It would be even worse if candidates stopped putting all of the effort and thought into campaigns that they have when they realize just how few students actually vote. In 1997, only 19 percent of students voted. That's about 500 students deciding who will be the leaders for over 5,000 students. Some students don't feel they have much connection to student government, but the truth is what the Student Senate and officers do and who they are affects everyone on campus. For students to get student government to work its best for them and their interests, they have to exercise their most basic power.
Students have to set aside five minutes to fill out a ballot.
The sad fact is that Schmidt is one of only a select minority who realize it, and she may be one of fewer than 600 students who pick the officers again this year. The opinions in the above are written by the staff members of The Times-Delphic. Editorials reflect the instutional opinion of the newspaper based on current staff opinions and the newspaper's traditions. These opinions do not necessarily reflect those of individual employees of the paper, Drake University, the individual colleges or the student body. All other opinions appearing throughout the paper are those of the author or artist named with the column or cartoon.