It has been 2 weeks since the last president/ vice president election and I have already read a lot of reviews about Degenfelders and McNamee’s campaign. I’m not going point fingers at anybody because I also wrote a review on their campaign and how the campaign was actually run. It is good to see students saying their opinions and fighting for what they think is right.

         In Thursday’s Branding Iron paper, I read a review that basically said the campaigners on the Deg/Mac side are silenced and that people are basically “calling them out”. If we really want to see a stronger community and a stronger university, we absolutely cannot call out other people. Yes, I know that their campaign was run off of unethical ways, but we need to put our differences aside and to see what WE, as students of this university, can do to make a change that will last forever.

         The president/ vice president and ASUW only have a very small fraction of portrayal in this university. It’s us, the students, who actually give the biggest portrayal and the biggest outlook on this university. A good portion of the time we do need to go to ASUW and the president/ vice President for help. With that being said the other portion says that if we really wanted to see change, then we need to get together and start making a change. By doing this we have a stronger bond with ourselves and with one another.

         There is a famous saying from the Batman Begins movie that goes something like this, “ It’s not who you are, but what you do that defines you.” If we stand together and Unite as one, this University will go a lot of places. This I promise you.

Eric M Ogle