The fight against block tuition began admirably but has spun out of control thanks to the volition of a few students. When Ben Meyers campaigned on a vote against block tuition he didn’t cast and Dave Schneider on a petition that he didn’t write, I was upset but realized it was just politics. However, on my first day back from break, I was greeted by signs and graffiti stating that, “The block might spare you if you have a trust fund,” and that the fight is some kind of class warfare.
This is ridiculous. Statements like these conflate those among us who are fortunate to have college paid for with an administration that is ignoring the voice of its students, and they only serve to alienate a large population of the campus who are still affected by the change and are opposed to it. In a parting note, no one group has been more instrumental in stopping block tuition than the UF Students United Against Block Tuition, who originally discovered the proposed change and brought it to light via the petition many have signed. These are some upstanding students who you won’t see using their work against block tuition to further their own political careers.
