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Show FEAT1 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 20k Wh A you t 3 UOJ u Seniors discuss hopes, fears of post-graduati- on voi 4 & A , r Dakota Cory, a senior communication major from Salt Lake City, said: Success after graduation has a lot to do with attitude ... I just have that mentality of win, win, win, so its going to be awesome. I am most definitely prepared. Im ready to start making money. Brittany Hammontree, a senior biology major from Pahrump, Nev., said: I am terribly nervous. I mean, how do you not get nervous about stepping out into the real world and officially being a grown-up- ? always a little terrifying, but citing at the same time. Thais its ex- Justin Hope, a senior CIT major from West Jordan, said: You know, a lot of people talk about how they dont want to get out. Ive found out what I really like to do, and its kind of hard going to all the other classes where its just something you have to get done to graduate. Megan Tibbs, a senior dental hygiene major from Las Vegas, said: I am so excited to get out in the real world, make money and pay off student loans. I feel like my teachers have prepared me, and I have been a great student. I am excited to get on with my life. BY Cra ing in dancin 7s might Univei in Clock Tower far from necessary as D-- V this ye a few make t memoi Stuc Carlos comm Santa is his year, a ing rm made. s ' ; t ' i v.. it The first person to tweet a photo of this location to DixieSunNews will win a prize! FT. U UNIVERSITY DIXIE STATE ST 8 E 0 A R 6 E , UTAH Event free of charge. Dixie State University Presents: Chamber Orchestra Saturday, April 5 7:30 p.m. Eccles Concert Hall Dixie Queen Pageant Tuesday, April 8 7:30 p.m. Cox Performing Arts Center Chamber Music: Brass, Sax, Flute Tuesday, April 8 7:30 p.m. Eccles Concert Hall DSU Student Vocal Recitals Thursday, April 10 5:30 & 7:30 p.m. Eccles Concert Hall For tickets, more events or information, please visit: www.dixieculturalarts.com or call 435-652-780- 0. The tower has been under construction for the past several months. Ill be honest, from the moment I learned that it would be constructed, I was against it. I felt it was in an awkward space on campus, unneeded and a waste of money; however, I have recently been informed of the actual estimated cost of the tower. According to foxl3now.com, the towers estimated cost was $1.2 million. I just have to ask the question: Why? Why is this tower necessary for our campus? Did we not just build the beautiful Holland building right next door? Don't we already have a clock that rings every hour? Im sure the tower will be nice, but didnt we just build two new things to beautify and improve our campus? According to the Dixie State Unituition costs a versity website, little more than $2,000 a semester, and we have a little more than 4,000 fulltime, degree seeking, resident students. Let me reiterate in saying the tower has an estimated cost of $1.2 million. With that $1.2 million dollars you could have funded 500 students with full ride scholarships for a semester. That is 10 degree percent of the current You could students. resident seeking, have funded 250 students for an entire year. You could have funded about 70 in-sta- te people for all four years of their education. You could have funded a combination of these options. Instead, we have a clock tower sitting next to a tower a brand new building and just down the way from a building that already chime out the time. This is not a letter of angst because I didnt obtain a scholarship. This is, however, a letter of angst for those w bo didnt receive one because of this towci This is a letter of angst against using university funds on an unneeded, expensive tower when we could have been using it to improve the buildings we will actually enter into at this brand nev university (read: the old science building and the McDonald building). Obviously, there is not a lot that can be done now. and The tower is near funds those there is no way to However, in the future, I would like to see a greater sense of responsibility as you, and whatever other committee, use the school funds to improve the quality of higher education of this new Foi 1 ways week, have a semi-completi- in t full-tim- e, Bryan Adam Biology major St. George S Send letters to the editor to OpinionDixieSunNews.com Letters to the editor are accepted and may be published in the newspaper andor dixiesunnews.com. 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