2008 Woodie Awards
Letter to the Editor
4/11/07 - Opinion
Dear Editor,
I am very concerned with the state of affairs on the Mines Campus. Unlike most students here, I tried to put my two cents into the political process by voting in the ASCSM elections. Even though most elections were uncontested, I was happy that at least more than one person was running for the position of Junior Class President. Little did I know that I was not able to vote for my own class because of my credit hour standing. This is my fourth semester at Mines and I have completed 65 credit hours prior to this semester, because of this I am considered a Junior. The schools voting system would only let me vote in the senior elections and thus my voice was not heard. Am I to be punished for having too many credit hours, not being allowed to participate? Worse yet is that the administration will not do anything about it. After a couple of polite emails everybody responded by blaming someone else. I for one am fed up and sick of this backwards process. This is the United States of American not Communist Russia. Mines is part of the problem, not the solution. The outcome of this election speaks directly to this.
Sincerely,
Concerned Voter
I am very concerned with the state of affairs on the Mines Campus. Unlike most students here, I tried to put my two cents into the political process by voting in the ASCSM elections. Even though most elections were uncontested, I was happy that at least more than one person was running for the position of Junior Class President. Little did I know that I was not able to vote for my own class because of my credit hour standing. This is my fourth semester at Mines and I have completed 65 credit hours prior to this semester, because of this I am considered a Junior. The schools voting system would only let me vote in the senior elections and thus my voice was not heard. Am I to be punished for having too many credit hours, not being allowed to participate? Worse yet is that the administration will not do anything about it. After a couple of polite emails everybody responded by blaming someone else. I for one am fed up and sick of this backwards process. This is the United States of American not Communist Russia. Mines is part of the problem, not the solution. The outcome of this election speaks directly to this.
Sincerely,
Concerned Voter
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