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OPINION
Scholarship courses waste time
Frederica Shih — THE BATTALION
Good in theory, waste of time
in practice: scholarships should
not require students to attend
additional class
Gracie Mock
A/ews reporter
Scholarships offer students many ben
efits, but the joy of earning money toward
college can soon be stamped out when
scholarship organizations require students
to enroll in a scheduled class during the
day.
Starting in the fall, certain scholarships
— such as the President’s Achievement,
Academic Achievement and Regents’
— are going to require their freshmen
recipients to enroll in a non-credit “schol
arship course.” The current organization
my scholarship mandates I join requires
inconvenient meeting and guest speaker
attendances, and I believe the addition of
a “scholarship course” should not be re-
'quired because that time would be wasted
when it could be put to much better use.
I understand that it is important for
scholarship organization advisors to check
on recipients, but having a scholarship class
would be a waste of time. The time spent
in a class like this could be put to better
use, like studying for a class that actually
matters for your degree. Not to mention,
the timing of the class could completely
throw off your schedule. Most students
don’t have a class around 7 or 8 p.m.,
making an evening meeting optimal, but
a scheduled time in the afternoon could
mean that a student does not get to take a
class they need.
This class, while good in theory and
only an hour a day, would add up to losing
at least three hours of studying a week.
The fact that scholarship organizations
would do this is surprising, considering
certain GPA requirements have to be met
to maintain the scholarships. You would
think they would encourage more studying
instead of forcing students to listen to the
same topics they have heard multiple times
already.
Don’t get me wrong, the scholarship
donors have good intentions. I enjoyed
the fact that I can approach my scholar
ship mentor to talk to about both Aggie
life and my scholarship. Bringing in guest
speakers to help develop academic and life
skills is great. All students should learn how
to keep on top of their finances through
Money Wise Aggie or the different orga
nizations around campus. Even hearing
advice from mentors is good, because they
are college-aged and students are more
likely to listen to someone who under
stands them.
But do we really need to hear about the
personal life of the advisors for an hour?
No, we do not. Do we need to sit through
Money Wise Aggie during our New Stu
dent Conference and for another hour at a
class every week? No, we do not.
A meeting a couple times per month for
an hour or two in the evening is not that
bad. Most of us spend at least that much
time surfing the Internet or watching
Netflix. But nothing effective is likely to
get done in the scholarship class’ situation.
If you sit in the back you can pull out a
textbook and get a solid hour of reading
done, or do the studying you would like
to do in the first place. Those responsible
for creating the required class have good
intentions by bringing in speakers, but it
becomes repetitive.
I may complain when it comes to the
large group meetings for my scholarship,
but I am so glad I dodged the time-wasting
bullet that is most likely about to hit those
unsuspecting freshmen.
Grade Mock is a communication freshman and
news reporter for The Battalion
Campus buses now require
riders to show identification
By Katy Stapp
As of Monday, Spirit
Bus drivers now require
passengers to show a stu
dent or Brazos Valley Tran
sit ID prior to boarding.
Madeline Dillard, as
sistant director of transit,
said non-students who
want to ride the bus can
purchase a Brazos Valley
Transit ID for $35 annually
in order to use the service.
The new policy is part
of an effort by Transporta
tion Services to formalize
its partnership with Bra
zos Transit District and
qualify for federal money
to go toward future bus
purchases, Dillard said.
“We share our perfor
mance and ridership data
with the district to be com
bined with their infonnation
to apply for federal money,”
Dillard said. “Combining
the data from both systems
will qualify the area as a
‘transportation intensive’
entity, with more possi
bilities for federal funding.”
Dillard said in order
to formalize the partner
ship with Brazos Transit
District, Transportation
Services has taken several
measures to inform the pub
lic about the new policy.
“We modified our web
site to specifically state that
effective Feb. 16 anyone
with an ID from TAMU,
Blinn or Brazos Transit
can access our transit ser
vice,” Dillard said. “We
also modified our signage
at bus stops to indicate the
change, posted signage on
each bus and tweeted the re
quirement and included the
information in the spring
email to TAMU students.”
Travis Walters, biomedi
cal sciences senior and Stu
dent Services chair of Stu
dent Senate, said no one
will be denied a ride during
the first weeks to allow pas
sengers to grow familiar to
the new policy and to allow
non-affiliates of A&M or
Blinn to purchase a BVT ID.
“The policy is expected
to be fully enforced upon
resuming school after
spring break,” Walters said.
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