Tuition talks, should vote too
This item caught my eye. It’s about a bill Sen. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, is trying to midwife into law that would give a vote to the student member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators.
Seems the grown ups on the board don’t want to share. They voted 7 to 1 to oppose student suffrage. Curator Don Walsworth said its all too complex for these youngsters, that “this is my 6th year and I’m certainly still learning.”
Give me a break. How insulting for the student rep to be relegated to the academic equivalent of a Junior G-Man. The other curators would do well to learn this:
MU students pony up the considerable tuition and fees and room and board and book expenses charged every year. In other words, they pay the bills. They should have a voting representative on the board that is responsible for ensuring they get their money’s worth.
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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Eddie Roth writes about education and social justice. He recently joined the Post-Dispatch editorial page after six years as an editorial writer with the Dayton Daily News. But he is not new to St. Louis. Eddie grew up in Webster Groves and south St. Louis County. He's a lawyer who for many years practiced with a downtown firm. He and his wife, Jeanne, and their three daughters, Emily, Julia and Alice, lived in the Shaw Neighborhood, where he was active in neighborhood affairs. He also served a term on the St. Louis Police Board. When it comes to community organizing, he endorses Quentin Crisp's adage: Rather than keeping up with the Joneses, it's better to pull them down to your level. 
