LOGAN Who walks around with quarters in their pockets anymore? In the world of online banking, pretty much no one, least of all college students. But for a menstruating individual caught in public without supplies, you d better hope you have quarters.
That s what students in Utah State University s Women in Business Association quickly realized after a conversation about the inconvenience of obtaining menstruation products in public spaces turned into political action. Now, the university is working on removing the pay barrier for tampons and pads in bathrooms and instead will provide them free of charge. As a female student, the last thing you want to have to worry about is an unexpected emergency and just small acts like this show that we care about our students, said Lianne Wappett, faculty co-advisor for the group. We want them to focus on their academics, not on emergencies, and it s exciting to see small steps towards what I would call equitable access to products in the