The Rampage #4 March 2020

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Within the past three years I have been at Bluefield College, I have seen them change a budget for a sports team at the snap of their fingers. I know football has the biggest budget because of the number of players, but that doesn’t mean we get the luxury of what other teams have. After completing laundry from practice and games, I have to step into the locker rooms and put it back into their lockers. The lockers are extremely molded. Breathing in mold is not healthy for anyone. I am actually allergic to the strand of mold that is in the locker rooms. I can’t be in the locker rooms for more than five minutes without breaking into hives. Savannah Dame , Sports Management

I wish the criteria (for admission) was a little bit stronger, because a lot of times we bring in students that are not equipped for college. There’s no essay you have to write, and you can do not too hot on the SAT or ACT and still make it in. So sometimes I feel that we bring in students that we’re setting up for failure, and they’re going into debt and paying a lot of money without really knowing what college entails. I think you can look at their track record in high school and if they have a 1.7 GPA and we bring them in on academic probation, then is that really the right thing to do?

Benjamin Mays , History