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United Our campus has never been known for working together as a whole. The student body alone is divided enough. We are divided through classification, major, Greek affiliation, race, nationality and countless other sects. There are also just as many divisive factors that separate faculty members through departmental differences and, recently, varying Common Undergraduate Experience viewpoints. In terms of staff, it’s hard for receptionists and grounds crew workers to find a lot in common as well. However, the joint meeting Tuesday between Faculty Senate, Staff Assembly and Student Government Association definitely represents a first step in the right direction. Seventy people working together with a vision of campus unity in sight is one that is long overdue, but one that has the right idea in mind. SGA president Chelsea Hudson helped organize the event that may help this university move away from several somewhat similar, but also somewhat self-serving visions and, instead, work together on the same page. The only problem is that the student body still needs to be more represented. Although SGA is ideally elected to serve the student body, only a small portion of students actually vote due to general apathy and uninformed beliefs that SGA can’t make a difference. Other student organizations need to be represented to some degree in these meetings as well. Interfraternity Council, International Student Association and others deserve a voice as well. However, in order for these joint meetings to work they can’t be forced. They can’t be like the upcoming FrogStock 2002, where campus organizations will be brought together in the name of supposed unity, when in reality they will lose their status as a recognized campus organization if they don’t participate. For these joint meetings to work, the people involved have to want them to work and not just aim for good attendance. |
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