The Residential College student government, such as it is, a name and an entity but no teeth for years, has realized that LS&A is not an establishment to be conquered.
Everyone is just too busy. The intensity of the liberal arts experience is being brightened past the point at which student involvement is possible. Idealized town hall meetings and consensus building is impossible.
So the Republic is making a shift — to something resembling a service institution. The Bike Co-op has offices in the basement. Forums are receiving a new level of support. A new culture of working with RC goals is mutating in.
In other news, the structural changes in the EQ offices are progressing noisily. The coffee machine all but needs to be turned on. Wireless is happening, but when, exactly, LSAIT does not wish to disclose. We cannot be greedy, but the pace of wireless improvements and level of communication at this institution is frustrating. Here’s my relevant quote of the day:
The pervasiveness of technology in society and our students’ lives has increased the expectations of instructors and students and has increased their desire to incorporate new technologies and new information sources into scholoarly activities. Current support models are unable to address these expectations effectively or in a timely manner.
(not written by me, but deliberately unsourced)
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