Full Spread

This issue is happening. It is real and happening to students all over the nation.

http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/current-college-students-struggle-to-survive-rising-tuitions/


Also, here are some other infographics on the issue. Quick and easy way of understanding this injustice that is happening.

Reality. At what point is all the debt finally worth it?

http://kiplinger.tumblr.com/post/29449893080/do-we-face-a-higher-education-bubble-education

.. and that's the way it works. 

How many American's borrow money to pay for college?

Student Loan Debt Statistics.

Student loan debt doesn't only effect the student loan borrower, but can also effect the national economy in a negative way.

http://www.asa.org/policy/resources/stats/

New Intervention

My last intervention was crap to say the least. So I came up with a new intervention which I would still like to improve on. I would like to redo this intervention in the lighting studio to make the impact of the images and my message more serious since it is a serious issue I am trying to get people aware of. I would like the signs to be more formal, or maybe replace the signs with the individual holding their old cell phone they have to use because they cant afford  a smartphone .. or something along those lines. These are just a few of the images of the new intervention I would like to improve on.

Also, I made all the people I took a photo of fill out a checklist/survey of all the things they have sacrificed in order to pay their way through college. A few statistics from this checklist are: 

• 3 out of 7 people said they would be in debt after college
• almost half (4 out of 7) students said they sacrifice quality food/groceries in order to save money
• more than half (5 out of 7) students said they sacrifice their time for work to pay for college

Intervention [Documentation]: May the Fourth Be With You

On May 4, 2013 I made a few different flyers to hang up on my neighbors' doors. The flyers have an image of a Star Wars character with each one saying "May the Fourth Be With You". The bottom of the flyer has 6 lightsabers (the 3 different colored lightsabers in Star Wars) you can rip off, as it states right above them, "Take a lightsaber".  I tried to capture moments of the intervention throughout the day.

Someone has already taken a blue lightsaber. 

He's taken a red lighsaber... oh no! He must be a sith!

Another blue lightsaber taken. 

She's a sith too!

The "force" is strong with this one. The lightsaber gave her the "force" to kill a bug that was on the door frame. 

Lightsaber battle!

May 5, 2013. Apparently random people that passed by overnight or early in the morning took some lightsabers too. 

This intervention was supposed to empower people who took a lightsaber, whether it was in the smallest way possible. Holding that paper lightsaber gave them a sense of power, or "force", for a short amount of time. Maybe sometimes we need something to remind ourselves that we do have "the force" within us. We can carry this intervention's message further and put our "force" to use in a productive manner in our lives. 

Its never to early to start saving money for college. 

http://www.scholarshipexperts.com/financial-aid/saving-for-college-timeline-infographic/