SCC News & Viewpoints Since 2000 • September 2017 • Volume 18, Number 1 THE BRIDGE We are SCC: Somerset Campus • Laurel Campus • Casey Center • Clinton Center • McCreary Center • Russell Center Students react to online class fee Eye in the sky By Alyson...
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SCC News & Viewpoints Since 2000 • September 2017 • Volume 18, Number 1 THE BRIDGE We are SCC: Somerset Campus • Laurel Campus • Casey Center • Clinton Center • McCreary Center • Russell Center Students react to online class fee Eye in the sky By Alyson Branscum KCTCS’ decision to raise tui- tion by $6 per credit hour received Security cameras’ focus a great deal of attention when it was announced in June, but a less publicized new fee is under scru- will be student safety tiny now that classes have begun. By Leighton Coffey “I think anything that makes The fee charges an extra $20 SCC has invested roughly people feel safer is good thing,” for the online credit hour. $180,000 in video surveillance to she said. “I think the fee is ridiculous,” enhance security at the Somerset But others are skeptical, feel- said Bethany New, a student tak- and Laurel campuses. ing that security cameras are a ing all of her classes online. “If the According to SCC’s Chief potential threat to their privac
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