| Show r. r Students Highest Priority or Second-Class Second Citizens r Dear Editor We are offended when our students are derided on the radio and insulted in U of U editorials It is also annoying to tell people we we attend only to hear their groans while their eyes roll back in their head However we have a right to to tobe be angry when our own administration staff and a minority of instructors view both the school and students as second class Last summer the l library was inconveniently inconveniently inconveniently incon incon- closed three weeks into the quarter just in time for the research papers due in inmany inmany many classes cl This sent a message to both students and faculty that we are not real people attending a real c college Students experience the shocking behavior behavior behavior be be- havior of staff on a daily basis Many act as if God died and left the them in charge We j wonder if signs should be posted in financial aid registration the Disability Resource Center and academic advising that read The person requiring your help is a complete complete com corn idiot Whatever the problem it is his her fault Perhaps the most disturb disturbing ng thing of all is is' is when a new instructor reveals that the course content he or she is t teaching is over the heads of students All AU of these things contribute to the low regard people have for the college and its it's students s I find irony in the Students are our highest priority clause of the Colleges College's Statement of Values J. J Jerry rry Shepherd communication 1 |
