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Sometimes, I'm not sure if college is worth it. Monetarily, morally, it seems that all that is happening in regards to my current state as a university resident is that I'm being drained.

$1300 or so goes to Kent State's food service division, and in return I essentially receive bagels, orange juice, and some granola bars. I've gone through the proper channels to make an attempt to escape this, since:

1. Bagels, orange juice, and granola really doesn't constitute a complete diet, and although it's probably immensely better than that of most students, I'm far from content with my on-campus options.
2. There is no way I can fathom spending approximately $350-400 per month on the aforementioned foodstuffs.
3. I simply (and strongly) dislike the idea of being required to funnel money into a system that is supposed to provide a means to sustain the health of students, yet most places provided to eat revolve around concepts of fast-food, prepackaging/preserving with sodium, or other unsatisfactory things, such as how most of what is served on campus is delivered in big trucks from Gordon Food Service. Cheap, probably. Healthy, no.

Just recently, between writing everything above this line and everything below it, I attended the weekly meeting of the Kent Healthy Food Committee and found out that we're visiting Oberlin College for our next meeting, which might be eventful since they have a legitimate on-campus healthy food system. I'm excited. 'Stoked,' if you will. Back to the rant.


4. I hate the Coca-Cola Corporation. I hate that they're the primary beverage company on campus. I hate that they have a totalitarian rule over everything that has to do with consumable liquid on this campus. This is also where some of my moral drainage comes from; although I do not directly consume anything the bastards at Coke create, my money goes to the Kent Dining Services, which has big exchanges with Coke. Millions of dollars worth of exchanges.

Unfortunately, instead of letting me out of the required food plan, they put me on a committee. I'll give it a little longer, because being part of the committee was one of the stipulations to try out before they would let me (or, rather, my parents) hold on to another $2600 every year. Of course, I still have to eat, but not $2600 worth and not the limited selection they have here.

Also, I'm a 'Visual Communication Design' major. Basically, I want to be a graphic designer. Basically, I want to be able to be a professional artist. Basically, I want to be able to draw and take pictures and turn them into things I can get paid for. Basically, I don't want to ever 'work,' per se. However, the only class I have related to my major this whole semester is "Intro to VCD 1," which is where everyone who is in their first semester in the VCD program sits in a large room. Sometimes, speakers speak. Sometimes, class is canceled. Sometimes, we go and sit and leave within 20 minutes because there are no speakers to speak. But, what we definitely don't do is DESIGN ANYTHING.

I feel as though I could be more productive if I essentially decided to "wing it" and not even go to school. I could devote more time to my own personal activities, and I would probably, at least for awhile, gain usable knowledge far faster than I am now. I don't plan on making much money when I graduate, anyway. I plan on being an artist of some sort for the rest of my life, and if I make money, then I will maybe be a happier artist, but besides that, I don't plan on needing much of it. Money complicates things. I will probably build a house like this or this and power it like this. Then, all I need to do is eat. Of course, there are other small costs, such as hobbies and the like, but that's negligible, and right now my hobbies tend to include musical endeavors, and it's possible to break even or make a little money doing that even if you're not famous. I will likely travel a lot. Like this (already started on that one). All this can be done with little money, and I'm sure I'll be happier for it.