Cause an effect: run for office
Posted October 22, 2008 at 5:04 pm
As Washington University students, we are connected by our desire to control our own destinies. This desire will be expressed when we take action and vote on Nov. 4. Additionally, I believe that we share the desire to make positive change throughout our campus and the surrounding community. We share a desire to make the Wash. U. experience better for ourselves, our friends and those who will come after us.
Our school is filled with students who want to bring innovative ideas to campus, students who never want to see the benefits of the Wash. U. community taken away and students who are ticked off about an issue and want someone to fix it. If you are one of those students, I want you to run for Student Union Senate.
Being a Student Union senator is not about politics or parliamentary procedure; it is about making a difference. I have had the pleasure of working on behalf of my fellow students since my freshman year. Since then, I have been neither motivated by fancy titles and popularity nor deterred by long meetings and extra work. Instead, I have been determined to work with the administration to better serve myself and my fellow students. I am confident that you are one of many students with the same determination. I hope you will consider running for Senate and working to improve life at Wash. U.
For instance, our school has merely a C+ rating for sustainability. How are you going to improve it? Everyday, long lines and limited seating plague students in dining locations. What will you do to change it? We lag nearly 10 years behind other top universities in technological resources. What will you do to get us up to speed?
Some may question the purpose of Senate and assume that it is unable to truly accomplish anything. In the past year alone, various senators have worked to eliminate the residential technology fee, to allocate $240,000 for improvements to the Athletic Complex and to implement closed-circuit television cameras in residential areas to prevent crime.
You too can create an effect; all you have to do is run for office. Please go to http://su.wustl.edu/election-packet and download an election packet. Also come to the required candidates’ Senate meeting tonight at 9 p.m. in Danforth University Center Room 273, and join us for a game of capture the flag on Mudd Field after the meeting.
Our University will not continue to grow unless we make it happen. I hope you join me in making Washington University a more perfect place to live and learn.
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