With only two months left in her term, Student Body President Katie M. Cox has not used her secret weapon. She has yet to flex all of the political muscle she has.

There’s little doubt that Cox has done a lot for the student body, but one thing still remains – vetoing the shuttle bus. At some point everybody has to throw their hands in the air and say “we’ve done everything we could.” Obviously, by the vote totals at Wednesday’s Student Senate meeting, our representatives do not see it

that way.

This is where Cox’s secret weapon will come in best. It’s hard to believe that Student Senate members were so willing to add on another $5 a semester to your college education. The bus is simply not needed, especially at the outrageous price it isgoing to cost the student body.

If the high price for a ride wasn’t a good tip off, surly the senate members would have been concerned with the bus provider. H & H Transportation will continue to be the service provider for the shuttle system. Their performance has been mediocre at best.

Why would students want to pay for shoddy service. Not only are we paying for the shoddy service, senate members gave the company a raise. These are terms everyone would like to have when they enter the working world: Do nothing, do a bad job of doing nothing, and get a raise for it.

Yet another issue that did not occur to senate members was that H & H could barely do a years worth of service without calling it quits. What make the Student Senate believe that they can provide the service for three years?

The student body needs the student body president more than ever now. With only a short time left in office, Cox needs to veto the shuttle bus proposal.

After a majority of the Student Senate let the students down, lets hope the students’ leader won’t too.

If students do not approve of the decision to have a three-year contract with H&H Transportation for a cost of $10.90 per semester, per student, call Student Body President Katie M. Cox at 581-7670 and request her to veto the shuttle bus proposal