I'm with Garfield, I don't like Mondays...

Did you know...

• Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger.
• More than 852 million people across the world are hungry.
• 54 countries currently do not produce enough food to feed their population.
• Nearly 8 billion people (1/2 the world's population) lives on less than $2.00 a day.
• Man made food crisis' have more than doubled since 1992.

So, after a speaker came and spoke about starving children in Africa and a depressing video... Lipscomb decides to have bright orange flyers all around campus stating the above facts. I mean, do not get me wrong, I understand that I must be grateful for what I have and have access to. I understand that those less fortunate than I need help. But... I am poor. I go to a private college that costs an arm and a leg to go to, and this same institution is asking me to donate $360 a year. I work for my father like once a week... I only make like $360 a year! I have to have gas for my car in order to get to the doctors who are supposedly helping me get rid of this bronchitis that if not treated could lead to pneumonia and potentially death!

I understand we need to stay aware of who needs help and how. However, I believe we do not need to be lectured week after consecutive week about it. It makes me feel like crap. When I'm not sick, and when I have time to get a job, I want and will do something to help. I just don't get why Lipscomb feels we need to be reminded day after day that we are selfish, ungrateful and far more fortunate than many in the world and that we need to do something about it. I have no idea why I felt compelled to share this... but I did... so... yeah...