Editorial:
J school centennial wastes money on self-congratulation
This weeklong handjob was not the good kind, but the kind that chafes.
Published May 8, 2009
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The Freedom Sings concert kicks off the School of Journalism centennial on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The J school spent thousands of dollars this year in an elaborate 100-year birthday party with commissioned poetry, catered meals and concerts.
The School of Journalism might attract a bulk of the students at MU and arguably the most out-of-state students, but let's be honest: we're not the greatest thing since sliced bread. But the school's 2008 Centennial and Dedication to the Journalism School would have everyone thinking we are the fucking shit.
For its 100th anniversary the J school definitely decided to get itself the biggest handjob of the year. Between the centennial's commissioned poetry, lavish meals and hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses, the anniversary amounted to a bonfire of money. Unfortunately, MU didn't have a lot of money to burn this year. With the state seeing budget shortfalls, and tuition prices threatened, it was incredibly short sighted for the J school to spend such unjustifiable amounts of money on a weeklong handjob for themselves.
Even though we can all laugh at the sheer absurdity of the whole event, it is infuriating to think our money, which the university apparently needs, is being wasted on meals costing more than $45,000 and music and poems commissioned specifically for the anniversary. So, while we struggle to pay tuition bills, we hope the J school really enjoyed that pleasure that came at our expense.
