The 18th president of Indiana University and next CEO of Indiana University was announced on March 1... at IUPUI. The 2007 Indiana University Fact Book had a great photo on the cover... of IUPUI. The Indiana University Presidential Search Committee had one graduate student member... from South Bend.\nWhere are the accolades for the Indiana University – Indiana University Bloomington. In case you’ve forgotten, we are the flagship campus. We are the Indiana University Hoosiers. We attract the most alumni support, we have the largest student body, we are the home of Indiana University Big Ten athletics, we generate the most revenue from tuition, we are Indiana University – and we attract the least attention from our own administration. \nWhen I came to this institution 3 1/2 years ago, I came to experience the history, the traditions, the pride and the honor of being a Hoosier. What have I seen? I have seen tuition rise, enrollment drop, an increase in student apathy and a hell of a lot of focus placed on satellite campuses. The 2007 Indiana University Fact Book, that piece of literature produced to display all that this great institution has to offer, has a picture of the IUPUI campus on it. Actually, it’s a courtyard with the Indianapolis skyline in the background. Is that really Indiana University?\nWhy doesn’t it have a picture of the Sample Gates or Assembly Hall or The Rock or the Arboretum or the largest student union in the world? If there has been one consistent thing I have heard from our administrators after four years, it has been how beautiful our campus is, that it is arguably the best campus in the nation. Well, I agree. Where is it displayed? How can you expect our campus to be the image of Indiana University and not give us the chance to prove it? \nI agree it is up to students to motivate themselves, but it is impossible to generate and maintain the pride we once had for this school unless you do your part, administrators. We house your offices, we interact with you daily and we represent you with our work, our successes and our pride.\nSo, President McRobbie, you have hearts to mend back at home, sir. Please don’t rob us of our work, our pride, our tradition, our history and our honor of being the Indiana University Hoosiers.
Jeremy J. Strife\nSenior
