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30 Questions I Have For The University Of Tennessee

"12. Why do I have to pay $300 for a parking pass when there is never a spot available?"

Kaitlyn Kerrigan
Jan 11, 2017
Knoxville, Tennessee
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30 Questions I Have For The University Of Tennessee
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I have been at the University of Tennessee for almost six months now, and I will say that I am not an expert on all things UT, but I do have a few things I have become curious about in my time here...

1. Why is everything so spread out? Like, seriously?

2. Why does AMB smell so weird?

3. Why doesn't Starbucks do meal equivalency for breakfast?

4. Why is Salad Creations so expensive?

5. Why is there such limited parking? The 15-minute walk to my car is the WORST.

6. Why is the bookstore so stinkin' expensive? I know we are a SEC school, but we are also college students here.

7. Will the construction ever be done?

8. Can all of our classes be inclusive access? Textbooks are so expensive. Especially those access codes.

9. Speaking of access codes, why do we have to have one for everything? And why are they like $80?

10. Is it fun for professors to schedule everything at once? Especially the week before finals?

11. I mentioned construction earlier...is there any way we could construct another parking lot...maybe in front of dorms?

12. Speaking of parking...again. Why do I have to pay $300 for a parking pass when there is never a spot available?

13. Why is it that in the dorms it is either Satan's lair or Antarctica, temperature-wise?

14. Can I get money from how many bikes I have been hit by?

15. Why is class registration a small war?

16. Why are some classes only offered in the fall and some in the spring?

17. Why doesn't PCB have bathrooms?

18. Why is PCB always out of birthday cake ice cream?

19. Why is nothing open on the weekends?

20. Why can't our meal equivalency cover more?

21. Why is the POD Market so expensive?

22. Why isn't Rocky Top playing throughout campus?

23. Why do we have to pay for scantrons?

24. Did people actually die in Hess?

25. Where is the spirit in the Hill? The Hill is the worst. Especially at 8 a.m.

26. Why do professors take so long to upload their syllabi?

27. Why is blackboard so glitchy?

28. Why are A minuses a thing?

29. Can we all meet Peyton Manning?

30. Why have I become a crazed Vols fan since coming here?


In all seriousness, I love UT so much and wouldn't trade it for the world!

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