WANTED- Popular DeKalb college seeks exciting, enthusiatic students to fill many open positions. Students needed for athletics, all organizations, pep rallys, feedback and more. No experience necessary. Will train. Must like to have fun, try new things and be able to voice an opinion. Apply anywhere on campus.

Victor E. Huskie Wants You!

Recruitment time is here and all the organizations and teams on campus are busy organizing themselves, and starting the new semester. What are you doing?

Those of you who are already involved with activities on campus can sit back and listen.

As for the rest of you, what do you plan on doing all semester? If your answer is studying, great! All the more power to you, but I think you’re not being honest with yourself.

Wait! Smart aleck over here says (in his best Cheech or Chong voice) he wants “to party all semester dude.”

My answer? (In the same voice) “Be prepared to spend a lot of years in DeKalb dude.”

Over the years I have noticed a shocking increase in student apathy. Big phrase right? Plain and simple it means many people just don’t give a damn anymore.

These people moan endlessly about everything under the sun from the terrible injustices they are subjected to on campus to how dumb they think all the other organizations are.

And you know what? They always insist you are right. It’s everyone else with the problem.

That’s some pretty big talk, and I propose a challenge. If you have such a strong opinion on something send a letter to the editor. Join or create a group with the same opinion. Just stop moaning.

Anyone can sit around and run off at the mouth. It takes a truely gutsy person to get up off their butt and do or say something.

I’m sure many (if not all) of the members of various organizations on campus would appreciate a little less negativity and a little more action.

Now, all those that tailgate either legally or illegally raise your hands. Wow! Lots of hands.

Keep ‘em raised. Now, how many of you go to the football game after the tailgate area is closed? Hmm. Not nearly as many as before.

Get my drift yet? We don’t give our athletic teams or our organizations enough student support.

Sure, when the football team beat Wisconsin last year, everybody suddenly became a die-hard Huskie fan. What happened shortly after that? Where did all the fans go?

What about the countless other teams that compete for the Huskies? There’s swimming, diving, wrestling, soccer, volleyball, basketball, lacrosse, rugby, golf, baseball, field hockey, gymnastics and many, many more.

Have you ever been to more than one or two of the above events? Teams thrive on fan participation and loyalty. Quite frankly, I would say we’re starving.

I just can’t express in mere words how much you are missing by choosing to ignore all the activities that are offered to you.

How about getting a group of friends together and go cheer on a team you’ve never seen compete before. Do something. Just don’t sit there and let the world go on around you.

The name calling and cynicism is getting old. Either get in the game and become involved or zip-the-lip. You have no idea what you’re missing.