What's worse than a GW student whose wealthy parents insulate him from the dark, scary real world? How about a student who cares so much about the lovely poor kids that she wants to evict them from housing? Patriot readers, meet Melanie Hoffman:
Sure, the [Martha's Marathon annual housing] auction may appeal to those students who have no problem throwing down seven grand that most likely comes from their parents’ wallet. However, for the average student, the idea of this event is incredibly unfair, especially at a school where over 60 percent of the student body receives some type of financial aid or scholarship.”
Melanie, come up with an alternative way to fund the housing scholarship or stop talking. As a non-rich student going to GW on a scholarship, I could care less what sort of "message" the University sends to rich students with Martha's Marathon. I do care, however, about having a place to live for nine months out of the year.
It may please you, Melanie, to look down your nose at the obvious, ostentatious greed on display in a GW housing auction. In an ideal world, we might agree that this event stains the good name of Our Fair University. But we don't live in an ideal world. Your moral vanity and your sympathy for my "plight" doesn't pay my bills or give me housing. The greed of GW students with $7,000 in allowance money to burn does. If you can't see that or accept it, I'm afraid you're more insulated from the real world than the wealthy students you criticize.
