Students Affected by Economy Choose School or Rent

Midterms and papers aren’t the only things that college students are worried about these days. Even with financial aid, many are struggling to keep up with the recent tuition hikes. “To pay for living expenses and schooling I currently work two part time jobs with a combined total of approximately 50 hours per week,” says [...]

Student Suffers Trials and Tribulations of Multiple Jobs and School

he rise in cost to attend UAH combined with the hard economic times that are partially to blame for the tuition spike has effected every segment of the student population. However, for the many UAH students who are self-supporting, higher costs means facing difficult decisions about how to allocate their money. In some cases the [...]

Balancing College, Kids and Life

As a Junior at UAH, Veronica Ferreira is double majoring in History and Sociology with a minor in Women’s Studies. She is involved in numerous clubs and honor societies on campus including the History Club and Phi Alpha Theta. As if that isn’t enough, Ferreira is also the happily married mother of four. So after [...]

Is Financing Your Education Giving You Grief? There is Help

With the recent hikes in the cost of tuition, and more looming on the horizon, many students are left wondering how they will be able to continue paying for their education. If you feel like you have nowhere left to turn, then don’t worry: there is help available.
“For a student who has a maximum need [...]

Art Class 101 on Print

The following segments listed as Art Class 101 through out this Exponent issue are a compilation of a semester’s lessons learned in Art Studio 123 (ARS).
The value of the elements taught here provide a keen sense of the world through multidimensional perspectives. Combining the power of art, math, and science, these ideas culminate in [...]

The Ugly Side of Morton Hall, Part 1

Editor’s note: This article is the first of a two-part series. Look for the follow-up article in our next issue.
A recent Exponent survey indicates that UAH Liberal Arts students and faculty members are unhappy with the current condition of Morton Hall.
Students and faculty members who were in Morton Hall completed 129 surveys, and rated the [...]

The Hazards of Hooking Up

For many college students, spring break is a time for partying, copious drinking, and the random hookups that often result from these activities. Such haphazard sexual encounters can result in more than an awkward morning, however; sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are on the rise in college-age individuals.
Kevyn Currier is a Disease Intervention Specialist with the [...]

It’s Only (Sex)

What is sex?
I know what sex is to me, because I have sexual experiences, both in my past and present, that help me define it. I know what I have experienced before, and what I experience now. But your definition of sex most likely greatly differs from my own personal definition.
Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary offers up [...]

Making It Through the Night, and Then the Morning

The beach, time-off, laziness, sleeping, and a few drinks—things you think of when you think “Spring Break.” Ok, so you’ll probably have more than a few drinks—more like two Jägerbombs, a few shots, and game upon game of flip cup or beer pong. The inevitable is this: a pounding headache and a churning stomach the [...]

Resources for Sexually Active Students:

UAH Student Health Center
University Center Room 203
(256) 824-6775
M–F 8:15 a.m.–12 p.m., 1:30–5:00 p.m.
Appointment or walk-in
Testing for Mono, STDs, HIV and pregnancy
Pap tests and birth control for women
Health counseling for lifestyle, birth control and STDs
Fees: $5.00 per office visit, plus low charge per service.
Payments may be made at time of visit or charged to student’s account [...]

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