Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The TMI Show" talk show. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
As someone who was hounded out of a lesser East Coast "university" I can relate with the douchebaggery of college administrators…all they care about is getting the Stafford Loan money and keeping up the "prestige" of the institution so that more out-of-state sheep can be milked, shorn, and later skinned so that the faculty has a buz for the annual buzkashi game with community college down the street.* In fact I think many of them rig things so enough students will drop out so there is "wiggle room" for next year's crop of freshmen/transfers/lifelong students because they do get the money at the beginning of the term. Education should not be a racket but the system of doling out loans and the idiot MBA mentality of the people that run the schools has made it that way.
– Strelnikov
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* Yes I read "Silk Road to Ruin", but I'd heard of buzkashi long before thanks to Stallone's idiotic "Rambo III"…I'd love to see or read a descrition of your side-trip to Iran, Ted.
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As someone who was hounded out of a lesser East Coast "university" I can relate with the douchebaggery of college administrators…all they care about is getting the Stafford Loan money and keeping up the "prestige" of the institution so that more out-of-state sheep can be milked, shorn, and later skinned so that the faculty has a buz for the annual buzkashi game with community college down the street.* In fact I think many of them rig things so enough students will drop out so there is "wiggle room" for next year's crop of freshmen/transfers/lifelong students because they do get the money at the beginning of the term. Education should not be a racket but the system of doling out loans and the idiot MBA mentality of the people that run the schools has made it that way.
– Strelnikov
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* Yes I read "Silk Road to Ruin", but I'd heard of buzkashi long before thanks to Stallone's idiotic "Rambo III"…I'd love to see or read a descrition of your side-trip to Iran, Ted.