There’s an obvious need for community involvement on this campus. We’re called a commuter school and a lot of students dislike the stigmas that are attached to it. Some of us are even embarrassed to say that we call CCSU our home.
You’ve got nothing to be ashamed of. You’re getting a good degree at a very reputable university. This university has taken enormous strides in the last decade. We’ve built new academic buildings, hired many staff members and updated our facilities and technologies around campus.
The one thing that hasn’t been lifted is the feeling of what it means to be a student of this university. Why is it that people love to say they go to UConn and not CCSU? It might have something to do with the fact that our grounds turn into a ghost town from Friday to Sunday. There’s a chance that it could be the administration, but that seems like we might be making them a scapegoat.
Students are what a university is made of. Our moods and reflections will build what others think about our learning institution. Sadly, many of our classmates choose to only focus on the bad things about CCSU.
We like to complain about not having a voice, but don’t take the time to even read about what SGA is doing let alone take the time to go to a meeting. We complain about the food, but offer no constructive criticism that would show the university what we’d like to be eating. Instead of tackling problems, we complain.
Our former Editor-in-Chief, Michael Walsh, made his stance issue after issue that the students of this university need to be more involved on campus. He wanted people to talk about the problems on campus, but not forget about the good things either. He took advantage of everything that was available to him, and would never bash this university for the sake of a joke or argument.
This is where some students have found themselves recently. By using social mediums, such as Twitter and Facebook, many of us have lashed out against CCSU. It’s sad to see that the only thing you can find when you type in “#ccsu” is complaints about a professor or how terrible the food is.
Where did all these complainers come from? Maybe that’s why we can’t shake the notion that we are a lesser school. It’s completely false, but we are still attached to it. Why?
No one likes to look at the fact that this university is made up of extremely hard workers. Lots of us are balancing jobs, families and school at the same time. We work hard for our educations and value every lesson we learn.
Let’s stop focusing on the negatives at this school and take advantage of the great opportunities that we have in front of us. There are many places that you can assert yourself on this campus, but if you choose not to, don’t bring the rest of us down with you with your grievances.
