note, I have overdraft protection so that money comes out of my savings account to cover an overdraft yet I STILL get charged a fee each time that happens.)
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Blog Post 9- Shack-a-thon
OU Fraternities and Sororities Shack up for a Cause
The South Oval may have looked like a refugee camp on Wednesday, Nov. 11, but that was not due to an outbreak of war between the peoples of Moore and Oklahoma City.
On the contrary, these "refugees" were there by choice: the OU Sorority and Fraternity members were "shacking up," building their own shabby shelters, to raise money and awareness for Habitat for Humanity.
There are two reasons for Shack-a-thon: fundraising and advocacy for the homeless in our area, said President of OU's chapter of Habitat for Humanity Jordan Eppler.
Students began at 10 in the morning building their shacks out of cardboard, wrapping paper, nails, duct tape and anything else that was allowed.
"What we did is we went and found wood... and we've been placing it kind of like a jigsaw puzzle for the past week...," said communications senior James Gable.
As for actually raising the money, participants opted to do everything from smiling for money to offering kisses for sale to downright begging.
"We're using sad faces that you can make happy, dancing and music to attract people," said health and exercise science senior Brittany Washington.
Though they may get caught up in the competitiveness of the event, the students don't forget why they are there.
"Its good to raise awareness for the homeless because it's kind of an unknown fact that even in our county here i think like 10 or 15 percent live under the poverty rate," Gable said.
The South Oval may have looked like a refugee camp on Wednesday, Nov. 11, but that was not due to an outbreak of war between the peoples of Moore and Oklahoma City.
On the contrary, these "refugees" were there by choice: the OU Sorority and Fraternity members were "shacking up," building their own shabby shelters, to raise money and awareness for Habitat for Humanity.
There are two reasons for Shack-a-thon: fundraising and advocacy for the homeless in our area, said President of OU's chapter of Habitat for Humanity Jordan Eppler.
Students began at 10 in the morning building their shacks out of cardboard, wrapping paper, nails, duct tape and anything else that was allowed.
"What we did is we went and found wood... and we've been placing it kind of like a jigsaw puzzle for the past week...," said communications senior James Gable.
As for actually raising the money, participants opted to do everything from smiling for money to offering kisses for sale to downright begging.
"We're using sad faces that you can make happy, dancing and music to attract people," said health and exercise science senior Brittany Washington.
Though they may get caught up in the competitiveness of the event, the students don't forget why they are there.
"Its good to raise awareness for the homeless because it's kind of an unknown fact that even in our county here i think like 10 or 15 percent live under the poverty rate," Gable said.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
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