http://www.timesdelphic.com/2009/11/15/drake-students-add-to-senate-conversations Drake University - News, Sports, Information Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:48:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.timesdelphic.com/2009/11/15/drake-students-add-to-senate-conversations/comment-page-1#comment-1170 Matt Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:40:00 +0000 http://www.timesdelphic.com/?p=1712#comment-1170 Student Senate, the organization that pretends to have a say in what happens on Drake's campus, but in reality is just a training ground for future blowhards in their quest for elected office. I went through six years at Drake, and never once did I see anything happen that was the direct and sole result of Senate action. Everyone knows that the real puppetmasters at Drake are President Maxwell and the Deans, the Board of Trustees, and the Faculty Senate. Student Senate is an exercise in feel-good organizational behavior that in reality accomplishes nothing. It is meant to be a paean to the students so that they have "a voice", but that voice is always shouted down by the administration. When Student Senate sets the annual budget for Drake's operations, let me know. If all they control is the activities fees, there is only so much they can do, and they will continue to be (in the minds of many students and alums) a hollow organization, just another line to pad the resumes of those who participated. Student Senate, the organization that pretends to have a say in what happens on Drake’s campus, but in reality is just a training ground for future blowhards in their quest for elected office. I went through six years at Drake, and never once did I see anything happen that was the direct and sole result of Senate action. Everyone knows that the real puppetmasters at Drake are President Maxwell and the Deans, the Board of Trustees, and the Faculty Senate. Student Senate is an exercise in feel-good organizational behavior that in reality accomplishes nothing. It is meant to be a paean to the students so that they have “a voice”, but that voice is always shouted down by the administration. When Student Senate sets the annual budget for Drake’s operations, let me know. If all they control is the activities fees, there is only so much they can do, and they will continue to be (in the minds of many students and alums) a hollow organization, just another line to pad the resumes of those who participated.

]]> http://www.timesdelphic.com/2009/11/15/drake-students-add-to-senate-conversations/comment-page-1#comment-1018 student Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:51:46 +0000 http://www.timesdelphic.com/?p=1712#comment-1018 Jenny Koska is the senator that moved to allowed people to speak freely on the speaking order. Not sarah tucker. Jenny Koska is the senator that moved to allowed people to speak freely on the speaking order. Not sarah tucker.

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