Spring Break
Worlds apart
Grant Snider
Issue date: 6/2/08 Section: Forum
This deficiency in Roo Spirit may also afflict the folks on Volker Campus: not only do we have mediocre athletic teams, we are also a commuter school with many non-traditional students. But it indicates a larger disconnect between the overworked Hospital Hill students and the greater campus culture. Drilling on plastic teeth in our windowless building, we miss out on campus activities and fail to join organizations outside of our professional school.
UMKC offers numerous worthwhile cultural activities, attracting artists, politicians and other nationally renowned speakers. I'm assuming most of them have healthy dentitions. The KC Rep puts on phenomenal plays at bargain prices for students - and you don't need to get anesthetized to enjoy them. I could go on, but I deleted this week's pesky "UMKC Announcements" e-mail.
Perhaps most troubling, I know of only one fellow dental student who regularly reads the U-News - and he went to UMKC as an undergrad. And that campus readership program that guarantees free newspapers? All we see are two copies of the KC Star in the dental school library. The newspaper situation is symbolic: we neglect to care about main campus, and they neglect us.
I have a few solutions to bridge the literal and figurative gap between Volker and Hospital Hill - only one of which resembles light rail. I was thinking of an underground passageway with high-speed passenger trains. Like the Chunnel, only running under Westport rather than the English Channel.
If this project would cause an unbearable increase in student fees, building a new recreation center along with University Center-like amenities in one of the blighted lots near Hospital Hill would be acceptable. An alternative to faraway Swinney would be much more convenient for my infrequent sessions of pumping iron. And man cannot live on Quizno's bread alone - we need some more dining choices.
Some proposals are said to be "in the pipeline." Construction will probably begin the moment after I graduate or crumble under the weight of student loan debt. Though new facilities would do nothing to unite the campuses, it would prevent dental students from writing future editorials on the subject.
Maybe the easiest solution is to increase personal contact between Hospital Hill students and main-campus students. Free Root Canal Day, anyone?
gsnider@unews.com
UMKC offers numerous worthwhile cultural activities, attracting artists, politicians and other nationally renowned speakers. I'm assuming most of them have healthy dentitions. The KC Rep puts on phenomenal plays at bargain prices for students - and you don't need to get anesthetized to enjoy them. I could go on, but I deleted this week's pesky "UMKC Announcements" e-mail.
Perhaps most troubling, I know of only one fellow dental student who regularly reads the U-News - and he went to UMKC as an undergrad. And that campus readership program that guarantees free newspapers? All we see are two copies of the KC Star in the dental school library. The newspaper situation is symbolic: we neglect to care about main campus, and they neglect us.
I have a few solutions to bridge the literal and figurative gap between Volker and Hospital Hill - only one of which resembles light rail. I was thinking of an underground passageway with high-speed passenger trains. Like the Chunnel, only running under Westport rather than the English Channel.
If this project would cause an unbearable increase in student fees, building a new recreation center along with University Center-like amenities in one of the blighted lots near Hospital Hill would be acceptable. An alternative to faraway Swinney would be much more convenient for my infrequent sessions of pumping iron. And man cannot live on Quizno's bread alone - we need some more dining choices.
Some proposals are said to be "in the pipeline." Construction will probably begin the moment after I graduate or crumble under the weight of student loan debt. Though new facilities would do nothing to unite the campuses, it would prevent dental students from writing future editorials on the subject.
Maybe the easiest solution is to increase personal contact between Hospital Hill students and main-campus students. Free Root Canal Day, anyone?
gsnider@unews.com
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Mike
posted 6/02/08 @ 6:43 PM CST
I hope his dental work doesn't reflect his lousy writing. He writes like a freshman in the english department.
Mike
posted 6/02/08 @ 8:58 PM CST
Just kidding.
Solid work once again, Grant! Awesome cartoons also!
Grant
posted 6/04/08 @ 8:12 PM CST
Hey, some freshmans write good.
Mr. Mouth
posted 6/05/08 @ 3:43 AM CST
Dude, you can drill my teeth anytime.
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