The most recent example can be found with Monday's issue. On Sunday, the Undergraduate Senate elected a new Speaker, passed a bill that will require Senators to hold weekly office hours, and introduced a budget that cuts the funding of Women's Initiative. To my knowledge, no reporters from The Eagle were at the meeting, and no mention of any of this could be found in the next day's paper.
I know it is just the SG, and people don't really care. But do people really care about this? Or this? It is true that the SG needs to do more to make themselves relevant to students. But The Eagle could certainly do a better job of paying attention.
In an editorial last year, they wrote, "Students should realize that change can start right here on campus." As soon as you realize it, maybe everyone else will, too.
The problem is that the Eagle is understaffed. There are almost always stories suggested by the editors that don't get taken at the end of the week. If you feel that the Eagle is not covering relevant issues then the simplest solution would be for you to start writing for it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, when was the last time student government did something relevant?
There are many who would write for The Eagle that cannot because of their arcane conflict of interest policy.
ReplyDelete"Board breaks bread with students" is an important story, way more so than more SG nonsense. Talking with Trustees and senior officials in the administration is a much more fulfilling and effective way of making change on campus than having to deal with the teabaggers in the student government.
ReplyDeleteyour mom's a teabagger
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