Life at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business is, at best, oxymoronic. The hoops, strings, and dances required to progress lay the groundwork for a dramatic comedy. These requirements put business students in a catch 22 situation—do we laugh at the predicament some person on the 7th floor has put us in or do we form a line all the way down the stairwell waiting to talk to some person on the 7th floor?
Personally, I have taken the dramatic side side of the situation. The fees and requirements placed upon the backs of students is almost unbearable. Differential tuition prices going to an unknown expenditure is no laughing matter. Who makes those decisions is determined by the Dean of a department and approved by a committee consisting of student council members as well as people chosen by the governor of Utah. How could a college student and a governor’s buddy (neither of which have any prerequisite or relations to the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business) know how to effectively disperse funds? This matter is laughable.
Writing a formal complaint about the whimsical spending of student funds yields even scarier results. Executive Dean Ken Snyder responded to an inquiry I made to the School of Business in a frustrating and tactless manner. His email expressed no sympathy for personal financial struggles. His advice consisted of recommending a different college to attend because “Utah State University is a ‘research’ institution” (K. Snyder. Personal communication, August 19, 2011) and needs to charge students more money for research performed by professors out of class. This matter is frustrating.
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