A lot of scholarships rely heavily on the PSAT.Last I heard 6/7 of your education was subsidized.
10/27/2006 8:03:07 PM
Last I heard 6/7 is > 50%But that's just math Also, most of the ones I applied for didn't even ask for PSAT scores.My sister was Saluditorian of our high school and she got no scholarships as well.__Does anyone have the figures on how much the government pays for our college education? And is it broken down so that all financial aid isn't lumped in and counted in the per student cost?Because that wouldn't give me a good estimate of how much the state paid for mine[Edited on October 27, 2006 at 8:10 PM. Reason : .]
10/27/2006 8:06:00 PM
10/27/2006 8:10:23 PM
I see what you're saying, but I don't see why it would be up to me and those that oppose the wasteful spending to come up with ways to fund the center. I do see your point that if I want something done about it, TWW isn't the best place to argue my point.
10/27/2006 8:16:42 PM
bgmims i have a question:would you say that most of the people opposed to this center are opposed because of the reasons you have mentioned, or because of some irrational ignorant bullshit?because perusing through the facebook group opposed to this center i sure do see a lot of confederate flags
10/27/2006 8:23:13 PM
i fucking LOVE the word perusing
10/27/2006 8:29:02 PM
Guth, I can't be sure. I suspect (I think I said this several posts ago) that it may be the case that the larger portion oppose it because they are ignorant assholes.Doesn't mean we should fund it because of that though. IMO, they end up at the correct point of view but only vicariously through their idiocy. I'd rather they simply shut up--or truthfully I'd rather they didn't exist--but I think opposing it is the right answer, but for the wrong reasons as far as they are concerned.
10/27/2006 8:41:15 PM
I think thats exactly what makes the group worth funding
10/27/2006 8:42:52 PM
Worth funding privately, absolutely!Worth funding with public funds, I disagree.I can empathize with your position but still oppose it for the following two reasons.1) I think it is wrong to use funds to seperate us by sexual orientation. (I know, I've said it ad naseum, but it is relevant here.)2) I don't think this center will even begin to scratch the surface of removing animosity towards gay people. The people that attend events held by this center will be those that self-selectively attend them. They won't be the people who dislike homosexuals. The only real way to lose intolerance of any kind is to interact with them in a non-forced way. Finding out one of your buddies/relatives is gay is the only way to solve it. I would guess that this center MIGHT indirectly do that by convincing a couple of students to come out of the closet, but I don't think it will be enough to warrant the spending, whether public or private.__At this point I'd like to thank you for being one of the only people in the thread to beliefe that I'm not anti-gay.[Edited on October 27, 2006 at 8:52 PM. Reason : .]
10/27/2006 8:50:43 PM
10/27/2006 8:55:26 PM
I wasn't bitching about it...thoughMy background:Grandfather on my mother's side was a Navy man for WWII and Korea. Then he taught shop at a high school and buiding contracted on the side. His wife stayed at home and raised their 9 kids (yes she was Catholic. He was Lutheran, but he was very understanding of her beliefs). Neither of them went to college. My father's father grew up on a farm with his g-parents. His father was electrocuted on accident while working on power lines while he was an infant. He drove trucks and was a traveling paint salesman for his working career. His wife went to college and was a math teacher. My dad went to University of South Carolina and got a degree in business. He's worked in several different textile companies and is now a manager and does pretty well for himself monetarily, although he is on call 24/7 and never works less than 55 or 60 hours a week. My mother went to College of Charleston and got a BS in Mathematics. Then she got a masters in math education when I was an infant. She also makes good money, but only because she has a masters and +20 years of experience and works two or three nights a week at a community college.Education was a must in our family. I think it is a worthy cause for the government to help pay.__And they pay an assload (%-wise anyhow) of taxes[Edited on October 27, 2006 at 9:03 PM. Reason : .]
