By checking their back issues the board will find that the chancellor has publicly stated that the decision has not yet been made. A preliminary poll of the faculty found the majority in favor of the quarter system and an official vote is forthcoming. By having both students and faculty vote on this issue all the voices on campus will be heard. The senate voted to place the issue before the students with valid arguments for both sides in order to let Chancellor Vanderhoef know that we won't let him make this monumental decision without taking the opinion of the students into account. For the editorial board to make the claim that students do not have a voice on campus, they undermine the principle on which their editorials are based.
Students do have a voice.
Take into account a student vote in favor of the semester system, thus giving the chancellor the backing needed to make the change. Or take into account a student vote in favor of the quarter system, thus confirming that the majority of this campus is against the semester system. The students do have a voice. On the contrary, the U.S. media favors Israel and constantly misrepresents Arabs in the media. In fact, most injustices committed against Arabs by Israel are omitted entirely by the U.S. media.