Comments on: Finger Pointing And Program Cuts At Virginia Tech http://chrisberryonthe.net/2008/10/23/finger-pointing-and-program-cuts-at-virginia-tech/ A Curious Compendium Of Politics, Food and Life Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:49:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Megan http://chrisberryonthe.net/2008/10/23/finger-pointing-and-program-cuts-at-virginia-tech/#comment-1455 Megan Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:02:45 +0000 http://chrisberryonthe.net/?p=226#comment-1455 I spent the morning of April 16th in a panic trying to get a hold of my sister who attended Tech at the time. I also spent 9/11 anxiously waiting to hear from my Uncle who worked at the Pentagon. In both instances I was very lucky to have both loved ones be alright. Because of those experiences I feel a huge amount of sympathy, empathy, etc for the families of the victims of both trajedies. That being said I don't see how throwing money at the problem will help them heal. I can understand funeral expenses, tuition refunds, money to help cover grief counciling and the like. I can understand the families wanting the school and state to find better ways to deal with/assist students with obvious mental and/or social disorders. But enormouse settlements are just going to make the students and faculty of Tech suffer from the budget cuts. Sadly, I imagine this will cause an even larger focus on the football program because of it money making abilities at the cost of programs that should be the focus of an acedemic institution. I spent the morning of April 16th in a panic trying to get a hold of my sister who attended Tech at the time. I also spent 9/11 anxiously waiting to hear from my Uncle who worked at the Pentagon. In both instances I was very lucky to have both loved ones be alright. Because of those experiences I feel a huge amount of sympathy, empathy, etc for the families of the victims of both trajedies.

That being said I don’t see how throwing money at the problem will help them heal. I can understand funeral expenses, tuition refunds, money to help cover grief counciling and the like. I can understand the families wanting the school and state to find better ways to deal with/assist students with obvious mental and/or social disorders. But enormouse settlements are just going to make the students and faculty of Tech suffer from the budget cuts. Sadly, I imagine this will cause an even larger focus on the football program because of it money making abilities at the cost of programs that should be the focus of an acedemic institution.

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