Please sir…could I have one more building…

I’m not one to complain about my university….oh who am I kidding, of course I am. From inept professors who can’t speak English at a first grade level to teaching assistants with an uncanny way of making you want to lick that power outlet just to shock yourself back to coherence, McMaster has it all.

Not to mention university president Peter George. Our boy Peter decided he didn’t like the fact his statisticians failed him and more than the 5,000 students predicted to accept an offer from McMaster did just that. In fact apparently that number is 5,500. Whoops, I guess the prof stumbled on the words during that lecture for the math genius. In any case, Peter George “has come out swinging at the provincial government for pushing universities to take on more students while failing to keep up with funding…”

It seems McMaster will be dealing with a deficit of about $16 million, give or take a few legs and arms. According to George, the funding is not “tied to inflation” and thus “universities are actually receiving less money than they did in the early 1990s…” Well that kind of sucks. But I bet I’m paying more for tuition than I would have in the early 1990s.

It’s good to hear the university is tightening its belt though. Whether it’s in the right places(read: administrative salaries)…that remains to be seen. At least we don’t have any building projects which are behind schedule and over budget. Right? Oh that’s right the new fancy, shmancy stadium isn’t done yet. When’s it supposed to be open? Fall ’07? for $13 million? How much is it projected at now? $23 million, ah piece of cake. We definitely needed it though and that extra $10 mil is definitely going where it is most needed: to building a field.

I can’t wait to get back to Mac and see all the new buildings which are going to be erected, because we all know, education comes from the right building, not the right professors.

NOTE: I realize I started rambling at the end. Live with it. It’s 1 AM and I’ve been up all day.

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