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NO HOME?
Students affected by BYU’s
‘Homeless Period’ in Provo share
ideas on how they close the gap
B y C A R A C H R I S T E N S E N
Like many students before her,
Shaelynn Dalton, a sophomore from
Tigard, Ore., has faced summer home-
lessness during her time at BYU.
“I have packed everything I owned
into my car, kept some essentials in
a suitcase and house-hopped to what-
ever kind soul would let me crash on
their couch,” Dalton said.
It isn’t the “normal” kind of home-
lessness — these people aren’t hold-
ing signs and begging for change.
These are BYU students whose de-
cision to move from one place to an-
other lands between summer and fall
semester. This timing leaves them
with nowhere to live for a short time
because their previous housing con-
tract expires before their next one
starts.
During one summer, Dalton said
she stayed in at least three different
homes and slept on a variety of sur-
faces, including a couch, love sack
and the floor of her friends’ apart-
ments.
Gary Briggs, the director of Off-
campus Housing, said this issue was
brought to his attention about four
years ago, and he has been working
with the landlords of BYU-Contract-
ed housing to work out a solution to
the issue.
Many students decide to move to a
new place at the start of a new school
year. This span of time, usually be-
tween the second and fourth week of
August, has been commonly referred
to as Provo’s “Homeless Period.”
“A lot of landlords will let individ-
uals move into their facilities early
and just pay a prorated amount of
rent,” Briggs said.
Briggs said in their focus groups
and discussions with students, the
See HOME on Page 3
Photo illustration by Whitnie Soelberg
For students moving for Fall Semester, the time between the end of summer contracts and the beginning of fall can be a hard time to find a place to stay.
B y B R I H I N T Z E
President Obama’s health insurance pro-
gram, dubbed “Obamacare” by many, con-
tinues to be scrutinized by the nation. Mean-
while, BYU students strive to understand the
changes involved with the new health care
policies.
The Affordable Care Act’s website gives in-
formation to specific demographics and how
they will be affected. Young adults under 26
can still be insured unless their parents have
an existing work-based coverage. In 2014, any-
one making less than $15,000 may qualify for
coverage through Medicaid.
But the Supreme Court has changed a few
things. Most importantly, the Medicaid expan-
sion has been made optional, meaning states
that do not opt into the expansion will no lon-
ger be penalized. The court ruled states can no
longer have existing Medicaid funding stripped
if they choose not to comply with the expansion.
Utah’s GOP leaders are not making a decision
until after the presidential election.
According to The Hill’s Healthwatch, 15
governors announced they do not support the
Supreme Court’s optional Medicaid expansion.
The Utah Health Policy Project takes a differ-
ent stance.
See HEALTH CARE on Page 3
Affordable Care Act: What it means for you
Utah debates supporting
the Medicaid expansion
Associated Press
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California speaks about the Affordable Care Act, Wednesday, July 11,
on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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July 24 Students living in Felt Hall reported a suspicious person
sitting in the basement. When police questioned the individual,
he provided identification and told the officer he was registered
for a dance competition and was staying in Felt Hall.
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who has been living in the Wilkinson Student Center. He claimed
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Brother David LeRoy Beck, currently serv-
ing as the Young Men general president for
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, is the commencement speaker for
graduation in August.
Brother Beck has spent the past three
years teaching the young men of the Church
about their role as priesthood leaders and fa-
thers. Often, Brother Beck refers to his own
experiences with his callings and family as
examples of how young men should behave.
Although he serves in a general presidency
position for the Church, in an interview with
the Mormon Channel, Brother Beck said the
most important calling in life for men is to be
a husband and father.
“We magnify our calling when we minis-
ter in our home,” Beck said. “That is the first
order of magnifying our calling.”
Brother Beck married Robyn Ericksen in
the Salt Lake Temple in September 1976. He
and his wife presided over the Brazil Rio de
Janiero North Mission. They are the parents
of four children and have five grandchildren.
In his interview, Brother Beck said it was
important to consciously avoid temptations
at all costs.
“If we start losing the discipline of the
religious observances in our lives, then we
open ourselves up to the rationalization that
would allow us to get into situations or behav-
iors that would cause us to not cleave to our
spouse and to God,” he said.
He also addressed unavoidable circum-
stances and how one should react to them.
“Those are conscious decisions that need
to be made beforehand,” Brother Beck said.
“We need to prepare ourselves. Take some-
thing like pornography … you’ve got to think
beforehand how you are going to avoid this.”
As part of his calling, Brother Beck has
traveled and met many youth. In an address
to them, he urged the young men of the
Church to prepare for their role as fathers
by completing their Duty to God, a program
implemented specifically for young men. He
said if they would do so, it would strengthen
their home and family.
Brother Beck served as a missionary in the
Brazil North Mission, which has subsequent-
ly been named the Sao Paulo North Mission.
