In a first-year dormitory the conversation had turned to politics, but to one student, it didn't take. To second-year College student Michael Perez, such cynicism and apathy about politics first became a particular concern to him last year, when Perez served on First Year Council's Minority and Women's Concerns Committee. This year, he's doing something about it. He talked to three of his friends on the concerns committee about starting an on-Grounds organization to increase student awareness of local, state, and national political issues. Now their group, Students v. Apathy, is ready to start curing the disease.
People complain about government being ineffective and unproductive while it's actually their fault.
Representatives will respond to people's demands so that they can get re-elected. Perez and company plan to assimilate information about political issues and facilitate discussions to spark student interest. Perez was first inspired to create a group like Students v. Apathy by his friend Joshua Aronovitch, now in his second year at George Washington University. Last year Aronovitch was just beginning his own organization there, called Students With A Voice. Like Students v. Apathy, SWAV is focused on fighting apathy by educating students and involving them in current political issues.