Students set to Protest Tomorrow
Dervedia Thomas
Issue date: 4/6/09 Section: News
Students from different corners of SC State are mobilizing to protest what they feel is the lack of respect paid to student issues on campus.
The students, who are supported by the Student Government Association, are currently making placards, mobilizing support and encouraging students to wear black on what they call "Black Thursday;" a phrase borrowed from the Black Panthers, a civil rights group in the 1960s.
Issues to be raised are, poor faculty attendance, late issuing of refund checks, customer service and tardy changes to the membership in take process.
When asked whether these issues were discussed with administration prior to the protest, Senior Rodrecus Thompson said no, and expressed that they felt as thought administration would "brush them off."
Student Government Association President Whitney McCrea who is actively involved in the march, says she has raised several of the issues with President George E. Cooper, who is currently out of the state to attend his father's funeral. She did however say that she is satisfied with the way he is treating with those issues, but is not pleased with the response of other university officials.
"We need to come to a sense of compromise," she said. "Why is it that we cannot be treated with respect, in the Pitt, or when we go ask a question at Accounts Receivable.'
McCrea also questioned the changes made to the intake process for Greek organizations, specifically referencing the March 9 Intake Process Meeting held by the Office of Student Affairs, after some organizations already admitted members.
The students will assemble on in front of the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
The students, who are supported by the Student Government Association, are currently making placards, mobilizing support and encouraging students to wear black on what they call "Black Thursday;" a phrase borrowed from the Black Panthers, a civil rights group in the 1960s.
Issues to be raised are, poor faculty attendance, late issuing of refund checks, customer service and tardy changes to the membership in take process.
When asked whether these issues were discussed with administration prior to the protest, Senior Rodrecus Thompson said no, and expressed that they felt as thought administration would "brush them off."
Student Government Association President Whitney McCrea who is actively involved in the march, says she has raised several of the issues with President George E. Cooper, who is currently out of the state to attend his father's funeral. She did however say that she is satisfied with the way he is treating with those issues, but is not pleased with the response of other university officials.
"We need to come to a sense of compromise," she said. "Why is it that we cannot be treated with respect, in the Pitt, or when we go ask a question at Accounts Receivable.'
McCrea also questioned the changes made to the intake process for Greek organizations, specifically referencing the March 9 Intake Process Meeting held by the Office of Student Affairs, after some organizations already admitted members.
The students will assemble on in front of the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
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