I totally agree with the staff editorial from Oct. 10, titled, “Student Senate uses bad poll to justify position.”

As the author points out, the Student Senate did very little research into the true feelings of the student body in regards to the acquisition of the electronic billboards.

I am offended and shocked that the Senate members would pass such a resolution – a resolution that DIRECTLY affects everyone on campus – out of sheer laziness and without at least arranging an open forum for more students to discuss the issue.

Unlike the 30 Senate members and the majority of the 121 students who responded to the Facebook poll, I believe that installing the electronic billboards would compromise the integrity of our school.

Also, I don’t think the administration has really provided enough information about the boards to warrant the installation.

Who’s going to end up footing the bill for keeping the boards lit up 24/7 after the initial lump some of cash that EIU is getting for whoring itself out to the corporate machine dries up? And doesn’t EIU like to paint itself as a “green” university? I wonder how much energy lighting those boards is going to use in the long run. When would they be installed? And where? What’s going on? Eastern: why aren’t you listening to your students? Don’t you care about what we REALLY think?

-Nico Canaday

Senior English Major