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University of California, San Diego slips a little more down the slope to socialism:
Students Vote in Droves to Pass Fee BallotGreat.....just great.The stress and tension of last week's special election came to an end Feb. 2 with the announcement of the record-breaking passage of the athletics fee referendum that boasted the highest voter turnout in the student government's history.
Students passed the $78 intercollegiate athletics fee increase 4,991 to 3,948, with approximately 9,000 student voters amounting to a striking 41.9-percent turnout on a campus historically plagued by student apathy.
Now I have to pay more money for UCSD jocks to feel important about being jocks.
UPDATE: Well, I was hoping that my letter to the editor of the UCSD Guardian would have been printed, but it wasn't. So instead, I'll post a letter that was printed and it pretty much sums up my thoughts on having to pay for the jocks at UCSD to play sports:
Letters to the EditorBravo Jeremiah!Where's the Benefit for Nonathletes?
Dear Editor:
I, for one, am glad that the athletics fee referendum passed. I receive so many benefits from this. I get to see my money spent on something irrelevant to me or my education. I think it's important that boys and girls who are induced by excess testosterone to indulge their brutish personalities in physical competition are able to do so at my expense. I should be paying for them to play games, for I'm sure they'd gladly foot the bill for activities I enjoy, such as shopping and concertgoing.
It's great to see money go to people who have already shown great fiscal responsibility. Avoiding a deficit requires the ability to count, and who are we to demand that level of intelligence from university employees?
I've also enjoyed witnessing the athletes' violations of campaign policy. I've enjoyed seeing the athletes trash campus, spewing flyers like confetti all over the ground around Geisel Library after being banned from campaigning. And after we heard Assistant Vice President of Athletic Relations Kari Gohd sum up the athletics department's position on morality by coining the catchphrase "An allegation of harassment is not in fact a bylaw violation," I, for one, was truly excited to be forced to give money to those both financially irresponsible and morally bankrupt.
The whole issue has warmed my heart up to UCSD athletes (so much that my blood nearly boils). The athletes are right. UCSD sports are very necessary for campus well-being - I don't know how I'd be able to memorize the periodic table without volleyball.
-Jeremiah Stoddard
Earl Warren College Junior
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