My Gripe Continues

So approx. 2,000 students protested tuition increases yesterday in
Vancouver.  Still angry about the potential for increases for the third
year in row (sigh), students let everyone within shouting distance know their
plight.

Meanwhile, across town, news was breaking that the University of British
Columbia had begun manipulating class sizes to improve their rating in a
national magazine's annual university ranking issue.  One student
representative spoke out about the issue --not pointing out that it's plainly
ignorant for a western university for care more about the opinions of an eastern
magazine than their own staff, faculty, and students-- but about the pressing
need for more classes and more teaching faculty.

And therein lies the rub. And the obvious failing of the Economics department.

In order to have more classes and more teachers, there needs to be
more money to pay for it all.  And who's asking for more?  The
students.

If this message fails to get through to students, I'll put it another way:

Next time you got to McDonald's and order Big Mac, complain about 2 things.
First, why was there the one cashier helping you instead of two?  Second,
Big Macs used to sell for 99-cents why don't they anymore?