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now drill horizontally and break up more ground, which means more water waste — causing more earthquakes, Taylor said.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there were five earthquakes in Harper County in 2013 and 139 in 2014. There have been about 80 so far in 2015.
The U.S. went from producing almost 9.7 million barrels of oil a day in 2010 to almost 14 million barrels of oil a day in 2014, according to the International Energy Information Association. The state of Kansas produced about 111,000 barrels daily in 2010 and thus far in 2015 they have produced an average of 134,000 barrels daily, according to
the U.S. Energy Information.
"American price benchmark, which dropped to about $46 a barrel on [Jan. 12], would fall to $41 in three months and $39 in six months," according to a January 2015 article in The New York Times. As prices dropped in January, oil companies began moving out of Anthony.
"The price of oil dropped drastically, and of course it wasn't feasible for the oil companies to continue operating expensive horizontal drills," Alldritt said. "Different oil and energy companies are picking up and moving out and leaving the rest of us in a town with destroyed infrastructure, and nothing to show for it."
Sandridge Energy and Select Energy Oil representatives were unavailable for comment.
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do it that way because it was going to be more affordable for me, since I pay for my own stuff. I get that until I'm 26 as long as I'm enrolled in school."
Emma Bean, a junior from Colorado Springs, Colo., agreed. Bean, who works at the College of Liberal Arts and Science's reception desk in Strong Hall, said she had no idea whether she'd been offered health care, but she knew she didn't take it.
"It honestly never occurred to me to look at what the University was offering me," Bean said. "I've just been on my mom's plan forever, so it was just so much easier."
Under ACA, this may hold true for many undergraduates. ACA states that if an insurance plan covers children, it will cover children until they turn 26 years old. According to the University's Office of Institutional Research and Planning, only 1,471 undergraduates,
or 7.8 percent, were 26 or older in the fall.
Although not all undergraduates, even if they are 26 or younger, are eligible to be covered under a parental plan, many now have the option under ACA.
In an effort to implement the ACA and minimize costs to the University, Human Resources set hour restrictions on students. Each on-campus undergraduate employee will only be allowed to work 20 hours per week during the school year and 40 hours per week in the summer.
Faucher said the limits were due to the University's implementation of ACA. Any employee working more than 30 hours over an extended period of time should be offered benefits by his or her employer, according to one provision of ACA.
In the coming year, Faucher said these restrictions will not change, but will be more strictly enforced.
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