David Merritt is a junior majoring in communication. He can be contacted at [email protected].Every time I walk through the library doors, there’s something that always grabs my attention.
I don’t know what to call it but a tribute, commemoration or maybe some kind of shrine, but it contains all sorts of items commemorating our president, ‘Doc’ Foglesong.
In the Foglesong synagogue there are such holy artifacts as military medals and pictures of dudes in uniform and a painting of our great leader boldly staring into the great yonder while the majestic colors of a nation wash over his back, and fighter jets proudly accentuate this symphony of achievement.
And I don’t use this word “achievement” lightly, my friends. He has put forth great goals and reached them with an iron fist.
Foglesong has battled the grime and dirt of our sidewalks and brutally crushed its taint on State’s bright image with an army of power washers.
Foglesong has crusaded against other evils as well.
There was once a terrible curse on our campus that resulted in large numbers of bicycles chained to all manner of trees, rails and immovable objects.
But fear no more, students. They have now captured these pests and detained them in the dungeons of our police station where they will no longer assault our populace with their awful presence. The children may play happily in the sunshine once again.
The list of his accomplishments grows longer as I remember once driving past the entrance of MSU and was not properly greeted with a neatly lit stone and concrete construction with our college’s name emblazoned on its face.
This problem has been fixed luckily by the addition of six new MSU signs at various entrances.
The $350,000 solution has given me much better sleep these days since I always (and I mean always) know which campus I’m on.
I wonder if Foglesong has realized his focus on the trivial and moved on to bigger issues, because he has astutely recognized college students’ need to have less variety in food choices.
So we now have replaced a competent eatery such as the Union with a spiffier looking one that will be done sometime in the next progression of man’s evolution.
I feel like Foglesong has really met my needs, because the only thing I love more than eating is not eating at all.
So, among all these points, this is why I get the feeling that our leadership at MSU is more concerned with our university’s image rather than its substance.
I don’t enjoy paying huge amounts of money to go to a school that merely looks good. I, as every other student I hope, am here to learn and put faith in those that are in charge to constantly pursue that goal.
I realize that it doesn’t hurt to do the things Foglesong has been pushing for and I applaud his initiative for change, but there seems to be some kind of defect in priority.
The problem is that there isn’t much talk about improvements in the learning environment.
MSU needs to see more changes revolving around its real purpose which is to educate its students.
For instance, what about more tutors in the library? That’s the sort of thing that needs addressing, not a better-looking campus.