Recently, the Daily Egyptian admonished students for not attending SIUC Chancellor Walter Wendler's first open forum on his proposed tuition increase. At many such functions, disappointed DE reporters lament, "I was the only student there."
The second such forum by the chancellor was a different story, marked with more than 100 participants, including many students.
We are pleased that these students stepped up to get involved with our University. The opportunity to speak with the chancellor about his initiatives is a rarity of which few students can take advantage.
It has been said many times about our generation that we are apathetic and uninvolved. Students like those who attended prove naysayers wrong.
A perfect example is the 50 students who attended Lobby Day at the state capitol in Springfield last Wednesday. Members of the Undergraduate Student Government, Black American Studies and a University Honors course all suited up to lobby legislators for our budget-strapped school.
The Daily Egyptian is proud of the many who participated and put a positive face on our student body. We encourage even more students to take the opportunities to share their ideas and concerns with SIU leaders and state legislators. In this way, we all learn to truly participate in our democracy.
Published on 11/17/05; 12:24:44 PM
