hilos

like it was pointed out in class the chronology presented on the uic library website makes no acknowledgment of the fight the residents of what is now the uic campus put up to stop their displacement. i mean even the classes that take place at uic make reference to that history, but the chronology mentions no conflicts. i thought that was an interesting reflection of the image the university wants to put forth.

 something new i learned was that uic was gated. i had heard about the crazy walkways that did not turn out to be pleasant. but a gate? that really shows how much the school was not for the communities that surrounded it. 

and even though there have been improvements made to make the services offerend by uic more accesible to the people that live around it, the rising prices of the apartments and houses are ensuring that the people moving in have more resources than  those that are there. i guess who is being served is the question.

i mean the campus is gettign nicer what with the new recreational facility, and the new housing developed on the south part of campus . . . but at the same time tuition is going up and jobs are not paying more from what i’ve seen.so again, who is receiving the resources?

i think if the school wants to keep improving its facilities, that is great. like how the bathrooms in lecture center b now have a place to dispose of tampons and sanitary napkins (which were missing before. the whole was there in the stall but no container in place). that was an improvement. new gym? nice. 

i just think we should make sure all the workers are being payed and the students can acctually afford the tuition (and other things like birth control) before we praise the university for the physical changes it has been making.