.....Regardless, it's fun to watch an activist group of students even if they are young and naive. Sometimes the locks on city hall need to be rattled a bit.....
Get your popcorn ready. These kids seem to be bent on "sticking it to the man" this year.
This in a way reminds me of the tOSU band 'scandal'. Much ado, not about nothing, but far less than the attention it's getting.
And those 'supporters' that think they're doing right for the university by standing up to administration, promoting the discourse, are effectively just dragging their university they love through the mud on TV/newspaper.
Interesting statement Ben - I'm not sure how promoting discourse can be such a bad thing in fact it's because we don't have very much intelligent discourse today that we have become such a polarized society. Folks just don't know how to discuss an issue any more without yelling at each other and calling each other names.
I don't think there would be anything wrong, or even detrimental, with standing up to the administration if it were civil discourse. It would be published, but if it were productive it wouldn't really drag anyone through the mud (and frankly, would draw little attention as it would be "boring" news)
However, as mentioned before, we went straight from administrative sheep to one step from anarchists. Their goal is to say "down" every time the administration says "up", and nothing else. McDavis could say the sky was blue and they'd turn it into something anti-administration, or address a completely unrelated issue that only exists in their minds.
Student Senate was barely relevant to begin with, but this year may be the kill shot.