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WSJ: LSU's Lazy River and the Student-Fee Sham
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:37 am
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:37 am
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There may be no better symbol of American higher education’s wasteful indulgence than Louisiana State University’s lazy river. Part of a recently opened $85 million recreation center, the lazy river is where students ride inflatable tubes on a water current in the shape of the school’s initials. As F. King Alexander, LSU’s president, said before the ribbon-cutting: “We’re here to give you everything you need. . . . I don’t want you to leave the campus ever.” And why would they?
When asked to defend the water ride, the administration was quick to respond that the students voted for it. As the Chronicle of Higher Education reported in October, “a student government resolution, passed in 2011, authorized a $135 fee increase over three years to finance the project.” Kurt J. Keppler, vice president for student affairs, explained, “I didn’t have a dog in the hunt. We could have built half as large an expansion. But when we talked to the students, we’re seeing they want a climbing wall, they want an outdoor aquatic center.”
loLSU
Also, LSU got some nice press with people whining about losing tax deductibility on TAF donations (It's about the kids... muh Student Athletes!).
Keep it up, Tigers!
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Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:39 am to Lou Pai
WSJ is right and LSU is wrong.
So maybe 5% of the student population in a single year voted to increase fees for all students forever? Seems fair.
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When asked to defend the water ride, the administration was quick to respond that the students voted for it.
So maybe 5% of the student population in a single year voted to increase fees for all students forever? Seems fair.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:40 am to Lou Pai
As for the WSJ... 
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:40 am to Lou Pai
Someone’s jealous
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:40 am to Lou Pai
Wait... you're upset students voted for and paid for something?
fricking imbecile
fricking imbecile
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:41 am to CptBengal
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Wait... you're upset students voted for and paid for something?
fricking imbecile
Did the incoming class of 2018 get a vote? Because they will still pay the fees.
fricking imbecile.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:43 am to TxTiger82
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for all students forever?
It wasn't forever.
Fail
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:43 am to Lou Pai
The rest of the world can suck it. LSU students, just like any body represented by government, have a right to place priorities on what they want, and to pay for it themselves. If someone doesn't like it... they are irrelevant to the situation.
In short, LSU students wanted the pool. LSU students voted to pay for the pool. LSU students paid for the pool. LSU students got the pool.
If the students want a new library or to fund a scholarship program or whatever the rest of the country thinks they need to spend their money on, then put the proposal on the ballot, pay for it, build it.
The rest of the country sees LSU as a joke academically anyhow. There's little LSU can do in our lifetimes or our great-grandchildren's lifetimes to move the needle on that.
In short, LSU students wanted the pool. LSU students voted to pay for the pool. LSU students paid for the pool. LSU students got the pool.
If the students want a new library or to fund a scholarship program or whatever the rest of the country thinks they need to spend their money on, then put the proposal on the ballot, pay for it, build it.
The rest of the country sees LSU as a joke academically anyhow. There's little LSU can do in our lifetimes or our great-grandchildren's lifetimes to move the needle on that.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:43 am to pwejr88
Yes, I'm really jealous I missed out on an opportunity to enjoy a lazy river! 
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:43 am to Lou Pai
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:44 am to TxTiger82
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Did the incoming class of 2018 get a vote? Because they will still pay the fees.
Not for the river. Good damn you wisky SJW filth are stupid
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:44 am to CptBengal
Did you start drinking more or have a stroke recently? It’s like you've gone full retard
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:44 am to TxTiger82
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Did the incoming class of 2018 get a vote? Because they will still pay the fees.
fricking imbecile.
As all students have done for the classes that follow. My class paid for the original rec center that I never used. The generation before me built the student union. That's how it works.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:44 am to CptBengal
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It wasn't forever.
Fail
So you're saying student fees only went up for a limited period of time? Link me to that, please.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:45 am to SpqrTiger
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My class paid for the original rec center that I never used. The generation before me built the student union. That's how it works.
But students STILL pay fees for those things. That's the part you guys are overlooking. Once they are built, the university keeps charging fees. The fees never go down. They only go up.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:46 am to Lou Pai
The new UREC is amazing. The lazy river is just an easy target. If the students voted for it they should get it.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:47 am to Lou Pai
Then at every town hall these idiots ask the politicians what they are going to do about their student debt.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:47 am to SpqrTiger
Former students who graduated within the last year or so got memberships once they graduated.
FYI
FYI
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:48 am to TxTiger82
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So you're saying student fees only went up for a limited period of time? Link me to that, please.
It's like sucking that much dick has scrambled your brain...that or you were born stupid.
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The money came from a special student fee assessment, approved in 2011 and earmarked specifically for the project.
“The funds for the project come directly from the student fee and can only be used for the project,”
You know the other thing? Students who paid the fees were given 2 years free access to the new facility...even as alums
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:48 am to SpqrTiger
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The rest of the country sees LSU as a joke academically anyhow.
This game is by no means limited to LSU. The same thing happened at Wisconsin. They held a "student referendum" on a new student union. Less than 5% of students voted, but student fees increased by about 50%. They have not and will not go down.
Bear in mind that UW already had a student union. Now they have two.
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