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To: Western Washington University (WWU)
WWU Fall 2020 Housing Cost
We as students are risking our health to attend WWU, in response WWU has raised the cost of housing and expects us to pay for days in which we won't be on campus. We're petitioning to have WWU either decrease the initial cost of housing for Fall 2020, or to provide reimbursement for students who won't be coming back following Thanksgiving break.
Why is this important?
WWU has stated their goal of holding in person classes in 2020, this makes sense as some classes simply can't be conducted online (For example Sculpting). Their plan involves attending classes until Thanksgiving break, afterwards, they intend to switch classes to online as to encourage student to stay home. One would expect as such the cost of housing would be decreased as to accommodate for this change. However, this couldn't be further from the truth. According to the WWU housing page the cost of housing for Fall 2020 will be even more expensive than the cost for Fall 2019
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Additionally, students will be expected to pay for 17 days in which they won't be on campus. Take the cost of a typical Fall Quarter housing arrangement of a double room with a 100 meal plan at $4, 575. We attend for 80 days in the Fall Quarter, this comes out to $57 per day, multiply this by 17 days and you get $972. This is without including the cost of transportation and other campus utilities. While, we are happy with how WWU has responded to Covid-19. We shouldn't be expected to pay nearly $1,000 for housing and utilities in which we won't be using. If you support this petition please sign, it is a quick process and can potentially help many students!