$32K is $32K too much

Don't get me wrong, I'm a Jersey Shore fan but Rutgers University recently paid Nicole "Snooki" Polizzo $32,000 to speak at an on campus event. So what exactly does Snooki have to say for this amount of money, "Study hard, but party harder."  Her speech also included talk about her pouf, being a reality star and an author, and of course the GTL lifestyle.  So could our college kids go without this highly informational event? I would like to think so. In a time of rising tuition costs and a poor economy, why are we wasting money on the Jersey Shore? It makes sense to some since Jersey Shore is so popular among college students, but what did Snooki have to say that we did not already learn from the show? In my opinion, absolutely nothing.  Many students were interviewed and many expressed their feeling of disappoint as they thought about how their tuition money was being spent. And the kicker...Snooki was paid $2,000 more than Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison to speak during commencement in May.

Is this the role model you want speaking at your kids school?