Dana Prodoehl

The Byline: Loyola Students Push Back Against Textbook Costs

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Why are 65% of college students nationwide skipping on textbooks due to their price? What are alternative textbook sites like Annas Archive and how has that alleviated some students financial burden concerning textbook costs? What does textbooks going underutilized mean for the students who invested in them?

On this week’s episode of The Byline, a joint project between The Phoenix and WLUW 88.7, host and engagement editor Dana Prodoehl is joined by Phoenix opinion editor Ari Shanahan and deputy opinion editor Carlos Soto-Angulo to discuss these questions and more.

Listen to The Byline — the story behind the stories you read — every Friday wherever you get your podcasts.

  • Dana Prodoehl, an engagement editor at the paper, is a third-year majoring in global studies with a double minor in marketing and international business. When she’s away from her wonderful adobe apps she enjoys chatting to anyone who will listen and consulting the moon for the horoscopes.

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  • Carlos is the deputy opinion editor and a first year Political Science and Multimedia Journalism double major. He first started his journalism career centered around broadcast and fell in love with print writing before joining The Phoenix. Outside of the paper, he likes to listen to his cassette tapes, reading hardcover books and playing Skate 3, but not all at the same time.

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