Why College is so Good.

I complain a lot about college and all the money it costs and whatever, but seriously, in the long run, it rocks. A couple of weeks ago I had an Accounting professor talk to us about how much we should study per credit hour. Now, my major is accounting and it really clicks with me, so I might put in about one to two extra hours a week in studying for that class. I have a 99.9%. He stated that we should be studying at least nine extra hours for his class. I'm sorry, there is no way I could study that much for that class even if I wanted to. As he stated it, my tuition was a sunk cost because I wasn't getting out what I was paying for it. In my opinion, I pay to learn the material, and when I know it so well, I'm not going to study it again. Learning it more in depth is an option, but then I'll just do that in the next class. I don't know your opinion on this, but do feel free to express it. I would love to learn more about what other students think about this. Thanks everyone!

How to increase your name awareness

I work at a store in downtown Logan named the Kater Shop. We sell men's clothing including suits, dress shirts, ties, slacks, ties, etc. We also rent men's tuxedo's for proms and weddings. My boss, who is a little uneducated and outdated in the business aspect of things, asked me how he could increase awareness of the stores name. I told him there are the usual ways of advertising in the newspaper and radio. Then we brainstormed ways that we could target certain groups. High school kids, we can get banners up at the football and basketball stadiums. College kids we can put advertisements in the Statesman and donate to causes that would get our name out. We recently got into a program that we are able to send post cards to new customers and regular customers reminding them about sales that we have going on. We are in the beginning stages of these ideas, so we are hoping that it goes well!

China High Speed Rail

This post is in regards to an article posted in the New York Times on April 7. California is looking to get in a deal with General Electric and China to build a high speed railway that goes from San Fransisco to Los Angeles to Anaheim, a total of over 400 miles. The train goes 215 miles per hour and is all electric. Yes, it would be very expensive, but China is willing to pay part of it and supply much of the materials and laborers. I think this would be a good idea for the economy of California and eventually for the United States.