Letters to the Editor

Student participation possible at GCSU with important issues

Dear Editor,
   
    I’ve noticed there have been several articles expressing disapointment in student participation levels at GCSU events, such as Bobcat Soccer and the SGA. Remember when City Council decided they were going to pass a law limiting students’ living conditions and facilities? Hundreds of students showed up in a fervor to meetings that normally held only 20 or so people, two of which were students.
    Why?
    Because it directly affected their everyday lives. Maybe struggling GCSU events/organizations should take notice and analyze this observation.
    Maybe students don’t show up to SGA meetings, not because they are uninformed, but because they see the parking dilemma and large parking lots being destroyed in the name of grass and trees and render their opinions useless.
    Or maybe Magnolia and Bobcat Village students (and parents) awaiting their stoplight have given up their faith that GCSU and/or Milledgeville would act on their worries of safety.
    Could it be that this overlooked attitude of hopelessness carries on in the form of attendance at sporting events, theatrical performances and music festivals?
    Parking, attendance policies, drinking tickets and exuberant police patrolling, stop-lights on the bypass, off-campus housing, the nonexistent football team, nonexistent openings in foreign language classes and other registration woes, GCSU name change…I could go on forever.
    The opinion of the students is clear, whether read in The Colonnade, Facebook or heard in casual conversation on campus. If GCSU’s numerous clubs and organizations decided to research, educate, voice and address these issues publicly, and in an organized fashion, and most importantly, if GCSU was willing to respond in a timely matter, I believe GCSU would be a more close-knit, friendly and grateful society.
    Just think; if there was a public debate/meeting where all students could voice their discretions and be answered immediately by those who make decisions, or an extensive school-wide poll with results that could be seen by the general public, maybe we’d all understand each other a little better and get along, as a community. Maybe the secret to a better GCSU is a more responsive GCSU.
    If we all come together to make a common voice that can’t be ignored, maybe there would be some change in Milledgeville, and maybe students would come out from hiding every now and then to celebrate their enthusiasm at a soccer game.
    Heck, maybe there already is something like this that students don’t know about, who knows!
    My point is that, in order to be an enthusiastic community, we have to be able to voice our opinions efficiently and trust our school to tend to our suggestions, and I strongly emphasize the latter….and I pass the baton on.

Sincerely,
Nicole Collier
Nursing
Junior

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Posted by Colonnade Archives on Apr 13 2007. Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry