Wii don't need no education
Lauren MacGrath
Issue date: 4/30/10 Section: Opinion
Over the course of the year, Milligan has opened a brand new Wellness Center equipped with Nintendo Wii's, construction workers have broken ground to begin building much-needed dressing rooms for the tennis courts and the blueprints for soccer field renovations have been printed. Most recently, the library started collecting pennies for library renovations.
Unfortunately, in comparing fundraising efforts on campus, students are more likely to shell out cash for game systems than they are to donate spare change for library renovations.
According to an article written by sophomore Candice Schlaegel, the library staff began the Million Pennies Campaign to give students and patrons an opportunity to raise $10,000, the Forward Ever Campaign's minimum donation, towards the $4 million required for library renovation. In a similar way, students were given the opportunity at the end of February to fundraise for two Nintendo Wii's in the Wellness Center.
Junior Garrett March and senior Kelly Alexander, student representatives on the committee for wellness, led the fundraiser. According to March, their goal was to raise $500. After a week of fundraising in the dorms, they collected about $100. In addition to that, the fundraiser concluded with donations from Vice President for Institutional Advancement Bill Greer and Admissions Office Manager Betty Carter that totaled over $600 according to March.
The Million Pennies Campaign began March 29. Since then, the library has collected $110.50 with loose change remaining in the collection container. Somehow, what students could raise in a week for Wii's has taken the library one month to raise.
The Forward Ever Campaign is $16.5 million for scholarship out of the $25 million total campaign goal. I don't know if you've noticed, but Milligan is an academic institution. Those in charge of the Forward Ever campaign are clearly aware of this fact, since they have made library renovations one of their projects. Students come here for higher education; they take classes and they study. Some of them use the study rooms in the library for that very thing. Weird, right?
Unfortunately, in comparing fundraising efforts on campus, students are more likely to shell out cash for game systems than they are to donate spare change for library renovations.
According to an article written by sophomore Candice Schlaegel, the library staff began the Million Pennies Campaign to give students and patrons an opportunity to raise $10,000, the Forward Ever Campaign's minimum donation, towards the $4 million required for library renovation. In a similar way, students were given the opportunity at the end of February to fundraise for two Nintendo Wii's in the Wellness Center.
Junior Garrett March and senior Kelly Alexander, student representatives on the committee for wellness, led the fundraiser. According to March, their goal was to raise $500. After a week of fundraising in the dorms, they collected about $100. In addition to that, the fundraiser concluded with donations from Vice President for Institutional Advancement Bill Greer and Admissions Office Manager Betty Carter that totaled over $600 according to March.
The Million Pennies Campaign began March 29. Since then, the library has collected $110.50 with loose change remaining in the collection container. Somehow, what students could raise in a week for Wii's has taken the library one month to raise.
The Forward Ever Campaign is $16.5 million for scholarship out of the $25 million total campaign goal. I don't know if you've noticed, but Milligan is an academic institution. Those in charge of the Forward Ever campaign are clearly aware of this fact, since they have made library renovations one of their projects. Students come here for higher education; they take classes and they study. Some of them use the study rooms in the library for that very thing. Weird, right?
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