Granholm visits campus, urges students to fight for Mich. Promise Scholarship

As a concerned student, I was rather disappointed to see the WRA 130 class turn their backs while President Simon spoke at the rally. I realize the class is about “radical thought,” but I do believe the negativity should be directed toward those who created the state budget. The university has been rather transparent throughout the budget cut process with shapingthefuture.msu.edu, and I’m not sure what else we can expect from the administration. The university is not receiving nearly as much money as expected. Personally, I would not want to be in the position of an administrator during this time. I thought the rally was a great opportunity for people to show solidarity, but that failed as soon as the negative comments started and students wouldn’t even face the president of the university they attend.

WRA 130 an embarrassment to MSU and the MSU community. Bleep WRA 130 a total joke.

I’d have to agree with the above. “fighting the power?” perhaps you should learn who is actually responsible.

Also, great work ASMSU for putting this all together! We need to get more students involved if we have any hope of lobbying the legislature.

The administration has shown absolutely no leadership throughout this whole situation. Their an embarrassment and should be removed.

They are raising tuition, cutting programs, and allowing professors like Krenin to charge $150 for a textbook(which he wrote and profits from) that he changes every year.

Have any administrators come forward and taken pay cuts? have they reduced travel expenses? Have they given up university paid for vehicles?

They are as out of touch with reality as the CEO’s of GM and Chrysler who flew to a bankruptcy hearing in Washington D.C. on corporate jets.

The fact of the matter is, they treat the student body like one big cash cow. They rape us with an abusive parking enforcement office and hide behind budget cut woes to eliminate non-glamorous programs.

Recently, President Simon decided to grace the student body with her presence by visiting some of the tailgates near Munn Field. At one such tailgate, she even shook hands with many alumni and students, before promptly pulling out a tube of disinfectant and applying it right after the last handshake.

I’m all for good hygiene and preventing sickness, but to do that in a business setting would be absolutely reprehensible. To act as if the common students and alumni are in some way dirty shows President Simon in her true light. At least walk away before brandishing your total and complete arrogance.

The reason some students turned their back to the president is not because they are professing radical power. It is because the president has turned her back to the students and education as a whole.

The shaping the future info page, simply addresses several programs on this local campus that will be cut to preserve the ‘lifestyle’ of the school. When cutting educational programs, you most certainly are shaping the future, but not in a good way.

There were no flag burnings. It was a silent gesture. I suggest that quite possibly you join the email list for the group, as its not WRA 130, it is rather the Undergrad Alliance (UGA) and the main goal is to educate and inform undergrads about the issues that directly affect them.

Rather than supporting ignorance with your posts, I would suggest that you actually educate yourselves on the situation at hand.

Is there anyone more irrelevant in Michigan politics than jenny? She really takes on the tough issues……more money for college students…..you go girl! Go back to California and take Cherry with you. Bring on Andy Dillon…at least he has a spine and some ideas on tackling the tough issues facing us.

I remember when Andy Dillon proposed a bill that would give every student an iPod. Takes a spine to do that.

In response to Aministration is a Joke, I believe President Simon did, in fact, return her recent pay increase, voted for her by the Trustees, to the university as a donation.

Jennifer has to be one of the worst governors in recent memory. She has accomplished nothing and not even Washington eyes her as a favorable administration addition. Wasn’t she the one at a UM graduation ceremony “badmouth” MSU’s architect as providing a sinking building on the UM campus? Doesn’t she send her kids to the UM?

Simon didn’t return anything. She declined her scheduled, non-performance based salary increase AFTER almost all of the other big ten presidents did the same thing.

The president of the University of Wisconsin took a 5 percent pay cut along with all other university employees as part of a federal furlough program.

That’s the type of sacrifice real leader ship, willing or not, should take.