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Many students are highly anticipating the upcoming guest lecture featuring the two personalities from the Discovery Channel show “MythBusters,” The event has sold out the 2,300-person capacity of the Field House and is more popular than initially anticipated.
While this question may not be popular, we are left pondering the cost of such attractions. The MythBusters lecture cost more than the budget would normally allow for an entire year. Previously, the Guest Lecture Series, funded by the student activity fee, was required to bring three lecturers per semester.
While these lectures had smaller turnout, they offered curious students valuable opportunities to learn from specialized experts and enhance their education. The rock-star nature of this expensive lecture proves its mass appeal but does not guarantee any sort of specialized knowledge to benefit the intellect of the students.
The two Student Government positions of Vice President of Student Entertainment and Director of the Guest Lecture Series are being consolidated into one position. This could lead to more of these types of events.
A certain amount of our student activity fee is already allocated toward entertainment events and is dedicated to a variety of entertaining programs and opportunities. Students rely on the Guest Lecture Series to seek out higher thought, presumably a pursuit shared by all of us here at this educational institution. Perhaps we should hesitate before we attempt to dazzle students with entertaining events on funds meant to educate.
