Tuesday, September 05, 2006
And I Thought Financial Aid Was Cut?
It's the first day of classes here at UW-Green Bay and 15 minutes into my day, I have some strange thoughts already.
More refunds, less payments
First, the lines to pick up refund checks from the unversity were longer than than lines to pay tuition. Same with parking. I got a refund check because my federal loans were more than the cost of tuition and fees. Looks like I wasn't the only one. I'm sure by Friday there won't be any checks to pick up, but it does make you wonder what people were crying about all these years about not enough financial aid.
Parking is a nightmare at best
When went to campus last night to watch Monday Night Raw with some friends, the Studio Arts Parking Lot was full all the to the road to the University Union. In a normal year, it is about half of that. Today, arriving on campus at 8:45, 45 minutes after the first classes, I parked at the back of the lot, and more towards the golf course.
In short, this is nuts. I shouldn't have to walk two miles to get to class. Once the snow hits and the roads/sidewalks get icy, it will be a tough walk each and every morning. No wonder UW-Green Bay has some of the worst retention rates in the UW System. If I had the choice between killing myself to get to class or just not going...I think you see where I'm going.
John Gard signs everywhere
At least I had something to do with this. There are signs everywhere, on bulletin boards, in display cases and pretty much anywhere else you can think of. Tyler was out this morning handing out lit to the on-campus students. (While I was fixing my car.) It's good to know that we're the only ones active on campus...yet.
The Feminist movement is dead
While in line for a half hour, I had a lot of time to people watch. One of the things I noticed is that all of the girls looked normal. They looked like typical feminine students. No butch haircuts, no hippies. I know it was a small sample, but maybe the feminist movement is dead...at least here at UW-Green Bay.
Off to my first class of the semester...Introduction to Human Bio, then Astronomy, Political Theory, Public Policy Analysis and rounding out the day with Introduction to Public Administration.
I may be live blogging during one of the political science classes.
