So there's this thing
Somehow I got named to this honors society, the Andrew Carnegie Society. It came with some benefits and as far as I know is a direct result of my qpa *shrugs*
One of the benefits is that sometime in the spring they put all 38 ACS scholars in a room with President Cohen and let us bend his ear about campus and the school for 5min each or so. I have some idea of what I think he needs to know about his students, but if the opportunity were given to you, what would you say?
Second, we are given money with which to do something nice for campus. The computer kiosks in the UC and a couple of benches around campus were previous ACS projects. One of my fellow ACS scholars has proposed a website that would archive the history of and information about public art (everything from the cheeto to the pole to the hole in the ground) on campus, as well as giving students a forum to give feedback to the committee that perpetrates new public art. Someone else suggested putting physical markers by the art objects and creating a website where campus groups could post events for the campus community (despite that readme, my.cmu, the fence, the poster boards, etc etc etc exist). Lazypoll wants to know what you guys think about these projects, or what you would do with $5000 that you had to use to improve campus.
For the record, I currently would like to tell Jared Cohen the "CMU hates grass!" joke in modified form. I would like to point out that most students don't feel like the administration has their best interests at heart, as evidenced by the homecoming tent that cost so much of our money, the bureaucratic meal plan, the pole, the policy stating that all administrative units including FMS must turn a profit, etc. I'd like to point out that alumni don't give back because they feel nickel-and-dimed to death, and if I give money when I am old and rich I will try to give to the MSE undergraduate classes budget because I don't trust admin. I think the public art website is a good idea, but will not strain our budget.
One of the benefits is that sometime in the spring they put all 38 ACS scholars in a room with President Cohen and let us bend his ear about campus and the school for 5min each or so. I have some idea of what I think he needs to know about his students, but if the opportunity were given to you, what would you say?
Second, we are given money with which to do something nice for campus. The computer kiosks in the UC and a couple of benches around campus were previous ACS projects. One of my fellow ACS scholars has proposed a website that would archive the history of and information about public art (everything from the cheeto to the pole to the hole in the ground) on campus, as well as giving students a forum to give feedback to the committee that perpetrates new public art. Someone else suggested putting physical markers by the art objects and creating a website where campus groups could post events for the campus community (despite that readme, my.cmu, the fence, the poster boards, etc etc etc exist). Lazypoll wants to know what you guys think about these projects, or what you would do with $5000 that you had to use to improve campus.
For the record, I currently would like to tell Jared Cohen the "CMU hates grass!" joke in modified form. I would like to point out that most students don't feel like the administration has their best interests at heart, as evidenced by the homecoming tent that cost so much of our money, the bureaucratic meal plan, the pole, the policy stating that all administrative units including FMS must turn a profit, etc. I'd like to point out that alumni don't give back because they feel nickel-and-dimed to death, and if I give money when I am old and rich I will try to give to the MSE undergraduate classes budget because I don't trust admin. I think the public art website is a good idea, but will not strain our budget.