University of Plymouth – Plymouth Gazette

Empathy is perhaps the one thing of value in this world that is not subject to limitations of scarcity. The Ukrainian refugee crisis currently being caused by a Russian invasion is at the forefront of the conversation. Despite the supposed low degree of effort needed to empathize with others, humans do not find empathy as naturally as they arguably should. Normally we are perfectly able to do the obvious in order to ensure everyone’s wellbeing. For example, being sensitive to each other's identities, not voting incompetent people into power, or not paying to watch the Star Wars sequel trilogy, or…you know what never mind. Regardless of whether or not we make the effort to carry out our societal duties, empathy at the very least should be doable. It does not cost anything...

Go vote at upsu.com! It is that time of year again when students run in their masses to the ballot boxes to elect a new sabbatical officer team. Most of the current sabbatical officer team are not rerunning due to election rules preventing candidates from staying on the sabbatical team for more than two years. A constitutional rule like being the President of the United States of America, being on the Sabbatical Team is deemed more admirable than the actual most powerful office in the western world. How do the Sabbatical Officer elections work? The Sabbatical Officer elections, use a ranked voting system, where the voter can vote who they would prefer as the elected official. So, candidates A, B and C are all facing an election but the voter, let’s call them Polly Tizian who s...

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Do Students feel empathy about World Events?

SABBATICAL ELECTION – From Nintendo Switches, a year at Cineworld, to Student Policy