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<Title>No Enlightened Octopus Yoga - 1/22</Title>
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<Summary>There is no Enlightened Octopus yoga session today.  The next session will take place on 1/28 at 12 p.m. </Summary>
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<Title>Millions of College Students are Going Hungry</Title>
<Tagline>a new government report finds</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><em>Retriever Essentials believes that often, the food insecurity UMBC students experience is the tip of the iceberg-- if the first sacrifice is textbooks before food, imagine the tough choices that could follow. An article published in <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/01/college-student-hunger/579877/?fbclid=IwAR1oZtodkT0Qws1210C-SXe_5OsVhfWRgP_z7ps0-aQu3w37DBGn_KZWutE" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The Atlantic</a> last week by Adam Harris details the new findings by the Government Accountability Office (GAO- a nonpartisan congressional watchdog), and congressional stakeholder's reactions and plans for advocacy for our vulnerable students. Find some excerpts below:</em><div><br></div><h6><ul><li><span>GAO found that there are </span>nearly 1 million college students at risk of becoming food insecure<span>, marking the </span>first time the federal government has acknowledged food insecurity on campus <span>in a significant way.</span></li><li><span><span>The federal
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    report finds that <em>some students are at risk of dropping out because they cannot
    eat.</em></span></span></li><li><span><span><span>“[The
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    students, first-generation students, students who are raising children, single
    parents, </span><em>face increasing obstacles to be able to complete that critical college
    degree</em><span>,” Senator Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate’s education
    committee says.</span></span></span></li><li><span><span> </span><span><span>Middle-class
    students, those who are “too rich for Pell and too poor to afford college,”
    struggle as well. And they may not be as likely to use things such as the food
    pantry.</span></span></span></li><li><span><span>Murray says that
    addressing food insecurity is one of her top priorities as Congress negotiates
    a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, the major federal law governing
    colleges and universities. </span><span><em>“Often, we just talk about the tuition costs and dealing
    with that,” she says. “It has to be broader than that— [it has to be] all of
    the costs that come to a student as they try to complete college, including
    food and housing.”</em></span></span></li><li><span> </span><span><span><span>Sara
    Goldrick-Rab, a higher-education professor at Temple University and a leading
    scholar on campus hunger, put it more bluntly. </span>The report shows “that food
    insecurity is a college-completion issue,” she says.<span> “We’re undermining our
    federal investment in financial aid by not paying attention to this. We have to
    stop pretending like living expenses are not educational expenses.”</span></span></span></li></ul></h6><p>Keep an eye out in the next few weeks for how you can help support Retriever Essentials as we begin taking steps toward institutionalization and securing sustainable support for our students years to come.</p></div>
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<PostedAt>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:41:00 -0500</PostedAt>
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<Title>We need canned beans &amp; canned fruit packed in its own juice</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Please drop off in our bright yellow donation bins in:<br><br>Admin, first floor in front of elevators<br>Library, first floor to the right as you walk in<br>Commons, Main Street<br><br>We also have a coat closet with FREE coats, hats, gloves and scarves for students in need.  Contact Julie Rosenthal at <a href="mailto:julier@umbc.edu">julier@umbc.edu</a> for access.<br><br>So far this semester we have distributed close to 60 bags of nutritionally balanced, non-perishable food.<br><br>Thank you for your continued support.  Please pass the word to others who may want to assist.<br><br><br></div>
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<Title>Film Screening &amp; Non-Perishable Food Drive</Title>
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<Title>We are in Need of Normal Size Jars of Peanut Butter!</Title>
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<Title>Join us for a forum on Respecting the Dignity of Every Human</Title>
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