The University of Washington’s The Daily
Story 1: “ASUW Senate discusses student-led emergency response service” By Harper Gould
The University of Washington is set to implement student-led emergency medical services alongside the Seattle Fire Department. On February 6th, the ASUW Senate, a legislative body for the school run by students, discussed and voted on the introduction of an emergency program put into practice by over 250 other universities. The vote passed 65-0-5, effectively permitting the EMS program to proceed. The program would result in certified student EMTs responding to on-campus 911 calls. It is estimated that student EMTs would arrive on the scene four minutes faster than the Seattle Fire Department, actively cutting response time down from the current practice UW utilizes. In a life-or-death situation, these four minutes become exorbitantly valuable, and students in crisis will ultimately benefit from the changing system.
Another suggested advantage of a student-run EMT service is the willingness to call for help when students are in distress, knowing it will be a peer responding to the scene first. The bill’s sponsor and current EMT, Tristan Jafari, indicates, “It removes a barrier of hesitancy.”
The meeting also discussed activity fees and service prices, welcoming presenters from the advisory board of U-PASS. Presenter Shrayes Bhagavatula from the board enlightened the ASUW Senate on how prices are established, advertising plans, and exemptions from such costs.
The services and activities fee committee chair Mitchell Klein states, “We’re trying to show you where your money is going.” Klein presents the fees, proceeding to forums with various UW campus locations and councils to show the Senate what units their funding goes to.
Story 2: “The Daily Editors’ Book Club January: Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s ‘Before the Coffee Gets Cold’” By Piper Davidson
This article discusses the University of Washington’s Newspaper Editor’s January Book Club pick, “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. In a personal piece from writer Piper Davidson, she discusses her and her peer’s reactions to the translated fiction. They illustrate the variety in how people chose to read or struggle to get invested in a book, while the writer was entranced almost immediately by Kawaguchi’s work. Despite the challenging beginning for some, each completed the book within a day or two and celebrated its ability to illustrate our relationships and dynamics with friends and family through the use of (spoiler!) time travel. The Daily’s editors found the book cozy in times of poor weather over in the state of Washington, and they recommend it to readers of the paper who are looking for a comforting story.
