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[ Monday, Nov. 29, 2004 ]

Letter to the Editor
Students' apathy due to continued fighting

Eureka! I've finally figured out the answer to the enigma that plagues Penn State each and every year! Question: Why are Penn State students so apathetic concerning the Undergraduate Student Government (USG)? Answer: Because of people like Academic Assembly President Mark Levin. Levin, like President George W. Bush and Iraq, has proven he possesses the ability to turn a non-issue into a crisis of colossal proportions! I'm speaking with regards, of course, to the abominable and unjustified impeachment proceedings of USG President Galen Foulke. Moreover, I'm willing to go out on a limb and venture an assertion that the record number of students who supported Foulke last spring probably still do and could care less about how anybody interprets some kooky faux-Constitution! A reminder to all those USG egos that are getting a bit to big for their britches: USG isn't the U.S. Congress. You don't need to solve the inhumanities of the world, stop violence, end world hunger or cure the common cold. Students want a few more lights around campus and town, lobbying groups in Harrisburg for funding and a few small amenities on campus. We are becoming apathetic because the USG meets to bicker about a Constitution that doesn't really mean anything in the grand scheme of things. Let's can the catty antics so reminiscent of middle school student council and let Foulke do his job.

Jonah Thompson
senior - international politics
 



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