In order to make things happen this summer, like rent and food and job interviews and moving and whatnot, I am fully dependent (as most students, particularly grad students are) on financial aid.  I logged on to the Kent State Bursar's website to check the processing date for this money, so I know when I can tell the landlord I'll have money for him, etc.  They were more than a week late for disbursing aid for Spring. 

 

Anyway, this is what I got.  Again.  It's been this way for weeks.

 

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I know this is a minor thing, but it's really the straw that breaks the camel's back.  After three years of being here and dealing with the idiots in the Michael Schwartz building (yes, every office in that dump) for myself and for Amy, I have to say that Kent State's bureaucrats, those that are supposed to be engaged in serving students, are the most absolutely incompetent set of assclowns I've ever come across in my life to date.  They either know nothing, they make something up as they go, or they lie about any student concerns.

 

They make Ball State's counterpart morons look like Rhodes Scholars!  Do they not know that literally thousands of students are waiting, breathless, for information about their living/research money for the summer?  Probably.  Do they care?  Nope!  If anything, these power-hungry jerks are absolutely derelict in their duties and should be banished immediately from their little kingdoms, in which they relish the infinitesmally small power they wield.  Their favorite phrase is "I/We apologize for any inconvience," (included above, of course) said with a sneer that could only suggest they are blowing you off, anticipating lunchtime. 

 

I've been told I should go into administration by colleagues and mentors because I would eliminate this kind of nonsense that is so pervasive on university campuses.  I fear I would make far too many enemies.

 

Either way, it's crap like this that profoundly colors the memory of my soon-to-be alma mater I'll hold.  I can't be alone in this.  I swear, each screwjob by the university results in one less sum of money I'll ever donate in the future. 

 

At this point, I'll be sending checks with negative numbers.