Student employees ought to be a campus priority. For a long time I wondered if I would ever need to work while in college. The idea of getting paid for menial, sometimes trivial work never really sunk in.
I took a part-time job at Baker University Center’s food court in spring of 2009 then came back to finish my dual major in late 2010 and had to find a new job. I found a better-paying job Uptown and decided to keep it after I had graduated. Now, applying to graduate school here has been the sole activity I have participated in besides working.
I would really like to see progress for student employees, having been employed on campus before. Last week, Christopher Myers’ op-ed piece about a Student Employee Commission struck me as late: Why didn’t anyone talk about it when I was an undergraduate?
Another idea would be for proponents of a Student Employee Commission to engage the Faculty Senate or Graduate Student Senate about this important proposal to get advice.
Folks such as Joe McLaughlin are probably in complete favor of helping students with projects that take student labor into account and willing to write letters to The Post in support of it.
Ann Macafferty is a 2010 graduate of Ohio University and a prospective student of the Graduate College.
