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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Money, Bleh
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"The library cut $150,000 worth of journals in 1988, $250,000 in 1991,
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and $45,000 in 1992 because of increasing journal subscription prices."
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Read that today in my school paper. I go to Texas Tech Univeristy in
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a backward town called Lubbock. Lesse, Tech has I think 25,000 people
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enrolled or so. We have a big campus, largest in the state as a matter of
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fact and it is honestly quite nice. We have a football stadium, library,
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and all those neato things that go with colleges. What we don't have is
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money. Tech cuts budgets left and right, cuts spending everywhere, and yet
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I don't see why really. Tech upped its standards this year to get in but they
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have been cutting for years. Inflation? That might do it some but usually
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as inflation goes up, income goes up a little to adjust for that. Anyway,
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I hate Tech for that reason and I think I will bitch about it a little. Of
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course I have examples of why Tech can't afford shit and I bet if you look
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on the local college campus you will find the same thing.
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Ok. I pay out of state tuition. My parents live out of state and Tech's
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rules for declaring residency are strict. I pay about $5,000 a semester after
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housing, tuition, books, and spending money. A lot I know but I don't see
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much of that. Anyway, I pay quite a bit right? Well, some of the local people
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pay a lot less. No problem. I was walking through the dorm lobby last year
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and stopped. In front of me was a huge table of cookies, chips, cokes, and
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other snacks. Not the cheap brands of cookies and cokes but the brand names.
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The table had to have at least a hundred dollars worth of food there. I look
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around wondering what the occasion is...hmm...I see a bunch of big guys
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walking in with suitcases. I see a lot of shirts that say "Tech Football" and
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stuff so I quickly guess that this is the Tech football team. From the time
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they got there, to the time I left I have never seen so much pampering in
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my life. They got food, people to carry their luggage, easy check in, no
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hastles in general. These are the same people that pay NOTHING because of
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scholarships for sports. So they pay nothing, and get a hell of a lot. Where
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does that money come from? My tuition I bet. Pisses me off that I am paying
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for shit like that. I didn't get any kind of welcome like that. I had a hell
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of a time getting into my dorm room, no refreshments, etc. and I am the one
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paying all the money. Hmm.
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I played on the Tech Rugby team for 2 semesters. The first semester we
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were 2nd in the state. The team supported itself. We bought our own uniforms,
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own food, own transportation, etc. Tech gave the team nothing at all. The
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football team has a stadium, lots of money, and a shitty record. They suck
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basically.
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When I pay my tuition why can't I say where the money goes? I don't
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give a shit about football and quite frankly the other sports. I came
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for an education and yet I find myself in an English class with 450 people
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in it because they can't afford more profs. The library has cut 2,200
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different magazines from its subscription list. Why the hell can't they see
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that they need to attend their own business college?
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Business. Ranked like 150+ in the nation. Engineering. Ranked in the top
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50 or so. Architecture. Ranked in the top 5. Take a guess which one doesn't
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get shit for money? I was an ARCH major for 2 years. There was a shortage
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of profs, supplies, class space, and everything else. 1 of the 4 elevators
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worked, the building looked like shit, the classes were overcrowded and
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the department got cuts each year. That department drew many kids to the
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university in the first place yet they get nothing.
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Anyway, you see where I am leading? Tech can't spend its money worth
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shit. Nothing more than that. They seem to get a lot of money in yet don't
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know what the hell to do with it.
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Ok. Second part. Money in general. Money is evil. I hate it but need it
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of course. Look what money has done for our society. Not much good really.
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And remember, we are talking about money, not what it gets you. What it has
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done is corrupted people, cause major problems for the economic system which
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we have to fight with all the time. People with money have all these
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wondeful items, great luxuries, and other bullshit that they barely use.
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Look at all the people without homes, jobs, food, etc. Not in other countries
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but in our own. Hate to drive it into the ground but it is a problem. A
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problem we can solve but don't. Congress is too damn lazy to deal with it
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and fix the problem. Most of the people in office don't belong at all. They
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are the ones that steal from the people, don't give a shit about the people
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in general, and hoard the wealth. They are somehow voted in by the people
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and then right after are wanted ousted by the same people. Anyway.
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So money has corrupted these people. Makes people worry about day to day
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shit that we should be able to not worry about. If you are out of cash
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and just forgot to run by the ATM your fucked. What happened to the nice days
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of going into the store and hearing this:
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"Well, looks like I am out of money, guess I will have to come by later and
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get the groceries"
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"Ahh, don't worry about it. I will just put it on a tab and you can pay me
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later when you come in."
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These days everyone is out for themselves. A few weeks ago I realized I was
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the same way. Although it would be cool to keep borrowing and never have
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to repay it because the person is a really good friend it really bugs me
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for some reason. Call me stupid or whatever but I hate debts.
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Money can also ruin people in other ways. Lets say someone has a lot of
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money and they hit a string of bad luck and lose a lot of it. They can still
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be financially sound but if other colleagues hear of that then the reputation
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of that person gets trashed. They get labeled as "poor" or "can't handle
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money" or something. All bullshit but true.
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Recently I have tried to downplay money in my life and in others if
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I can do it. Try not to emphasize it in any aspect, etc. but it is a sad
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part of our life. Bah. Enought drivel. Take all that for what you will
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and just think about shit. Peace.
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-Dam
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* Don't believe the hype.
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