Early into his presidency, critics regularly cited President Obama saying "he's spending too much time campaigning and not enough time governing."
That's Wittenberg in a nutshell.
When you come to Witt as a perspective student, you're given the grand presentation. Everything you'll ever need to want and even ever consider is presented to you by a smiling, self-assured student. After the tour, if you were told afterward that they were actually miserable and really hated Witt, you simply wouldn't believe them.
But once you get here, and you start to live the combination of the life they want for yourself and the life that the school has set out for you (and they have your deposit), you begin to feel that once they've hooked you, they can let you float around and figure things out for yourself. The continually surprising and inventive menu in the CDR or Post is gone in favor of the same over-cooked chicken, rice, and vegetable, bad pizza, and dry desserts.
The supposed community of closeness and togetherness is actually a catty group of snotty brats reenacting scenes from "Heathers," "Clueless," "Mean Girls," "Bring It On," and "Easy A."
To say that Springfield and campus have this litany of exciting and worthwhile events for everyone and anyone is simply not true.
Frankly, even the spaces that are available aren't for the right times or long enough. The "amazing" weight room and fitness center is always full and only open until 10. The library's only open until midnight!! Sorry this is becoming a rant, and I'm just saying that I occasionally feel like I've been sold a batch of goods that were never good to begin with.
This campus wants to make sure we get you into the door because they need your money more than the federal government does. Glad we all bought in.
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