The bond project money is being squandered on frivolous structures around campus. There is campus beautification and then there is just pointless spending.
With the opportunity for the campus to build new structures and purchase new equipment for students to further their education the administration has decided to spend the bond money on a sundial.
What could students possibly need more than a sundial? Thank goodness students now have a way to tell time so they can get to class on time.
If only the administration would have also thought to cut the trees around it so that it actually worked for half the day.
Many of you may have had the same reaction when first encountering this structure near Parking Lot 8.
That is to ask yourself – why?
With so many things lacking on campus, such as parking spaces, bike racks, a cafeteria or even just new white boards in some of the classrooms somehow the administration decided what students really needed was a pole to cast shadows they can tell time by.
If that was the only waste of bond money, it might not be so bad. But, if you stroll on down the Mall a little further you’ll find something that looks like a covered bus stop except the roof is slated so it doesn’t even provide shade.
These structures were part of a single phase of the Mall construction that cost the campus a little more than $3 million of $648,849,497 awarded through various bond measures.
Even if these structures only cost a quarter of that expenditure it would be too much. These pointless structures that now reside on the campus took time to build.
The campus has been without a cafeteria for almost a year forcing students to eat off of roach coaches. The time spent working on these stuctures could have been used to provide a working cafeteria for students, faculty and staff.
Administrators should be trying to find new ideas to spend bond money in ways that would be more beneficial to students. They could survey students to find out what they think could be helpful .
The administration is hosting a town hall meeting for students to voice their opinions Oct. 5. More events like this should be provided and students should take advantange when they are offered.
These bond measures were voted in for approval to make the campus better for those who are attending the college.
Students should have a say in where the money goes.
