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I pay the yearly fee to remain an active member and receive the newsletter. I won't donate directly for a few reasons. One, their selling line once you graduate is "Your University For Life." This sounds petty, but schools like Cornell let their graduates keep their e-mail addresses their entire life. My school closed my account one week after graduation. That just pisses me off.
Two, and most importantly, most of the alumni activities are centered around the athletics program. As somebody in the theater, I highly resented the amount of attention, both social and financial, based on athletics.
When I finally have a good chunk of change to donate, I'll donate it as a grant or scholarship directly to the theatre department.
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You have to laugh at yourself...because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't. - Emily Saliers
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