At the first Open Mic Night, an event sponsored by DUPB, no students showed. How disappointing.
Open Mic Night gives students the opportunity to stand in the spotlight and talk about almost anything. They can read poetry or stories, sing, perform or just voice their concerns and opinions.
Maybe DU students are shy. Maybe there wasn’t enough publicity for the event. Maybe students had something better to do. Or maybe they just didn’t care.
But students aren’t shy, posters advertising the event were everywhere, and what’s more important than free speech? Obviously, this campus just doesn’t care.
We are apathetic. We don’t get involved. We don’t support the sports teams and attend their games–even hockey is short on fans at times. Other clubs also struggle for members. On a campus with more than 4,000 undergrad students, and more than 150 undergraduate student organizations, many clubs still struggle to get and keep active members.
Because of the lack of involvement, there might not be a yearbook this year. No student has shown interest in becoming the next editor in chief of the book and running the publication.
At the AUSA student government meetings, students are urged to tell the Senate what changes are needed on campus and how Student Activity Fee funds should be spent. Seldom do students ever show up at these meetings.
On other campuses around the nation, more than half the student populations rally for a certain cause. At CU-Boulder and the Auraria Campus, students protested President Bush’s crusade to attack Iraq. Auraria Campus students protested the war on the night of the President’s State of the Union.
But the DU campus remains silent.
Students here care more about skiing, being couch potatoes and drinking at The Border.
And it’s not like there isn’t a club on campus for everyone. Who knew we had a Thai Organization, in addition to a Thai Student Association?
DU students need to get up and get involved. So attach a picket sign to you ski pole and speak up. Speak for peace, speak for war, just make your voice heard. Like they say, it’s up to you to make a difference. Right?
