=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= They Want Your Money -------------------- I am so sick of universities passing policy and charging fees in the name of the students when all they are really trying to do is fondle your purse or wallet. Let's take for example a "Student I.D. Card Maintenance Fee." This fee is charged every time a student pays tuition and is ususally about $2, but what universities fail to make known is that if you every loose your card or need maintenance on it you must pay up-front or you will not get another card. So what the hell is the fee for? Also, the other day I tried to use the Student Recreation Center (Texas Tech). I was told, but not surprised, that a student must be taking at least 4 hours to utilize the facility. How many 4 hour classes have you ever taken? How convenient that it is just 1 more hour than half of the university is taking. Grungingly, I proceded to the third floor to purchase a summer pass for a fee of $9. To my surprise, I was made a very professional looking pass, complete with instant photograph and lamination. I would wager to say that about 2 of the 9 dollars was for these I.D.'s which would be used for only 6 weeks. Oh, and how about this new grade replacement policy. Sure, it's good for the students, but think for a moment what it does for the university. Now everyone can take (and pay) for all those classes he/she took that they want to get a higher grade in. This means big bucks for the university, and does it really help the student that much? The old GPA will still appear on your transcript. How about the advanced placement tests! Sure you can go take these with the hope that you can get out of taking a class, but even if you do pass it the university looses no more money than if you would have actually taken the class. It costs virtually the same to take the class or take the test. If you should fail the test, they keep your money and then you still have to fork out even more money to take the class. How about the $50 computer- access fee we pay each semester. Let's do a little simple math, assume for a moment there are 25,000 people paying fees, if everyone pays $50 that's 1.25 million a semester! Where the fuck is all that money going, towards the 286's in the dorms? How about when you move out of the dorm and they try to charge you $5 for every hole in the wall. All they do is paint the rooms to cover the holes. Tell me they are not making money on this. I usually don't get pissed at too much but this is ridiculous. State schools are not a business, and are therefor non-for-profit organizations. So where are all the "profits" going? -=OverDriver=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = Questions, comments, bitches, ideas, etc : z3mar@ttacs.ttu.edu : FUCK = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = Official F.U.C.K. Distribution sites and information = = Board Number Other = = ----- ------ ----- = = Immortal Hate 806.745.8879 World HQ = = Ionic Destruction 215.722.0570 Eastern HQ = = PCI 806.794.1438 Dist. = = Purple Hell 806.791.0747 Dist. = = Celestial Woodlands 806.798.6262 Dist. = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = Accounts NOT guaranteed on any F.U.C.K. distribution site. If you are = = interested in writing for, or in becoming a distribution site for = = F.U.C.K. call Immortal Hate, and apply for an account, or mail Dam = = at z3mar@ttacs.ttu.edu or on Immortal Hate. Knowledge is power... = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=