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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 09:54 AM Original message |
College students living in the lap of luxury |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. LOL--I'm trying to convince my son to go to a local college and commute to save money |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. I live in a college town; we have a couple of these. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. This sort of thing has a lot to do with skyrocketing tuition. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Isn't that the truth! |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Bingo! I have seen all the things you point out, |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Wouldn't that be a miracle? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. I hate to sound like my dad, but in my day... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. And corporate taxes should be paying for all this, not student fees. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. The number of administrators has skyrocketed in the last 20 years |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I see that every day. And no matter how often we are told |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. More than 60% of USC students receive financial aid |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. They share bedrooms? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. This is one of the reasons tuition is so fucking high. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. You're not reading closely enough. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. So? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Yup. California without a hot tub is not living. Why deprive students? |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Air conditioning? |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Ask Tyler Clementi. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. It's not entirely clear from the article, but it sounds like the students pay for this themselves. |
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BOHICA12 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. In Tallahassee such amenities cost .. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's not just for the privilege |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. Tanning beds cause cancer, and hot tubs are avenues for disgusting bacteria |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Sadly, those actions aren't just guys anymore |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. If guys can do it, |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm a feminist, for sure. But there are biological differences, as well as sociological |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Hate to hear that. As a former wild child myself, I still think being a gal... |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 02:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. How sexist is this post? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. That's why USC's nickname is the University of Spoiled Children. |
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evilDonkey (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. Must be nice NM |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. Doesn't USC stand for University of Spoiled Children? |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. USC, where you pay a fee and get a degree. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. One of the Walton granddaughters literally cheated her way through USC for four years |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. This is really not the norm. I am currently enrolled at a private liberal arts college |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I got to a small private business school |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Oh no I wasn't complaining at all, I live in a dorm and it's not bad at all. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. I didn't think you were complaining |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. All the amenities plus melanoma booths. Party on! |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. USC is the University of Spoiled Children |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. This Thread is a Comer for the September 2011 Grumpy Old Man Award |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
38. AZ State has these apt complexes as well.... |
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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. If they (or more realistically, their parents) can afford it...so what? |
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