Today at 3 p.m., students and the Muncie community will start to march, and whether you're for or against the Occupy movement, you might as well see what it's all about.
The campaign, which calls for more economic equality for the middle class, is eliciting opinions on either end of the spectrum.
We might as well see what it's all about before forming an opinion.
We know it started with a march on Wall Street a few weeks ago. A movement against economic disparity, the tag line "We are the 99 percent" is used to describe the so-called 99 percent of Americans who feel slighted by the growing paychecks of the country's richest citizens.
It's described as a movement, a resistance and a call for change. Goals and demands, however, are hard to describe. Some criticize Occupy for being disorganized. It doesn't even seem to include ethnic minorities or members of the lower class.
Others said its ambiguity leaves room for flexibility.
Nothing is nailed down, but the phenomenon continues to gain momentum through social networks and unofficial support pages.
On one hand are those who want to resist corporate greed and find solutions for heightened economic issues. On the other hand are those who wish we would find our own solutions through an improved market economy.
At Ball State, some are about to march because they want a change. They'll bring the grassroots movement to Muncie because they don't want to be suppressed by top-down leadership. But do they have a better solution? We'll have to check out the march to find out.
Whether we feel like joining or not, the first step is just to hear what they have to say.
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