<p>Zules, don't be ridiculous.</p>
<p>Why am I being ridiculous? I think complaining about being in an Ivy League is ridiculous. Of course, you can say certain things aren't the best, but complaining is pushing it, I think.</p>
<p>So it would be invalid to complain about being a transfer student receiving no financial aid beause they prioritize freshman admits and being shoved in a lounge in a quad?</p>
<p>Not in that situation, I was a freshman admit, but I'd be *****ing. There plenty reasons to complain about a million things in life, and some of those things may be the way a school handles situations or is. To think that hte Ivy League is this pedestal upon which the intellectual cream of hte crop stand infallible and untouchable in utter perfection is borderline delusional.</p>
<p>Hey, I completely agree with the transfer financial aid issues, since it might be one for me and it's definitely unfair. I also agree that there are many reasons to complain in life, and I'm a big complainer myself. But my point originally was that one doesn't have the right to complain about being in an Ivy League school, no matter how badly certain things can be handled by a school. If you were good enough to be admitted, I'm sure you'll have no trouble transferring out.
But I'm intrigued though, what problems are you specifically talking about?</p>
<p>I'm going back to find a previous post where I list the complaints I thought that CC could handle, I have others outside of these:
Those are things I agree with I<em>wanna</em>be, but the things I am referring to aren't even realistic policy changes, and are things that MAY have a more fundamental effect at Brown.</p>
<p>Basically, I do find it amazing however, that Brown can have such a sensible "drug" policy in some senses and totally screwup in others. I also think QA was very weak abou this, and it would be nice to see SPG limited to Brown Students (and RISD) with card readers much like The Underground, and if anything, close the party more to the public and continue to have it as is where it can be more affectively maintained. Ive heard from several sources that the increased EMSing is a direct result to increased EMT presense so that people were more effectively identified.</p>
<p>Another complaint that I hvae is the deal with the online registration. Despite the fact that the previous programmer of most of the databases was Polish, commented in Polish, and had *<strong><em>ty code, there is no excuse for spending this uch and being this delayed. I know far too much about computers and database management toknow that htis could have been done from scratch for less than they're gonna pay at this point and it would be faster. It's a symptom left over from poor decisions that plagued Brown from past presidents-- other examples include the Grad Center, which is a poorly planned dormitory moving away from apartment style which was becoming more popular even then, and was setup for anti-riot even though it was meant to house students in a private manner and wasn't designed as a social location-- this could have been done with better designs that i am srue were around at the time and could be afforded. I hate the *</em></strong>*ing about money at Brown-- though our endowment is small for the Ivy League there are certain small thigns that money can and should be spent on rather than sitting hte bank.</p>
<p>Another example is technology at Brown. There is no excuse for not having the entire campus wireless years ago, and I am sick of the talk of logistics and money-- this is an EASY task that's NOT expensive compared to many other endeavors on campus and while it's not a big deal or a priority issue, it's sad, pathetic, looks bad for the school, and puts us way behind even the largest schools with the least money. The decision to go with a cheaper smaller cable company results in the campus being wired with equiptment that can't handle the information currently being carried through coax across the country. This poor inital choice will now costs a whole lot of money if we're to ever get more than 25 channels, and it's not that I watch TV-- coax and fiber optics are the backbones of information sharing and there is no reason that ANY campus, particularlyone that charges as much as Brown shouldnt have the most up to date technology of anywhere in the world.</p>
<p>It drives me nuts that there is talk of food reforms being made as being incredibly expensive-- I understand it's mostly good enough, and not that big a deal, but truthfully, if they defer 250-500 dollars to student costs and take on 250-500 themselves the food would be SIGNIFICANTLY better, this isn't much if you ask me for something that affects the lives of students every day.</p>
<p>There are many very small (though I make them sound big here) complaints that really aren't a big deal when it comes down to it that just ticks me off. These are the types of complaints though I feel you'd have at any school, every campus always has some spending controversy over something.</p>
<p>Btw, none of those are the one's I referred to would get my head bitten off on CC, and they are all minor and I don't want to alarm anyone.</p>
<p>It stems from discomfort due to the tremendous ineffective bureaucracy that exists on many campuses. Student government is a joke, filled with self-congratualatory people who don't have any significant influence getting the administration moving on big issues and can only win smaller even less important battles, if that. People don't work with those that are directly making the decisions.</p>
<p>Well... I don't know what to say to you, really. I don't really care about the drug policy since I don't do any, and the technology and budget issues seem more to be caused by a poor head than the school itself.</p>
<p>The point isnt that you dont care, it's that these are things that I have found to be problems with the total Brown experience. None of these things are remotely close to "deal-breakers" and I hve no desire to leave and LOVE it there, but there are still problems. There are always problems.</p>
<p>As for the sensible drug policy, that benefits EVERYONE because it's a matter of safety on campus and the environment on campus.</p>
<p>amor caelestis: I say it's ridiculous to complain about colleges in the United States, especially Ivy Leagues, from my point of view.
My school is supposed to be one of the European leaders in my field of study. However, the teaching is poor, the environment is deplorable and I'll let a picture of my campus speak for itself: <a href="http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=16421%5B/url%5D">http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=16421</a> (and it's a pretty picture)</p>
<p>Thus, on the other hand, I paid $5 for my tuition, which is ridiculous compared to what you guys have to pay, but you should understand that me, along with, I'm sure, a lot of motivated/ambitious students don't take well the fact that people who are blessed to go to a school like Brown always find ways to complain and stuff. Yes, there are bad things everywhere, but you should also understand you are privileged and giving me the totalitarian argument crap is useless. There is always room for improvement everywhere. Finally, in a way, again, it's sort of ridiculous to complain about the United States given the many advantages that are provided to you. Once again, there are MANY things to improve, but I don't think complaining is the way to go. A good critic given with ideas to improve what's wrong is. There's no use saying "i can certainly complain about aspects of the university" if you don't have an idea of how to solve the problem. Besides, the issue is not really relevant: if you guys were receiving poor education by teachers who barely speak English and you'd still have to pay the ridiculous amount of cash you're paying, that'd be a real problem. But like modestmelody said, drug policies and network issues are just details in your overall experience of Brown, that I can't even imagine to be negative. Like we say over here: "the grass is always greener elsewhere."</p>
<p>modestmelody: Thanks. You put in words exactly what I wanted to say. There will always be problems, everywhere. Try not to mind them so much :), and enjoy yourself.</p>
<p>Hey, I wish I could spend a day in tha building! It's cool!</p>
<p>i like the architecture</p>
<p>I didn't find pictures of the inside, too bad. That would have been bad.</p>