A few members of Undergraduate Student Government Senate have repeatedly, over the past few weeks, declared to the world that they indeed are the one and true voice of the entire student body. Now, whether or not that is true is for each individual student to decide on his or her own.

Personally, I'm not convinced. It seems that nowadays members of senate argue more over who represents what than actually follow through on their platform goals. The letter from Rick Smith criticized student government Presidents Kris Ankarlo and Justin Zartman for working too closely with the administration in lobbying efforts and political action.

Now, while the majority of senate uses its time to argue uncontrollably and point a finger at those in student government who apparently "censor the truth," the CCSG and USG executive branches over the past two months have managed to meet with thirty-five state representatives, two of whom sit on the House Appropriations Committee, and both of Pennsylvania's United States Senators to discuss higher appropriations and federal grants. All of this was done independently without the administration.

What action has senate's Political Action Lobbying Committee taken to combat tuition increases? The bottom line here is that in order to represent students, leaders must follow up their talk with action and progress. Letters to the Collegian criticizing fellow student leaders who follow through with their goals hardly qualify as productive political action. CCSG and USG executive committees have done their part to advocate for the students. Has senate?