Our Voice
We’re calling on you to protest the budget cuts.
Imagine waking up to check myCATS and finding that classes you were planning on taking vanished, causing you to graduate later than expected or forcing you to change majors entirely.
That is a reality for all University System of Georgia students and it seems GCSU students haven’t noticed.
Metro Atlanta students picketed at the State Capitol building Wednesday and The Colonnade staff wants to see more GCSU students participate in similar civil demonstrations. We don’t envision anything like the recent vandalism at the University of California, Berkley, but there are peaceful measures that can be taken so that student voices can be heard. Students’ actions can be effective in raising awareness and impacting decisions.
Signing petitions is a quiet, but easy way to begin acting. Even joining a Facebook group is better than nothing.
Sending letters to news organizations will give journalists a better idea about what issues the public is concerned about. Also, many publicaitons print the letters sent to their newsrooms, so your opinion can be distributed to the masses. (See the next page for our letters to the editor guidelines.)
For the people who don’t want their opinion in the newspaper, try blogging. Public blogs are a great way to write edit-free pieces that don’t have to follow guidelines for any organization. Once you blog, a good way to encourage Web site traffic is by posting the link on Facebook or Twitter.
Writing letters to your representatives and senators – both at GCSU and your local representatives – may sound out-dated, but without a reaction from their public, they won’t be able to make an informed decision based on their constituents’ needs.
Paint your face, make a sign, don a sandwich board, draw on your car, talk with your friends or drive up to the Capitol and yell until your voice cracks. Find a way to make your opinion – no matter what it is – heard. Otherwise, the timeline you have set yourself for graduation or the major you’re studying may disappear.
Please send responses to
ColonnadeLetters@gcsu.edu.
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Mar 5 2010. Filed under Our Voice.
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