Fees feed studentās frustration

Seriously.

I donāt ride the bus.

I refuse to board a vehicle that travels the speed limit and makes frequent stops.

Yet, despite my distaste for the bus system, I am forced to pay $11.50 a semester to support it because I attend Metro.

I have never attended a Metro athletic event in my life. My love for sports is immense, but I donāt have the time or the desire to attend games at my downtown campus.

But because Metro is my college, I pay $18 to support our running Roadrunners.
I love women. I have avoided trying on my girlfriendās dress ÷ so far.

Despite my affection for the opposite sex and reluctance to don womenās underwear, a portion of Metroās student fees that I help pay for is supporting the Gay, Lesbian Bisexual and Trans Student Services.

Now, hold on before you label me an environmental-polluting, sports-bashing homophobe.

I am nothing of the sort. Instead, label me an economically strapped student who needs to watch every dime.

Day in and day out, students drive to this campus and pay to park at the college that they have already invested most of their life savings into.

I think it is absurd that those students who make the commute must support the people who are traveling down here by bus.

Donāt misunderstand me, I think that a bus pass is a great deal FOR STUDENTS WHO RIDE A BUS. But students who ride the bus should have to pay for it.

Sure, sure. There was an election where students voted to implement the bus pass fee.

Here is a news flash for you ÷ student elections on this campus are a joke. Out of almost 20,000 students that attend Metro, elections draw a few hundred. Elections have been poorly planned, barely advertised and inconsistent.

Never will I accept the excuse, ćWell, there was an electionä as valid.

As for the athletic fee, all I can say is please give me something for my money.

Besides the sports section in this paper, I never hear a single whisper about the highly talented men and women representing us on the courts and fields.

The Athletic department needs to have promotions and advertisements and special events to gain our attention.

I have no problem supporting something I am excited about. I do have a problem financially supporting
something that is invisible.

And finally we get to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Student Services.

Here, I am at a loss of words.

Dealing with these people is hard because they are easily offended and rarely talk rationally. Listen up. IT IS NOTHING AGAINST YOUR LIFESTYLE.

The fact is, I will never need to use your services, so why am I paying for it?
If I had all kinds of money, I would be more than happy to give you some.

But I donāt.

It is that simple.

A wise person will watch where every penny goes.

Itās the fall semester, do you know where your student fees are?