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The University of Northern Iowa, famed for its required “Personal Hellness” course…

… (its real name is Personal Wellness, but the clever students call it Hellness), is the sort of school that just… you know… does things, and chumps – i.e. students – can take it or leave it. Students will learn personal hygiene in their personal hell class whether they like it or not; and students will keep getting hit with increased athletics fees whether they vote for them or not. YOU VILL PRACTICE PERSONAL WELLNESS. YOU VILL HAVE FUN. VEE HAFF WAYS OF MAKING YOU GO TO GAMES.

If you expect anyone in a position of authority at the university to answer your calls about this, let alone talk to you, forget it.

This last year, UNI President William Ruud approved an additional $25 to the Student Services Fee for athletics without the recommendation of the Student Service Fee Committee. The student body also recommended against the additional fee, according to a survey that University Relations has not released despite multiple requests… Why did Ruud approve the $25 even though students didn’t want it?

… What is the point of having a survey and a committee if the opinions of them are not acted upon and the final decision is not explained?

YOU VILL NOW SHUT UP PLEASE.

Margaret Soltan, June 7, 2014 9:18AM
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One Response to “The University of Northern Iowa, famed for its required “Personal Hellness” course…”

  1. charlie Says:

    In the link, UNI officials legitimize Personal Wellness classes by claiming that the lessons learned provide knowledge for a lifetime of good health. UNI admins/state admins believe that the students at their directional school can’t figure out how to stay healthy unless they’re mandated to pay to learn such things.

    Meanwhile, University of Iowa has been chosen as the top party school in the nation. The admins/state admins don’t seem to care that the lessons in alcoholism and debauchery learned at the flagship result in a lifetime of compromised health. And people actually go deep into debt in order to make the people who run these pigeon drop schemes a whole lot richer than if they had to work for a living….

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