10/27/2006 9:02:43 PM
10/27/2006 9:18:03 PM
i dont know where you get the term PUBLIC FUNDS, if by that you mean student fees then that is not a tax, you are not forced to pay it, so it is not public funds, it belongs to the students and guess what : oftentimes gay people and students are synonomous so the STUDENT FUNDS are going to benefit STUDENTS. end of story. just because some people don't agree with the lifestyle gives you no right to keep the campus from growing. good thing ignorant people like you have already been overuled
10/27/2006 9:41:21 PM
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10/27/2006 10:29:58 PM
still the gayest thread everI haven't read a page of it yet
10/27/2006 10:31:25 PM
couldnt our money have been used for better purposes other than catering to the gay people?
10/27/2006 10:48:36 PM
^^^^The only reason why I say that is bgmims strikes me as your standard deluded conservative when it comes to money. There's this whole chunk of America that consists of people who consider themselves wealthy--they have the boat, the house, the beach house, and the fancy car...why shouldn't they feel that way? Well, it's because they aren't. They aren't even close. They're just middle-class Americans. But they cling to this idea that they're hard-working, hypersuccessful individuals who did everything on their own, and rant on and on about, "MY MONEY! I EARNED IT! NO MORE TAXES!" like they're Scrooges with piles of gold in their basements. And so they emulate the rich and vote Republican, like that somehow means they're in the Club, but the joke's on them. Republicans will do like they always do: lower the taxes for the real rich people, cut programs for everybody, and leave the rest of the tax burden on the middle class, the same class of people who believe it's in their best financial interest to vote Republican.I mean, seriously, think about it. If they're cutting taxes for the rich, where's the rest of the money going to come from? Poor people? HA![Edited on October 27, 2006 at 10:50 PM. Reason : sss]
10/27/2006 10:49:19 PM
^^^^Pyro, I'd ignore posts from that user (amywhatever) ... pretty sure it's an alias trying to troll. Too many dumb things said just when the thread is getting somewhat of a good discussion going.[Edited on October 27, 2006 at 10:50 PM. Reason : .]
10/27/2006 10:50:30 PM
Will a bath house be included? I'm just asking.
10/28/2006 12:52:42 AM
10/28/2006 12:56:32 AM
The NC State community as a whole could benefit, even if ignorant rednecks didn't show up to events. The presence of the center alone ups the visibility of gays, an "invisible minority". By hosting events the center can foster discussion. Sure, the "ignorant rednecks" won't show up, but people on the fence concerning their view of gays might. And consequently they might not be as tolerant to the bigotry some might exhibit.This pays off in another ways as well. Gays will be more comfortable at events they might otherwise be harrassed at, like tailgating for a football game. It's not going to be an instant transition. A lot of prejudice will have to be slowly eroded away and it'll never completely disappear, just like racism still persists at this university.Even if a lot of students are against (which history shows means practically nothing to the administration at this university) in the end it can lead to a more tolerant atmosphere and dispel a lot of myths still floating around. And maybe, just maybe, people can come up with a better insult for UNC than calling them all faggots.Correct if I'm wrong, but won't this $200,000 be one-time hit on the budget? After that won't it be just basic maintenance of the office space and paying the employees?
10/28/2006 1:50:16 AM
I'm sorry for bringing this up late, but I had to respond:
10/28/2006 3:00:50 AM
10/28/2006 9:24:48 AM
10/28/2006 9:34:04 AM
as an aside,
10/28/2006 9:34:54 AM
I'm just throwing that out there as an example of an LGBT resource that is currently available on campus. And I'm pretty that they are exclusively dedicated to the LGBT.
10/28/2006 9:43:06 AM
and those counselors will be able to help a few students, but will not be able to do anything about the problems they face on campus
10/28/2006 9:49:05 AM
Not good enough, huh?
10/28/2006 9:50:59 AM
i have no idea what that means, can counselors solve the problems in some way i am not aware of?
10/28/2006 9:54:47 AM
Your previous post made counselors seem pretty impotent.Largely, however, I just do not see the problems that are being described in this thread. I regularly see people on campus with LGBT T-shirts (the rainbow logo, 'Everyone welcome here', etc), I see cars with rainbow stickers, and I know of at least one gay owned business on Hillsborough. I don't see these people being beat up, laughed at, pointed at. I don't see the cars vandalized. The business seems to be doing pretty well. I haven't heard of people disrupting LGBT club meetings. This indicates to me that people are not uncomfortable with being identified as or associated with LGBT, and it would also indicate that most people are tolerant, whatever their private views. I am not gay and I realize that because of that I may not be sensitive to various slights and what-have-you. This is why I asked earlier, "What makes a place LGBT friendly?" to which no one has given a serious response.My biggest beef with this whole thing is how anyone who does not unquestioningly support giving the LGBT center everything is being labeled as an intolerant, homophobic, redneck. Despite BridgetSPK and amyisawesome's claims to the contrary, $200,000 is a lot of money and those who pay the money have every right to be concerned with how it's spent.
