Boycotts Matter
Argue for something important

Wednesday saw a group of students boycotting Marriott Food Services. The protest, aiming for lower prices and a better quality of food, started out as an English project, but it soon turned into a campus-wide activity.

However, at Harvard University, more than three dozen students have occupied the office of university president Neil Rudenstine since April 18. The students are demanding higher wages for the school’s custodians, cooks and other blue-collar workers. And, at Penn State University, more than 100 students spent the night in the student union protesting the reported death threats against its Black Caucus president.

Being able to protest is one of the freedoms granted to Americans in the First Amendment. It’s a freedom people, especially college students, need to exercise when they feel the ruling powers aren’t working for them.

To the students who participated in the boycott, congratulations on trying to change things. Next time, let’s try to change an important issue.

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