October 25, 2007 - 12:00am
By David Wittenberg
One of my first assignments on The Sun was covering the Student Assembly. I could say it was like covering the Jerry Springer beat, but I won’t. It wouldn’t be fair to Jerry’s rotating cast of teenage vampires, dysfunctional families and paternity-test foursomes.
The kids on the S.A. are hardworking and mean well, but the fact is that most Cornellians just don’t pay attention. When they do, they see the S.A. as a cage match’s worth of backbiting, infighting, self-aggrandizing Tracy Flicks.
Which is why the S.A. needs to change. I’m not saying we need to raise the tenor of the debate. I’m saying we need to bring the blood sport to the masses. Let’s give a vote on the Student Assembly to anyone who shows up with a student I.D.
