Here's a price figure you possibly didn't know was in your tuition bill: $1,394 a year ($5,576 prorated over four years) in student life fees.
In five words: That Is Absurdly Absurdly Absurd.
I think it's nuts that the student life fee isn't routinely one of the most contentious topics at Columbia. I don't need to spend 5.5K over four years to have a life.
Every year when I return to campus, I'm astounded by how much Columbia loves renovating things it renovated last year.
Student council receives roughly $210 of the $1,394 we pay, which I think it spends pretty efficiently (though they really should not fund beehive projects). Where does the other $1,184 go?
