Wednesday, September 23, 2015

(Edit) Mabee's new hours might affect study habits

Over the summer, Mabee library reduced its hours of operation. The stated benefit of reducing library hours is to save money. Mabee used to be open 24 hours Monday through Friday. Currently, the library opens at 7 a.m. on Monday through Friday and it is open until 2 a.m. Monday through Wednesday. Until 11 p.m. Thursdays and until 6 p.m. on Fridays. Weekend hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sundays.

While reducing the hours of Mabee may save the university some money, this new library time reduction might affect students' study habits. Some students relied on Mabee library being open 24 hours during the week to complete their studying. The extended hours were also an attractive selling point to prospective Ichabods. The library hours may be extensive for the average student living on campus, but Washburn has a lot of nontraditional students that need the library to be open either really early or really late. Only time will tell if saving money by reducing library hours is sacrificing students' grades.

16 comments:

  1. I think you made the needed changes for this article. I think you made it unbiased and easier to read. Great job!

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  2. I think the changes were great! Like on the original, the only thing i would do is lay the hours out in its own paragraph in a more, list-like form. :)

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  3. This flowed really well! I think the hours are hard to read in the paragraph like that though. Overall, I think you did a good job editing the original!

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  4. This flowed really well! I think the hours are hard to read in the paragraph like that though. Overall, I think you did a good job editing the original!

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  5. I agree with Michaela, I think the hours could be changed to flow better but overall looks good!

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  7. The hours were not changed in the first paragraph. If those were changed then I think it would be a lot easier to read.

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  8. "The stated benefit of reducing library hours is to save money" this sentence seems awkward. I would say "The hours were changed as a result of budget cuts"

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  9. Great edit, the hours are tricky to read. I just skipped over them completely. Great job!

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  10. Good edit! In the first article I would just change the times in a bulleted list or something else more reader friendly, otherwise great edit.

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  11. The headline is good because it clearly states what the story is about. Take out "may" and "might" when writing a story like this. Be sure of what you're saying. Don't guess in news stories. It would help to talk to a few students about this topic.

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  12. "Currently, the library opens at 7 a.m. on Monday through Friday and it is open until 2 a.m. Monday through Wednesday. Until 11 p.m. Thursdays and until 6 p.m. on Fridays. Weekend hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sundays." Still sounds a little awkward, but I understand this is probably a tricky thing to write out. Other than that, I like the edits! Good job!

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  13. Nice headline. I would add more length to this story also.

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  14. Good job and good angle. Your headline is interesting.

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  15. Nice edits, but it's hard to read and understand the new hours of the library! Perhaps a list might help?

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