With so much going on in the world, we must not
forget the small things. The beauty nature provides. Wonderful fragrances
wafting through the air on newly warm spring days, flowers blooming, trees
blossoming, and mulch ???
I would have to ask the university why there needs to be so much mulch.
For three years, I have seen university staff pile mulch around every tree
and on every bare patch of land. The noxious odor causes headaches, not only
for me, but others I have discussed this with. It is an eyesore that i can
see no purpose for; I see the same mulch every fall with no growth or
changes, but luckily without the stench.
I hate the mulch that the university uses. In my opinion, it is a waste of
money that ought to be fixed quickly, especially now that the state budget
(and in turn, the university budget) is being shredded. It is imperative
that money be spent where it does the most good. Classes that have been
canceled, building repair (not construction), and student media budgets
could all use the money that gets piled on the ground in the form of mulch
and thrown away every April.
Monday morning, I woke up to a sweltering room, caused by a heating system
that cannot be controlled in any way. I tried to take a shower, but I
discovered that I had no hot water. Slightly angry, I cleaned up and left
for class. It was then that I saw what prompted me to write this rant.
There was a patch of ground that once contained flowers. They were nice
flowers, and smelled nice. Since the last cold spell, they had been
replaced, not by more flowers, but by at least three inches of mulch. There
was a giant patch of mulch that I could smell every time I left the
building, helping nothing to grow, and wasting my money. Here I am,
going to classes I have to take because the ones I wanted weren't offered,
smelling my tuition being wasted right in front of me. And I will have to
smell it every day and night for three or four more weeks.
And this is why our country is going to hell. Given a choice, I would
prefer warm water, cool air, useful classes, or even pretty flowers over the
mulch. Unfortunately, there is no concern for the customer anymore. Every
business, whether it be Wal-Mart, Microsoft, or Radford University, thinks
it can offer its consumers anything it wants, and we will still buy it. Be
it crappy products, unsatisfactory operating systems, or a large pile of
stinking mulch, it is all the same; we, the students, are getting
screwed.
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Matt Frazier prefers cookies to mulch. He likes
long walks on the beach....
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I think it should be noted that the university receives millions of dollars in donations each year, which are given specific purposes on how they should be spent. This means that the money spent on mulch is not necessarily your tuition money.
Name: Nick
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I am so hungry affter reading your article Matt. THank you for submitting and I hope next semester, you will join us regularly.
Name: Shag-Himself
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The mulch is like an alien creature much like The Thing. I hate how this University piles our money around bushes and flowers in the form of mulch. Do they have Mulch Stock or something? Great Article, welcome aboard.
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