Students should call shots
Dear Editor,
I would like to commend the efforts of The Colonnade to bring the issue of historic district zoning to the readers. I am not a frequent reader, but an article by Will Thompson, entitled “Students’ actions speak louder than words,” about how quick students are to complain about what is going on at college, was very well thought out.
The first misconception is that our college is so worse than every other one. The thing that students do not get is that we have it pretty good. We complain about parking shortages and the fact that we have to drive. We do not even consider the fact that students at the University of Georgia have to leave an hour before class to get there on time. The UGA students don’t even attempt to drive. It is pointless for them, and they live with it. Trust me, I couldn’t live with it, and that is why I don’t and one reason I decided to come to GCSU.
So now, considering the fact that we might not have it as bad, some things are quite ridiculous here. Did you know that no building in the historic district of Milledgeville can be higher in elevation than the Courthouse? That is why we will never have a parking deck where it is most suitable, which is the parking lot next to the testing center. If the city were to build another level on top of it, it would be higher than the Courthouse, which is just ridiculous right? But I live right across the street from campus, so I do not pay too much attention to this problem. I am 22, so I also do not care an awful lot about the drinking laws.
The article that I read brought two things to my attention. The first was that I was in danger of being kicked out of my beloved house. The city wants it to be illegal to have three or more persons living in a house in the historic district that are unrelated. The second thing I realized by reading this article is that I am like everyone else. Students do not care about anything unless it directly affects them. And if it does not affect enough students, they tend to let whomever get away with it.
We are all guilty of laziness. We want things to get done, but do not want to do them, or to do them by ourselves. There has to be a first for everything and I say why not Milledgeville? Why can’t Milledgeville students be the first students to take their city back? We make this town what it is. We bring in just as much, if not exponentially more, profit than the tourism in this town. The students could be calling the shots, but it is each and every one of our responsibility to care enough.
Sincerely,
Ryan Burkhart
History
Senior
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Sep 29 2006. Filed under Opinion.
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