Students came to the Student Government Association meeting Wednesday to hear what kind of action SGA would take with the "Police Yourself" campaign and the crackdown on Ball State students. Though Cardinal Hall was not packed with students, their presence shows they are getting the right idea.
SGA is an established student group organized to forward student concerns to administrators, the University Senate and Muncie officials. By using SGA, students can show student senators what they want -- exactly what the senators said they would fight for.
Tuesday night's forum showed that students have multiple concerns with the crackdown and "Police Yourself" campaign. Using SGA as a tool for organization can help students with the same ideas band together while getting students to participate more with the university governance process.
This does not mean every effort needs to go through SGA. Events like the rally scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Monday at Shafer Tower can operate effectively without SGA's assistance. But students should not abandon SGA.
If Tuesday taught Ball State anything, it is that students are active when there is something at stake. Students met for a barely publicized forum in a residence hall lounge to voice concerns and get answers. This is an indication that another event, whether it is a forum or rally, can be just as successful.
Students need to provide the feedback and facilitate ideas. SGA will serve as an organizing body, taking student concerns to help voice them to Ball State and Muncie.
With such serious issues, the road ahead might be long and rocky. Students have started the journey, now they need to prove to administrators, University Police Department and the city of Muncie that they are willing to go the distance.
Organize, discuss, listen and voice concerns. Showing up at a forum and a meeting is a step for students, but showing they can endure whatever this debate has in store is a leap.
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