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Tuition, toilet paper rub
student the wrong way
By Chris Rice
■ The Parthenon
Marshall U.
I was out of toilet paper.
Like many native West Virginians, I
have to watch every penny. So I have to
pass bv the popular name brands and
reach for the one in my price range
Sandy Wipe.
However, when 1 recently returned to
the local supermarket 1 was shocked to
learn that my old brand had been
replaced Now stocked high on the shelf
m its place was New Sandy Wipe Plus,
“Now with larger sheets!”
But after studying the competition, 1
soon realized no matter how 1 felt about
the price increase I would still be buying
Sandy Wipe Not because I am pleased
with the new larger sheets, but rather
because the price is right It rubs me raw,
but 1 really don’t have a choice
1 was out of high school.
Like many native West Virginians, I
have to watch every penny 1 had to pass
by the big name universities and go to
the one in my price range — Marshall 1'
However, when 1 received my bill for
last fall semester 1 learned that the old
tuition rate had been changed The big
black numbers on the white page
demanded, “$740.50'”
Sure the price had gone up before, hut
this was a $127.50 increase. But afler
studying the competition 1 soon realized
no matter how I felt about the rising
tuition 1 would still attend Marshall 1'
Not because I’m particularly pleased with
the product, but rather because the price
is right Do 1 get what 1 pay for? It rubs
me raw that 1 really don’t have a choice
I compare being out of toilet paper and
being out of high school because in both
cases you end up with a load in your
hands.
The maker of New Sandy Wipe Plus
had me. the customer, in mind when they
raised their price. It may cost more, but
I’m getting longer sheets
But Marshall U. did not have the cus
turner in mind. It did nothing to improve
its product What part of my $ 127.50 is
going to product improvements? Not a
penny.
Some proponents of the tuition
increase suggest the university can
attract more and better professors by
offering higher salaries But by the time
the state gets around to creating and fill
ing these news positions, I'll be gone.
Why should I pay for an improvement I
may never see9
It doesn't bother me to pay for the urn
versitv’s plastic surgery. The price here
is still right What does bother me is that
unlike Sandy Wipe there is no "new" or
“plus" to the product. The only thing that
will be different, is the amount of money
employees will be collecting each payday
It's like paying for a nosejob while can
cer eats away inside your body.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Boycotts don’t help
To The Editor:
It's wonderful that there are many stu
dents concerned enough about
apartheid to want to do something about
it (“Students protest Coke sales,"
November 19891, but boycotting compa
nies for business relations with South
Africa is not the right way to go about it
These companies give jobs to thou
sands of South Africans Thus, not only
do these blacks have the chance of pull mg
out of the vicious cycle of poverty, but it
offers them a chance to move up on the
ladder, so that they might be able to work
against apartheid from the inside
()ver the past decade the lives of thou
sands of blacks have turned for the
worse after the multinational corpora
tions began pulling out. The actions only
caused further deterioration of the eco
nomic situation in South Africa
The very nature of the articles tended
to incite other students to join this boy
cott. much to the woe of the anti
apartheid cause. I am an idealist, too.
but when the actions taken by idealists
defeat their intent because of ignorance,
I draw the line
Ngeng Hia I'hua, freshman
( arnegie Mi-llon l'.
Life on campus
mirrors events
in ‘real world’
By Carolyn Karr
■ The Chronicle
Duke U.
Duke 1 students often call their cam
pus the “Gothic Wonderland," a four-year
bubble that reality cannot puncture
Only m this land can students buy food,
photocopies and school sweat pants with
“points "And only here can a student run
down the hall with a fistful of quarters
to put his towels m t he dryer and prepare
for safe sex, all m one trip
But many day-to-day events at college
serve as a comprehensive prep course for
the future For example, the “new and
improved" course registration booklets
teach us we will not always get what we
want in life, let alone the classes we may
need Registration also reminds us that
you cannot always predict what you will
be doing in life
The class rank affords students anoth
er valuable lesson in educational sur
vival Certainly, people who work hard
should he rewarded — with good grades
m college and promotions later in life.
Unfortunately, a person disappointed
with his GPA may feel his hard work is
not always rewarded.
In addition, the campus bus system
provides students with a valuable tool to
keep in their life-long survival kits.
Although infrequent or late buses often
inspire profanity, the bus service actual
ly simulates real-life scenarios
In order to get ahead in life, you must
push your way to the top. So it goes with
getting a seat on a campus bus. As chil
dren learn early in life to wait until it is
their turn, many students apply this
knowledge at the campus bus stops.
Students complain frequently about
waiting in line for the bus, as well as for
any other Duke service. Through every
part of the day, we wait in lines. We wait
for nachos at the snack bar We wait for
hours to get into basketball games. We
wait for an available computer at the
library And at crowded parties, we even
wait to relieve ourselves.
After four years of training, Duke is
teaching its final lesson: good things come
to those who wait . and wait.
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OPINION POLL
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Should pre-game prayer be
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universities?
(See related story on page 1)
Responses to November U. Poll
! In November, we asked readers it they
thought date rape should be made a campus
oflense, punishable by the student court
Students were evenly split as to whether they
favored (51%) or opposed (49%) this mea
sure It is not known how this relates to stu
dents' thoughts on dealing with date rape in
i the courts outside of their school