Editorial

So, tell us – “What’s the Fuss”?

It’s about time that FUSA finally stepped up and started addressing the multitude of issues affecting Fairfield students, and we’re excited that our student government planned Tuesday night’s open student forum to address such concerns.

Although turnout was rather small, it was only the first forum – and hopefully not the last. We’re optimistic that with additional marketing and increased awareness of the events across campus, future forums will yield greater turnouts; bigger turnouts can mean more improvements, more improvements mean happier students (and finally, less complaining)!

Students voiced concerns ranging from parking, safety on campus, and improving diversity and interactions among different student groups on campus. Some students mentioned RecPlex renovations and additional funding for FUSA events.

One of our concerns lies in the progress of the suggestions and questions raised by students at tonight’s forum – now that FUSA knows about our concerns, how will they respond and answer them? Hopefully action will be taken in a timely manner to improve the problems in different areas of campus.

This is one of the few times we have witnessed a FUSA president actually take initiative during our four years at Fairfield. It’s refreshing. This gives us hope for the future of FUSA and its commitment to the student body.

We’re impressed by the intentions of last night’s WTF forum and hope it can become an outlet for students and a source of positive change for Fairfield. More can still be done to improve the forums, but it’s a good step in the right direction. If anything, the WTF forum has put some of the students’ trust back in the organization. We know there will be bumps along the way– Fall Concert anyone?–but at least FUSA is doing something. Actions speak louder than words, right?

Now that we know “What the Fuss” is, let’s do something about it!