There have been petitions, fliers, and heavy pressure from both sides, but Golub fears that students are making up their minds without fully understanding why he has made satellite TV an issue and what it entails. They want to know what's going on in the world and often don't have time to read the whole newspaper. Satellite TV will give them access to the things outside of the college. Having satellite TV would allow the administration to choose the stations which would be beneficial to the students. Golub feels this is an often misunderstood point.
People hear satellite TV and they think six hundred channels.
Really it's just ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, The Discovery Channel, PBS, and a college station. Though last week's petition pulled in close to nine hundred signatures, opposition to Satellite TV remains very strong. I strongly disagree. Another common concern is the issue of cost. According to Golub, not much.