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Show Editorial WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 3 THE SIGNPOST The Signpost Viewpoint Tuition raises: The pros and the cons The thought of higher tuition is probably a sentiment that has made everyWeber State University student shudder at one point or another. Many students at WSU are nontraditional. This demographic includes single or stay-at-home parents trying to get a higher education to help support their families, students who delayed enrollment into college in exchange for a full-time job because they couldn't afford to shell out thousands of dollars to play around for several years at a name-brand university, or even high-school dropouts who have found the time to get their GEDs and are now trying to make futures for themselves that will not involve being behind a fast-food counter. With most of the 21st-century Many of these students, even generation seeming to own at traditional students, are relying least one wireless digital device, heavily on financial aid, grants and improved VViFi connection might loans just to get them through one seem just a little bit important. semester, hoping they continue to We need to be able to access our qualify. This hinders their ability to e-mails, our student portals, our afford on-campus living expenses, school assignments, our Facebook or even spending $50 on a book and Twitter accounts, all while befor class that might be needed else- ing able to download the latest version of Angry Birds from the app where. Because of these reasons, add- store. Heaven forbid those rights be ing even a few hundred dollars to denied to us in even one building, WSU's tuition might seem to be in but accurate WiFi connection is a the opposite interest of the aver- mandatory part of student living age Wildcat. However, if we look at no matter what school you attend what this money is intended for, is nowadays. it really all just a nerve-racking sum Also, a great majority of WSU of money that gives no benefit in students also hold a job on camreturn? pus. The same rate of wages has PAM THE TORPEDOE9I FULL SPEED AHEADT! Comment on this column ai wsusignpost.com A new reality show: Bachelor Survival .i) Kory Wood • The Signpost columnist Bachelor Survival, Day 1: It's 5 o'clock at night, and I just dropped my wife off at the airport. She's going to a work conference in Dallas for the next four nights, which means I'm alone in the wild suburbs of Layton for five days. No one to help me with survival. Nobody to hear me if I trip getting out of the shower. No one to rinse off the dirty dishes before they get put in the dishwasher. It's going to be thorny. So I'm going to film the whole thing for my show this week and try to show you at home how to survive . . . (dramatic pause for effect) . . . as a sudden bachelor. Welcome to another episode of Mr. Sur- HEI■lE MANTROVIE MENA SERVICE YOU'RE ALREADY PAYING FOR OUR HEALTH CARE, WHAT'S ANOTHER 47 MILLION PEOPLE vival! (Cue theme music: tribal drums and natives yelling, intercut with action scenes, i.e., that time I forgot to put the lid on the blender or when that giant ball of hair in the sink tried to kill me.) Well, it's starting to get dark, so my first objective is to find shelter. As you can see, I've constructed a rudimentary bed, using this couch and some blankets, which should do for tonight. I can't remember how to use the DVR, so it looks like a long night of SportsCenter reruns. Good night, folks! I'll see you in the morning. Day 2: Whoo. That was rough. After the third 20-minute segment on the Miami Heat (commercials included), I finally fell asleep. But I woke up at least once when I was really, really moderately thirsty. Nathan Davis Stephanie Simonson Thomas Alberts Cozette Jenkins Corie Holmes Amanda Lewark Jessica Klemm resident students might not be the ideal plan. If the goal is to advertise WSU out of the commuter community, it might be a good idea to give students across the country a slightly better tuition option. No matter what the consensus is, though, the nights of tossing and turning with nightmares of tuition raises are over. They are now reality. The best thing to do now is to sit back and see if they actually utilize our money to the best of their abilities, and make this already-discounted college experience worth every extra $100 we now have to spend. Abstract Academic HENEmArNIEM SERVICES Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Asst. Managing Editor News Editor Sports Editor Photo Editor Business Editor been maintained for several years, even though the price of everything else keeps rising. Having a pay raise at their daily jobs is something that can be used to greatly benefit these Wildcats, especially the nontraditional ones. Everything, from the quality of the facilities and teachers to the amount of money you get for a scholarship or to work at the Starbucks in the union building, all depends on how much WSU has coming in every semester. That can only be improved if it can have a deeper cash pool. This being said, if WSU is trying to improve its notoriety and appeal as a school by improving its facilities, putting a higher raise on non- 626-7121 626-7614 626-7614 626-7655 626-7983 626-8071 626-7621 Features Editor A&E Editor Copy Editor Adviser Ad Manager Office Manager So, yeah. Long night. One of the natives in this area (my mom) just called me and invited me over for dinner tonight. Usually on this show, I don't accept help because I'm truly trying to synthesize a disaster-bachelorsurvival scenario, but she said that she's making taco casserole. Which is really good. And my fridge is mainly filled with diet root beer and rotting orange slices. And ketchup. So I'm going to honor the native's request. It's important to keep up good relations with the indigenous peoples. Day 3: I unplugged the TV this morning after I woke up to several bills on the credit card from late-night advertisers. I bought two different "Best Love Songs of the '70s" collections without even realizing it. My shelter has been OK, but last night, I fought a long battle with a spider I think I might have seen by my feet. I never actually found it, but I suppose it's just off organizing a spider militia with all its evil, hairy brethren. The spiders will be coming for me tonight, I suspect, to crawl all over my toes and lay eggs in my brain. I'd better find a new place to sleep. (Cue traveling montage: shots of me with all my bedding attached to my back by shoelaces, carrying only a bag of GoldfishTM crackers and a raspberry ZingerTm.) I found a nice spot under the kitchen table. It's got one natural border (the wall), and I've built a small fire using a match and several old textbooks. Also, since I ate all the GoldfishTM and that ZingerTM for energy, I've got no food, but there are some nice wild edibles underneath this table (more GoldfishTM and something that might have been an onion ring) that should help me get through the next two days. Good night! Day 4: Jerrica Archibald Kory Wood Jennifer Sanda Shane Farver Shelley Hart Georgia Edwards Boy, I'm just about done in. The floor is so cold, and that fire opened a hole in the wall, which only exposes me to the increasingly violent spider revolution. They've started wearing my socks as togas and are scrawling crude notes with ketchup around the house. "Give us flies, or we'll walk all over your toes!" That kind of thing. The thirst is really starting to take over. Oh, sure, I've had maybe 16 cans of diet root beer in the last 12 hours, but it's an off-off-brand (Hoot BleerTM), and I think there may be trace amounts of bathroom cleaner in the recipe. Which would also explain the hallucination I'm currently having of Richard Simmons filming this. No, Richard! Don't zoom in too close! Drama lives in the wide shots! Amateur. Day 5: My wife is flying back in tonight. Richard said he's good to pick her up, but I don't want to be left alone with the spiders. They've made religious education compulsory in their new government (it's an Episcopalian theocracy), and I haven't memorized the Old Testament for that pop quiz yet. So I'm going to make my way out to the car now. Wish me luck. If anyone finds this footage, please, remember me. And make sure that Richard takes care of the dishes in the sink. He never rinses them off before he puts them in the dishwasher. And he always puts the forks in upside-down. (Cue ending credits: tribal music, natives yelling, Richard Simmons dancing while dressed like a giant GoldfishTM cracker.) Comment on this column at wsusignpost.corn 626-7105 626-7624 626-7659 626-7526 626-6359 626-7974 The Signpost is a student publication, written, edited and drafted by Weber State University The Signpost reserves the right to edit for reasons of space and libel and also reserves the right students. Student fees fund the printing of this publication. Opinions or positions voiced to refuse to print any letter. Letters should be submitted online to thesignpost@weber.edu are not necessarily endorsed by the university. and read Letter to the Editor in the subject box. Letters should not exceed 350 words. |