A Sign of the Times?

Think about it: Back in the day, the grassy fields around what is now Comcast Center on the University of Maryland campus used to be grazed by animals as part of Maryland Agricultural College (circa 1856) - the center of the Maryland "college" campus. Today, you would hardly know it. Do most students even know there IS an agricultural wing to this college?

What's even more frustrating is the fact that agricultural students will now have to pay additional fees (on top of what they are already paying) to use the farming facilities that once were a much larger part of the university system. Couldn't they just add a fee to the thousands of cars that park on campus every day? There has to be a better way, no?

Read more here (link courtesy of DiamondBack Online, Maryland's independent student newspaper).