What makes a campus healthy? We have grappled with this unnecessary conundrum the past week as we, as a newspaper, have reflected on the social state of the campus. Several questions perplex us because the answers are seemingly incongruent with what a college campus should be.

Where is the life, the energy, the activity and even the community that makes a college campus uphold the image that we all likely had before coming to DU?

We are a strong group of youthful and pioneering individuals. Each of us is here to accomplish some sort of goal on our path of life. The university has a myriad of opportunities for us to explore our post-collegiate interests through clubs, activities and off-campus programs. Despite the number of people here, despite the constant groaning that there is nothing to do in the Denver area, DU still sponsors activity after activity with only a very small percentage of the student population showing interest. Moreover, it is often the same 100 people that get involved.

As a college newspaper (on a campus with a school for journalism studies), we struggle to find students who are interested in diving into the field of journalism and getting their hands wet in college newspaper. At the bare minimum it would really help the resume of an aspiring journalist. But where are all the reporters, photographers, editors?

If DU has an active population beyond the top 10 percent who are already running everything, where is it? Perhaps too engrossed in studies to pursue extracurricular activity? Our time may be better spent pursuing a different answer to this question.

Oddly enough, we can’t even rally behind sporting events or line the streets to watch the Olympic torch being run past the campus walls. College should be more than DU. College should include a sense of community.