I know that my tuition, room rent, and parking cost ALL went up because the state is supposedly reducing budget to universities....and now this bullshit?
AND, f*ck financial aid. You dam near have to be a poor immigrant (not meant in a derogatory way at all) just to qualify. I am perfectly financially solvent, have a good credit rating, and rich white parents, guess how much financial aid I got, NONE. Even if I wanted to pay my own way, as long as I am claimed as a dependent of my parents I cannot get anything. If I claim myself as independent, then I get some, but the other issues associated with that easily cancel it out.
And I agree with what has been said above, how does the ipod do anything special that a laptop can't? And o ya, I dont see people getting laptops given to them by universities, I mean state, I mean my taxes.