TO THE EDITOR:
Last Thursday, Student Body President Will Leimenstoll wrote about the UNC-system Board of Governors meeting (“Keep UNC accessible”), encouraging students to “continue asking questions and giving (the executive branch) suggestions” to represent student interests concerning financial aid.
But student government is more than just executive branch — and Student Congress, as the independently elected legislative branch of student government, has also been active and engaged in the financial aid debate.
After thorough debate at our Sept. 4 meeting, we adopted a resolution expressing our support for robust financial aid across the UNC system.
We broke with the Leimenstoll administration by rejecting the language that supported the removal of the 25 percent minimum (financial aid percentage) after members (myself included) cited concerns similar to those voiced by Tim Longest in last Wednesday’s DTH (“The minimum aid requirement should stay”).
Student Congress is here to represent students and student interests, just as our resolution concerning financial aid demonstrates.
If there’s something you’re dissatisfied with on this campus, contact your representatives.
Ask us to push for a change.
Come to our meetings and make your presence felt.
