Students are invited to speak up about communication and dialogue between students and administrators – but that’s the problem right there.

It has come to our attention that certain students received information about the forum, but not the majority of the student body.

Why did the administration, in their efforts to open a dialogue between the two groups, make such a forum in a limited setting? It wasn’t posted on Students 411, it wasn’t sent out in a campuswide email, and it wasn’t even disclosed to Mirror staff until yesterday.

In last week’s editorial, we noted that in a recent email, “Fr. Von Arx said, ‘I encourage you to participate actively in this collective process to develop and support strategies that move the University forward.’”

How are students supposed to be involved in this collective process if they’re not allowed to be a part of the collective? If students can’t be involved in helping to guide the direction of their University, how can they play a real role in the campus community?

If there’s one thing the departing Mirror staff can leave you with, it’s the hope that students continue to hold the administration accountable for their actions this year and in the future.

Keep the  heat on them, Fairfield.

So go to the forum. Speak up. Voice your opinions and be heard!

Tonight at 5:30 pm in BCC 200. Be there.

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