Letter From the Editor
Dear Reader,
If you haven’t followed HVCC Problems (@hvcc_problems) on Twitter, you’re certainly missing out on the fun.
The anonymous person behind the account specializes in tweets, retweets, and the publication of written and visual material that is “just venting about HVCC and its many problems.”
This school year, students have posted about strange, upsetting, and funny occurrences.
Let’s face it: with the many students, professors, administrators, and everyone else, we have all had some moment at which we are left wondering, “What just happened?”
So, with the account as inspiration, and some of our own thoughts, here are some of HVCC’s most annoying problems…
1. Parking. Too many cars, people taking too many spots, people who don’t know how to park, and so on. We have all had an angry moment over this.
The short term solution is to get to school earlier. Peak parking time is around 10AM. If you get here hours beforehand, you are pretty sure to get a spot close to the BTC, the campus center, or a place of convenience.
Additionally, HVCC needs to stop being half baked about parking permits. I parked this entire year without paying for one.
For the long term: Dear administration, please consider building another garage? Love, the People Late to Class.
2. Printing. Of all the annoying policies you may have dealt with, the worst is probably printing.
You have to pay $0.08 a page, but your student ID comes preloaded with $20.00 standard, so you aren’t actually paying anything…unless you’re a part of the automotive department, in which case you pay to print your own receipts and a lab fee.
This is a bad way to nickel and dime students who don’t know how to appropriately print and are not being taught, and a good way to punish students who must print excessively because of their academic program.
3. People. Among the complaints on HVCC Problems, one of the most popular kinds is against other people. (For example: the people in the campus center need to shut the hell up.)
HVCC’s population is diverse. It has become evident that certain areas on campus are reserved for different types of behavior (e.g. hacky sack, studying, making out, and smoking illegal substances).
If any of this bothers you, you need to find an area that does not condone that behavior. So, if you’re studying for finals, go to a “red zone” in the Library, not the Naked Pear Café.
As always,
Go Vikings!