OK, two things. It's also SGA election season, that time of year when candidates repeatedly remind us how much our voices count. It's easy to see why 95 percent of students don't buy it and opt not to vote.
Many students mistakenly believe that apathy is the norm here.
We see it everywhere, from unvoiced complaints about dining hall food to even this year's unabashedly indifferent Un-Party campaign. Obviously, apathy is not that rampant. To cite only the most public example, look at the re-evaluation now taking place on wetland areas previously designated for the new Comcast Center. Student voices made this happen. The point is the wheels, even in a seemingly huge bureaucracy like a state university, can move remarkably quickly when you dial the right numbers and write letters to the appropriate people in charge.