Go Big Red!

The pole's open up online today for IU's students to vote for next year's IUSA officers. I've gone to the websites of all three campaigns and looked over each of their campaign platforms. Each one has at least one aspect that I believe will greatly benefit IU.

Kirkwood wants to try and convert IU to a "green" campus. This would be an awesome undertaking and would have great implications for the environment if it becomes a success. They also want to make dead week "dead;" last semester it really stressed me out when all of my professors assigned due dates for their papers on the week before finals. This made it increasingly difficult to get everything done while studying for four or five final exams.

INdiana wants to put grip strips on all of the campus bridges. I've nearly fallen on them more times than I can count; this solution will prevent further accidents. INdiana always wants to give money back to IU's students. Any discount on such an expensive education is awesome...

Big Red wants to insert a fall break into our hectic fall semester. I am completely for this undertaking. We essentially had to go through 3/4 of the semester without a single day off; a fall break would break up the monotony of a busy schedule. Perhaps the most substantial change they want to make is petitioning RPS to allow 100% meal point rollover. This would save me soooo much money because I won't have to buy a new meal plan each year. I had an extremely large amount of points left over from last semester, and I don't want them to disappear if I'm unable to use them before May.

I was originally planning on voting for Kirkwood in the election, but upon hearing news about a campaign member stealing Big Red emails, I decided I didn't want an ethically questionable campaign to win. Therefore, I chose to vote BIG RED!