Lemon's Life

Samantha Lauckner, a full-time Chinese student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, uses scholarships, grants, loans and works full time during the school year in order to pay tuition. During the summer, Lauckner, 25, works about 72 hours per week to save for the next school year. “When I first started attending, I thought tuition would be more doable. Then when attending and also having to pay full on living expenses, I realized damn this school costs a lot,” she said. Over the last ten years, the Board of Regents at the University of Colorado has approved tuition increases of an average of 52.7 percent for in-state students at the Boulder campus. Tuition increases because of state mandated employee raises, school improvements and decreases in state funding. The increase in tuition affects who applies to and attends CU Boulder, how much debt students incur, and how much students can enjoy their college experiences. According to CU Vice President of Communications Ken ...

Therapy Dogs Video At a Boulder Valley School District elementary school, a young boy stood in the corner of the principal’s office screaming, yelling, and banging his hands on the wall. A therapy dog team at the elementary school went to the office to calm the boy down. The dog sat right next to the boy. The boy quieted for a minute and looked down at the dog, only to go back to crying. Then, he turned his head and took a good look at the dog. The handler asked the boy if he’d like to meet Cadie, the therapy dog. He stopped crying, turned around and got on all fours next to the dog. Shortly after, the boy was cuddled up with the dog on the floor laughing and playing. Within a few minutes, he was back in class as if nothing had ever happened. Therapy dog teams around Boulder County work hard to bring happiness to people in hospitals and schools. Many people realize that dogs make people happy, but don’t exactly know why. There is scientific proof from numerous studies which sh...

LDS Church and Media Video May, 2018