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| Athletic expansion complaints unfair |
Charles Greene
Class of 1972 BS and 1982 MA
hcgreene@bellsouth.net
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To
The Editor:
What is all this getting upset over paying a
little extra for expansion of athletic facilities? Why make them
any different than any other area on campus? I really have little
interest in art/music, but when my student fees were increased to
erect new buildings for them I did not complain. When I had to pay
for tickets to attend performances, I paid for those I chose to
see; that is the way life operates.
What about Student Government Association (SGA) concerts? Do student
fees not support SGA? Why then do students have to pay for tickets
when groups are brought on campus for concerts?
Fair or not, ASU athletics garner us more positive publicity in
newspapers and other media outlets than any other activities on
campus. Fifty-five dollars, a small price to pay.
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| Big corporations cheapen ASU |
Nathan A. Winkler
Junior
NW32225 |
To
The Editor:
The Nov. 12 edition of The Appalachian stated
on the front page that the University Bookstore may eventually acquire
a Burger King restaurant and a Starbucks coffee shop. The Director
of the bookstore, Michael Coston, is quoted as saying that the above
two corporations were “popular student suggestions.” As
a student at Appalachian, I do not recall being asked my opinion
about the situation, but I will share it now.
The University Bookstore may believe that the two corporations listed
above will generate the most profit, and therefore are the best
choices for the new bookstore. I believe that the opposite is true.
The AFL-CIO’s Executive PayWatch database states Orin Smith,
one of the heads of the Starbucks Corporation, (based in Seattle,
Wash.) had a possible salary of over $12 million for 2001.
The financial situation of John Dasburg, the head of the Burger
King Corporation, (based in Miami, Fla.) is probably similar.
If Appalachian keeps allowing large corporations onto our campus
it will eventually appear to be a strip mall rather than an institute
of higher education with significant historical and cultural ties
to the surrounding region.
The new bookstore should contain small, locally-owned businesses
that will keep money in this region instead of sending it elsewhere.
The businesses should have an equitable pay structure, in which
the heads of the companies do not make an excessive amount more
than the people who actually perform the labor.
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