WVSU Yellow Jacket — Community College split has silver lining
By Sean Rose
Pending the seemingly eminent split of West Virginia State College and the Community and Technical College, we do have a few things to look forward to.
First, the endless problem of no parking spaces will be solved. You will be able to find a parking spot anywhere on campus at any time of the day. Instead of hiking from Fleming Hall all the way across campus to Wallace, you could pull in the newly vacated faculty parking spots. It will be just a short enjoyable stroll on to your class where you will be welcomed by a small fraction of the students that you were used to from "back in the WVSC day." If you are one of the lucky few, you will actually have a professor to teach you something. All of this personal service at a tuition rate double to what you are paying now.
Doesn’t that sound great? But the fun doesn’t end there by any means. You will no longer have your federal financial aid as you had in the past and your inquiries will be met with a gracious "I don’t know." I have already tried that one. But who needs it? Uncle Sam isn’t going to give you enough to cover the newly tripled tuition anyway. I am sure that would be another excuse for the bookstore to raise prices even higher too.
With just over one half of the student body returning after the split, the administration won’t be able to heat and cool the buildings. There will be no computer labs for student use, because all the computers will have been pawned to pay the few remaining employees. Staples, such as paper, chalk and copiers will be long gone. Calc. 1 will be taught using the abacus, which is cheap and reliable. You will have to purchase your own; however, but the bookstore will have them for $99.99.
With all of this first class service, I wonder if I would ever leave West Virginia State College. Oh wait, I’m sorry, it won’t be West Virginia State College. It won’t be that "historically Black College" either. As matter of fact, with our lawmaker’s dedicated hard work it probably won’t even be a college anymore.
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