Abdul Olusekun is pissed.
Printing out all the lecture notes posted online by his professors is taking up his printing credits, and Olusekun (junior-biology) wants to see something done -- which is why he stopped by the student government's "I'm Pissed About THIS..." table in the HUB-Robeson Center yesterday.
"That needs to be heard because professors want you to print their lectures and that takes a chunk out of your credits," he said.
The campaign, which began last Friday at Paternoville, is the University Park Undergraduate Association's (UPUA) initiative to get students' voices heard.
"I think it's going to be successful," UPUA President Hillary Lewis said. "It's a step in the right direction."
Lewis, manning the table yesterday morning, went up to her constituency hoping to hear their opinions, asking various students walking by, "are you guys pissed?"
And some students were.
Jarrod Williams (sophomore-sociology and anthropology) had some issues with the university that he felt compelled to share with UPUA.
"Class can wait. I'm mad," he said.
Williams took issue with the number of scholarships the university doles out each year.
"It's funny how students that have a 4.0 [grade point average] can't get a scholarship, but someone can get a full ride for throwing a football and making the school millions of dollars in a bowl game," he said.
UPUA representatives will be at the table tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m. as well as Thursdays and Fridays throughout September. As students filled out forms, a few issues kept recurring yesterday.
"The responses we're getting so far are good and seem to be well-informed," information, sciences and technology representative Alex Goodstein said. "It looks like textbooks, tickets and tuition."
Joel Mirenna (freshman-division of undergraduate studies) is "pissed about the garbage trucks at East Halls at five in the morning."
"They wake everyone up, and everyone complains about them, so that's what I'm pissed about," he said.
Mirenna said he thought the campaign was a "very good idea" and hoped it "gets the message out to higher-ups about how students feel."
Safeguard Old State (SOS) executive director Gavin Keirans said his organization hopes the campaign is more than "a one-time, one-week publicity stunt".
SOS is an organization on campus that recently gained club status and addresses issues such as student independence within the university.
They also maintain a blogging Web site, www.safeguardoldstate.org, that addresses student issues.