The University is planning to build two new dormitories north of the Regenstein, but most students have shown no interest in learning about these and other plans for the future of their campus. Fewer than 20 students attended Tuesday night's town hall meeting where Provost Geoffrey Stone explained the University's Master Plan for renovating the campus.
Students like to complain that the administration ignores their concerns.
But that argument is hard to justify when only a handful of people show up at a meeting designed ostensibly to let them get involved in the process. Student Government president Parag Gupta organized the meeting to get students involved, and he was disappointed by the poor attendance. It's up to the students to come to these events. It's a sad situation when most students know more about the layout of ancient Troy than they know about the way their own school will look in three years. This school belongs to all of us, but anyone who wants to have a say in its future has to go to the effort to show up.