For Whom the Bell Tolls

Cheer up, Quasimodo! You've got a home now.

School systems and universities just love bitching about money.

Recently, Sullivan County could no longer provide funds to continue the driving portion of Driver’s Education. Let’s hold on for just a second here. No more driving in Driver’s Ed. That means more inexperienced drivers on the local roads. Inevitably, that means more accidents are bound to occur. That leads to one question:

Why haven’t you called Geico?

As ridiculous as this is, ETSU may just have it beat. Tuition continues to rise while programs get dropped. Why? Because the higher-ups at the university felt it was absolutely necessary to construct a fucking carillon bell/clock tower smack dab in the middle of campus.

This undertaking was apparently done through donations. Donators even got their names inscribed on the bells (WOO-HOO!). The estimated cost of the project is upwards of $750,000. So, instead of three-fourths of one million dollars going to the students or teetering programs, we get a bell tower. A construction group out of Cincinnati, Ohio was contracted to complete the tower by the start of classes in late August.

This thing is gonna end up costing the school a shitload in the long run. See, I’m sure regular maintenance on the tower is going to be required. Well, the donations aren’t going to cover that. Our custodians aren’t going to be cleaning that thing. People to work on this thing when time comes to do so are going to have to be contracted. And they can charge whatever they want. I mean, how many big ass bell cleaners are there in the area?

And who’s going to pay for this fucking bell? The students, of course! And they will do so via tuition hikes and higher “maintenance” fees.

Ya know, if schools would just penny pinch a little and not spend their funds on stupid shit then they probably wouldn’t piss and moan about money as much.








Then again, I at least now have a big ass clock tower where I can try out my flux capacitor….