He was familiar with the Brazilian culture
from his experience living there when he
was ten years old as his father served as the
mission president of the Brazilian Mission in
1963.
Brother Beck graduated from the Univer-
sity of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in elec-
trical engineering and a master’s degree in
engineering education.
He will be speaking at BYU in the Marriott
Center at 4 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 9. The cere-
mony typically lasts two hours and guests are
encouraged to be in their seats by 3:15 p.m.
David L. Beck, Young Men General
President, to speak at commencement
”We magnify our calling when we
minister in our home. That is the
first order of magnifying
our calling.”
David L. Beck
Young Men General President
Continued from Page 1
UHPP aims to help BYU stu-
dents and residents better un-
derstand the benefits of the new
Affordable Care Act.
According to UHPP, “It would
be fiscally, economically, not to
mention morally, irresponsible
to opt out of the Medicaid ex-
pansion.” The organization en-
courages residents to visit their
website to see the numbers and
a more detailed explanation of
why UHPP supports the medic-
aid expansion for Utah.
Shelly Braun, the reform ini-
tiatives director at UHPP, said
she feels this expansion is not
optional at all.
“Health insurance is the door
all Americans have to walk
through to get health coverage.
If states don’t expand the pro-
gram, this will affect the lower
working class of our population
that have jobs that usually do not
include health benefits,” Braun
said. “Many of them work part
time jobs, and so there is this
whole population that can’t af-
ford to buy private insurance.”
The website allows for anyone
whose life will be helped by the
Medicaid expansion to post their
story onto the website.
Beyond the good nature be-
hind the act, many still wonder
who will going to pay for it.
The federal government will
cover 100 percent of the Medic-
aid expansion expenses, but that
will not last forever. By 2020, 90
percent of the costs will be cov-
ered by the federal government.
According to the Utah Medic-
aid director Michael Hales, the
first 10 years alone will cost $240
million in state taxes.
According to a Quinnipiac
University poll, 55 percent of reg-
istered voters believe the health
care law is, in effect, a tax hike.
In the same poll, 49 percent of
voters believed the Supreme
Court should have tried to re-
peal the health care law.
Continued from Page 1
biggest issue was not a place to
sleep — because most students
said they had friends or family
they could stay with — but hav-
ing a place to put all of their stuff
during those weeks.
Katy Dupree, a physical edu-
cation major from Brea, Calif.,
said she usually just stays in her
apartment for long periods of
time to avoid dealing with being
homeless, but she has been af-
fected by it in the past.
“When I have moved, I always
have to worry about where I’m
allowed to stay and where to
put all my stuff,” Dupree said.
“I usually just end up paying to
stay in my apartment between
contracts, but I have been forced
to keep boxes at a friend’s apart-
ment and sleep on someone’s
couch.”
Natalie Jo Ellis, a senior from
Farmington has been left on the
curb during the homeless period.
“I’ve been left homeless: no
place to sleep, no place to keep
all the things I own, bumming
meals, showers and places to
hang out and sleep from friends,”
Ellis said.
Briggs said after the homeless
period issue was brought up,
some apartment complexes made
rooms available for students to
store their belongings during the
gaps between contracts.
“I don’t think we’re there yet,
but we’re a lot better, ” Briggs
said. “Even if there’s one, it’s
something that we want to ad-
dress because we don’t want that
person in the back seat of a car.”
Some students have recom-
mended staying in the same
apartment in order to not deal
with it. Others recommend stay-
ing with friends or family and
some just say to set up tents and
make the best of it with their
friends.
Ryan Trekell, a recent BYU
graduate had a positive outlook
on the homeless period.
“While we did complain, some
of my fondest memories are
from homeless week,” Trekell
said. “Not only is it nice to try
out homelessness, but you’re
doing absurd things just to find
somewhere to sleep with all your
best friends. It makes for a great
time.”
Dalton said her experiences
with summer homelessness
haven’t been all negative either.
“As far as being ‘homeless’
goes, Provo is probably the best
place for a college kid. There
are always people willing to
open up their condo/apart-
ment/car/bathtub to you,”
Dalton said.
Briggs said it is important
for students to be proactive and
know when their contract dates
start and end so they can be in
control of the situation.
“This is part of their educa-
tion; it’s not all in the books,
there’s life skill development
there,” Briggs said.
He advised students to check
with their current and future
landlords to see if there is a pos-
sibility of staying later or mov-
ing in early. If this doesn’t work,
he recommended students try to
stay with friends or family.
If students are still having
issues with housing, they can
contact The Office of Off-Cam-
pus Housing at 801-422-1513.
HOME
Finding a place to
sleep and put stuff
HEALTH CARE
What is
Utah doing?
”If states don’t expand
the program, this will
affect the lower working
class of our population.”
Shelly Braun
Reform initiatives director at UHPP
Photo courtesy LDS Church
Young Men General President David L. Beck
will speak at commencement on Thursday,
Aug. 9.
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