Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
After reading the article on the increased fee, I cannot help but comment. I have made a series of observations since the beginning of last semester when the buget problems were beginning to be evident.
First, the computers in the technology lab below the library were replaced. Now, the new ones are better. However, the old ones were adequate. We only need those computers for research and basic office type tasks. We don’t need the ability to run Crysis or Bioshock.
Second, the plasma screen televisions all across campus are new. Not just that, but there are lots of them – at least six in the dining hall alone. You can’t tell me that this was a good use of money. Also, these are never turned off. I have walked past MSU several times after 2:30 A.M. and both of the televisions visible from the outside are on – as well as the one in the Chappell Hall lobby. This is particularly bothersome when one realizes that the travel plans of GCSU students and staff (prowl of the green towel) are considered newsworthy.
On the subject of stuff being on all night, lights in the library and MSU (not all, but some), the mail room, Chappell Hall and Parks Hall were all on. What are the odds of the computers being shut off if the lights are not? We also have new dryers as well. Yes, they may use less energy than the old ones, but you still have to dry cloths for a full hour to get them to be merely damp instead of soaking wet.
All of these increased cost. None are needed. None of these purchases/ actions really benefits the students. Cost reduction methods could have been used to replace revenue increasing methods.
Daniel Moss
Sophomore
Pre-mass communication
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Feb 13 2009. Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion.
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