The Facts: Student Senate has a meeting at 7:30 p.m. this evening on the second floor of Witherspoon Student Center. Student Senate provides time at the beginning of its meetings for students to voice concerns and comment about Student Senate actions and University events.
Our Opinion: Students should take the opportunity to “protest,” or speak otherwise, at the meeting this evening — give the students’ representatives a performance report.
In the week after the Student Government fee referenda, many students have voiced questions and concerns about the fee process. In response to these concerns, several student groups, including “Rally Against Talley,” have proposed “protesting” the Student Senate meeting tonight so that students’ elected officials will be forced to listen; Student Senate facilitates time at the start of its meetings where students can speak on issues that affect them — the allotted time is one to three minutes per student.
Whether you feel betrayed by the results of Student Senate’s recommendation to the University fee committee or you believe it made the right decision, come to the Student Senate meeting at 7:30 p.m. this evening on the second floor of Witherspoon Student Center.
Student Government held the referenda this year as a way to reach large numbers of students and gauge their opinions on student fees — notably, the Talley-Atrium fee. The next best way to tell the students’ representatives how they’re executing their mission is to say it to their faces.
A lot of issues from the fee process have not been vetted and resolved for students. If students or faculty want to understand the criteria system involved in Student Senate’s recommendation or ponder the chancellor’s recommendation before the fee process began, go listen to students’ concerns. Student Senate meetings are not closed door and provide some insight into campus happenings. Students could probably learn a thing or two, even despite the meeting location in the oft-cramped senate chamber.
Students may go and speak for two minutes and leave if they wish.
The responses to the Talley-Atrium fee and University fee process in general have cluttered the University’s Web waves this week. Take the anonymous and derogatory comments off the Internet and go discuss them in person.
If you’re upset about the Talley-Atrium fee, go tomorrow and tell your representative. Likewise, supporters of the project should go to the meeting tomorrow so that a balanced debate can occur.
The time is 7:30 p.m., the place is the second floor of Witherspoon Student Center — students may know it better as the Campus Cinema. If you care, take one to three minutes out of your evening and let the students’ representatives know how they’re doing.
