Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
SUPPORT THE GREEN FEE!
What is the Green Fee? It’s something to be excited about! You might have heard about it from a friend or seen it advertised on campus.
The Green Fee is a student fee that goes toward helping our campus become more sustainable. How does it work? Each semester, students will pay $5 toward the Green Fee. I know that your initial reaction is “I already pay too many student fees!” “I’m broke!” and “Dirty Hippie- why should I give you my money?”
But just hear me out. $5 is less than a meal at Barberitos, less than a night at Velvet Elvis, and less than you would pay for two gallons of gas.
And what will that $5 do for YOU? The fee could generate up to $60,000 a year, which could go toward making GCSU transportation more eco-friendly; in the long run, a green fee would actually reduce your transportation fees. It could pay for a recycling program on campus. Several of my friends have told me that they would recycle “If there were actually bins around”-well here’s your chance to help make that happen!
The Green Fee could also help pay for more bike racks, could fund the construction of bike paths, and could possibly aid in setting up a bike exchange program! We could also use it to fund research in helping our school lessen its carbon footprint, which would be something to be proud of.
So how can you help? Look out for the Environmental Science Club around the fountain and on Front Campus. We have a petition for you to sign that will go to President Dorothy Leland and the University System Board of Regents, making them aware of our desire for a Green Fee. You can also join the Facebook Group, “GCSU Students for a Green Fee!!!” to show your support. And make sure to tell your friends, hearsay is always the most effective.
Let’s Go Green!
Chelsea Losh
Junior
English
Response to Chambliss letter
Dear Editor,
This is my response to Trey Beavers’ letter in the last issue.
Trey with all respect, you do not understand what you are talking about. Let me begin with the hand shake issue. I understand that there were many people attempting to ask questions of Chambliss, but he found the time to look at my friend and his outstretched hand (from about two feet away) and then turn away after a disgusted glance.
As for the topic of being independent, you cannot judge my voting ideas from the people i was seated with. I WAS very independent with regards to the senate race between Jim Martin and Saxby Chambliss. I came in knowing very little about the candidates or their positions. To assume that I would vote for Martin because you ASSUMED I support Obama is wrong.
America needs to move away from this view of party politics where if one supports a Democrat or Republican than he/she must support all Democrats or Republicans.
As for the issue of health care, you are once again wrong. Obama is not proposing a universal system. He is simply ensuring that every American can receive health insurance. This is far from universal health care. Universal health care is assigning people doctors and times to see these doctors regardless of what the person may want.
The state of Georgia has a health plan available to citizens, much like Obama would make possible. It’s clear that YOU, sir, are the blind, biased supporter.
As I stated before, Saxby Chambliss offended and criticized me. You did nothing to refute this. You, like Saxby, simply accused me of being rude and biased. My friends and I were courteous to the Senator while he spoke. We did nothing to disrespect him or suggest we supported Martin.
However, after this display of disrespect I can say that we are all supporting Jim Martin now. We cannot stand for disrespect from a candidate nor can we stand for a candidate removed from his constituents.
WE pay his salary. WE gave him his job. It is HIS job to supply US with answers and results. I must say, I have noticed neither.
Therefore, once again, I ask you all to see past partisanship, lies, and attacks and vote for the BEST candidates.
Charles Cooper
Freshman
Biology
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Nov 14 2008. Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion.
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