With the number of social, political, and economic injustices that face our world, it is imperative that people take an active role in educating and raising awareness. Administrators, students, faculty, and staff all need to be educated. To say that these are not worthy of student s attention or of a rally to student activism is completely absurd. We are raised in society to Be all that you can be and to Just do it. There is no obligation to community, only obligation to self.
Some people say that that is how they wish to live their lives.
The students who take these issues to heart and defy the opportunist character are being criticized for drifting away from the norm. They are being criticized because they are challenging people to think beyond themselves at a time when people in this society just do not want to do so. Students take it upon themselves to create noise around certain issues because they are trying to elicit justice from others. They are merely asking you to consider an alternative side to a story that is rarely heard or mentioned. They realize that the students of the University of Michigan may one day come across a situation that involves injustices, and with the knowledge they gained by being exposed to student activism, they could potentially make the right decision and avoid adverse effects.