So There I Am In The Campus Store, Ready To Support My School

Seil · 01-27-2010, 01:16 PM

So there I am in my campus store, ready to support my school and get a school sweatshirt and I was like "This one looks neat." and then I looked at the price and was like "For $68.79 I could just get a shirt and scribble VIU on it all neat-like."

Don't the people in the cafe and the bookstore and the student shops know that we're all poor, unemployed students? The reason we're paying tuition and textbook fees is that so hopefully down the line we can afford to pay outrageous sums for clothing. Now, I like hoodies as much as the next guy - in fact, I just bought my first hoodie this month, and it's really comfy and warm. But I dun wanna spend upwards of $50 for one.

What happened along the line for universities to start charging so much for clothing? Between tuition, student fees, textbooks and transportation, not to mention some students are living on campus, trying to support themselves and get food and such... Gee whiz.

01-27-2010, 01:16 PM	#1
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	So There I Am In The Campus Store, Ready To Support My School So there I am in my campus store, ready to support my school and get a school sweatshirt and I was like "This one looks neat." and then I looked at the price and was like "For $68.79 I could just get a shirt and scribble VIU on it all neat-like." Don't the people in the cafe and the bookstore and the student shops know that we're all poor, unemployed students? The reason we're paying tuition and textbook fees is that so hopefully down the line we can afford to pay outrageous sums for clothing. Now, I like hoodies as much as the next guy - in fact, I just bought my first hoodie this month, and it's really comfy and warm. But I dun wanna spend upwards of $50 for one. What happened along the line for universities to start charging so much for clothing? Between tuition, student fees, textbooks and transportation, not to mention some students are living on campus, trying to support themselves and get food and such... Gee whiz.