Students at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville are suffering from another six percent increase in tuition along with Student Senate’s decision to increase segregated fees for a new luxury bathroom and kitchen in the Pioneer Involvement Center.
In response to the students digging out of the dumpsters for leftover doughnuts from the bakery, UW-Platteville is now offering an Extreme Couponing Class. The class teaches students how to use a scissors, how to calculate 50 percent off an item and how to clip credit cards, among other topics.
In its second semester of being offered, Extreme Couponing is run in collaboration with UW-P Study in the Humanities Department under the care of Spanish professor Chris Schulenburg. Schulenburg was chosen because the art of couponing and saving money is as obsolete as the learning of the Spanish language.
“He has more than enough time to be clipping coupons out of the Platteville Journal,” Administrative Assistant of Foreign Languages, Sue Vavricka said. “We have an obligation to the students and their insane spending habits, a Spanish teacher is more than able to handle that, I think.”
Students who are in the class have been practicing their newfound skill in the local Dick’s Supermarket.
“We went on a field trip,” Schulenburg said. “We spent two weeks clipping coupons, mapping out what we wanted to purchase and in what quantity. I just hope they know the difference between ale and lager.”
The students have been finding that they can save a lot of money on a lot of things they never will never need.
“I filled my cart with tampons and pads,’’ senior electrical engineer Eli Scriven said. “Schuley said we should be buying in bulk to prepare for the zombie apocalypse. I know these will come in handy.”
Chancellor Shields was spotted leaving Dick’s with three carts full of discounted cheese, hummus and tequila.
“I see him creeping in the back of class all the time,” Student Body Business Manager Taylor McGinnis said. “I am here to learn about finances, and there he is cheating off our tests and stealing our clipped coups.”
With the help of the Extreme Couponing Class, UW-Platteville students have a shimmer of hope in budgeting. They may be bringing home things they do not need, but they are saving due to the good teaching.
