Mission Creep at the Infirmary
22nd March 2014
Next month, the UNC Board of Governors Committee on Budget and Finance will vote on UNC-Chapel Hill’s health services fee. The committee has already approved health fees for the other campuses but stopped short at Carolina’s $436-per-year fee after learning that UNC-Chapel Hill is spending some of it on dubious projects.
At Carolina, the fee has paid for staffers for Interactive Theatre Carolina, which, according to a UNC website, “uses scripted and improvisational performances to promote discussions about health, wellness and social justice.” The fee also covers the salary of a “strategic planner for diversity initiatives,” and it helped sponsor “Orgasm? Yes, Please!” a campus event that provides a “fun, educational look at sexual health, relationships, and pleasure!”
The Crustian program certainly seems healthy enough.