When each one of us got back to school this year, we saw some of the new changes that went on during the summer. Everyone received an e-mail saying what was new and how the faculty and staff are making Medaille a better place. Well I am so happy to see these great changes, but do we really need these?
This e-mail made me think, and what I have come up with is this: the economy is at an all time low and money is tight all over the country. So why are we spending money on landscaping? Don’t get me wrong or anything, the landscaping looks beautiful, but were these changes something that needed to be done?
If we are spending our money on lawn care, then where is the rest of our money we are paying to the school going? Hasn’t tuition for students gone up? So why do we keep spending money on landscaping and not on jobs? We cut some very important people here at Medaille and now those positions are empty and other workers are ordered to pick up the slack. We have seen job cuts here before but were these cuts necessary?
I see Medaille as the United States of America. Now everybody reading this is probably thinking that I am very crazy, but actually it’s very true. I will explain this with three reasons.
First: job cuts. We are raising the price of just about everything on campus and we are cutting jobs. So let me ask you this: where is all are money going?
Second: domestic affairs. We have a great campus. I think if we put a little time and effort into it we could make this a state of the art campus. I think the administrators of the campus need to come down and sit in class and see what is going on and see what needs to be done. I myself would really like to see an Internet connection that works day in and day out.
Third: foreign affairs. We have problems here on campus so we need to take care of them before the campus starts to move overseas. I think the idea of having campuses overseas is great but Medaille College is just not ready.
I probably have made some people mad and others happy to hear that someone is voicing their opinion about how the money is spent. I guess my whole point in writing this article is to ask the administrators and deans of this college to really tell us what is going on. There are many rumors going on all around. We want to know which ones are true and which ones are false. I myself want to know how my money is being spent and how it could be better spent for me to get a better education.
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Yes Chris - Job cuts should be your first complaint. I graduated 9 years ago and I can tell you - I am grateful for MANY of my profs. They were instrumental in developing my education, my character, my ethics, and my career path. Without a small student/teacher ratio, that doesn't happen. The Medaille experience is lost if your instructors don't know or CARE who you are. It becomes just another high-priced private college. Please shout louder - don't let that happen. I loved my time there and am proud of my degree.