ASUSU

You’ve seen all the great parties on campus, attended key note speakers and seen the wonderful advertisements. When election week comes around a large group of students ask the candidates “What do officers actually do?” The candidate might look stunned for a minute because they are thinking “did they really just ask that?” Then they will go on to remind them that they coordinate parties, sit in on important meetings, members of the student fee board, coordinate the government relations council, run the lobbying group and much more. Still to my disbelief students don’t care about the “government” that is affecting them the most.

During elections it is amazing to see how the media controls people, and even more how many people listen and don’t think on their own. During the last elections in November we saw how “important” the presidential race was, and saw little to no coverage on local politics or how the legislative branch was developing. This was partly because of big media ownership but also because people are satisfied with what the media feeds them. Today in the news we see how much money Obama is handing out, when we could be focusing on how the Logan government is corrupt.
Watching the latest school election it doesn’t inspire much hope looking at the people that could one day be in office and the people voting. It is a popularity contest. Majority of people disregarded candidates qualifications, goals and track record instead went by who sally said is “super nice.” The people elected will and can do great things next year, and I wish them all the best. I urge all voters and citizens to pay attention to your local government vote wisely and do your own research.