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What Are College Students Paying For?

• fortran77 4y ago
  From the article, apparently, they're (and "we're" if Joe Biden gets his way) paying for water parks: > in addition to climbing walls and gourmet dining facilities, many campuses have developed water parks: “The New York Times [in 2014] reported [that] Auburn has developed a $52 million water park, including a 45-student paw-print-shaped hot tub and a 20-foot wet climbing wall … Auburn raised its student activity fee from $7.50 to $200 to fund its water park.” The University of Missouri “has a lazy river, waterfall, indoor beach club, and a grotto modeled after the one at the Playboy Mansion. Not to be outdone, Missouri State has put in a waterpark complete with zipline and lazy river, but insists on calling the lazy river a ‘current river’ because ‘Missouri State students are not lazy.’” So, the answer to “What else are students paying for?” includes college campuses as vacation destinations.
• downrightmike 4y ago
  • fortran77 4y ago
    • WalterGR 4y ago
      I hope your day improves!
    • downrightmike 4y ago
      What a waste, didn't learn anything, just ticked off boxes.