10/28/2006 10:36:29 AM
Try holding hands with a male on campus, see how close the car swerves while they are yelling faggot.
10/28/2006 10:43:10 AM
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10/28/2006 11:49:03 AM
^Those estimates are incorrect ... guesses on my parts. The correct numbers are listed on page 6.
10/28/2006 11:53:30 AM
The titles of today's articles in campus forum in the technician areProviding to one diversity group only alienates othersandStop bashing ChristiansAnd I these articles just lead me to question, will North Carolina ever stop focusing on being pro-gay, and finally give the Christians a chance practice openly?
10/28/2006 11:56:46 AM
10/28/2006 1:44:20 PM
im down with cutting the investing club
10/28/2006 2:01:46 PM
this thread is like a bad accounting class.
10/28/2006 2:28:14 PM
10/28/2006 2:33:21 PM
you should probably start lobbying for lower fees and lower spending, because the money will just be spent elsewhere[Edited on October 28, 2006 at 2:56 PM. Reason : like on stupid investing clubs]
10/28/2006 2:55:43 PM
^ A good point, for sure. Same damn problems I have with Congress right now. Absolutely zero self control. And, I guess it depends on my alternatives of whether or not I'd rather waste the money on this or some other even less-helpful piece of crap. I still can stand against it on principle, right? ___Cheap shot, but maybe you don't know what the Investing Club did. It was a club devoted to helping educate students about finances so they were capable of making investing decisions when they graduate. I actually think that would have been a tremendous benefit for students if it ever got off the ground. For instance, it ecnourages people not to abuse credit the way they have and helped them figure out how to invest their 401(k) since people frequently get no decent advice from their employers (for legal reasons)[Edited on October 28, 2006 at 2:59 PM. Reason : .]
10/28/2006 2:58:16 PM
im just pointing out how why using the "i dont like spending on anything" argument doesnt work, this isnt the right forum for that[Edited on October 28, 2006 at 3:00 PM. Reason : that club sounds stupid]
10/28/2006 3:00:21 PM
Jon, two points:1) You don't like the club? I thought it was beneficial, but I guess there is room for difference in opinion and2) I'm not using simple the "I don't like spending on anything" line. I'm using the a)I don't think this is a proper use of funds by definition and the b)Even if it were, I don't see the benefit outweighing the cost lines
10/28/2006 3:05:39 PM
your investment group is divisive and discriminates against people who cant invest
10/28/2006 3:08:43 PM
a) Everyone in the country either can invest or will be able to invest in the future. Even a savings account is an investment. Even if they couldn't, an organization dividing by common interest is certainly within the bounds of the University. IMO, you shouldn't be able to divide by race, creed, gender, or sexual orientation. What's so hard for people to get about that. If its illegal to discriminate based on it for a job, I don't see why it should be any different at the University level.b) You say ignorant, I say a realist.This is coming from someone who went from being a homophobic anti-gay to a pro-gay marriage, very accepting person by finding out that some of my friends were gay and by meeting other gay people who became my friends. My guess is that this center won't make the community more open to gay people.
10/28/2006 3:17:46 PM
answer me this one questionHow does an LGBT Center negatively effect you?
10/28/2006 3:25:01 PM
Not one iota. I think "not harming me" is a poor substitute for "benefitting the overall community based on the amount of money spent" though. And I know you honestly think that this center will do that, and I disagree. I don't think there's any moral high ground in our difference of opinion, so I'd appreciate it if you'd unmount the high horse.
10/28/2006 3:27:05 PM
If it does not negatively effect you one iota, why are you so down on it?
10/28/2006 3:28:04 PM