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Mann delivers first-ever State of Students Address
Student body president speaks to student fees, textbook costs as primary concerns for year
Becky Johnson
Issue date: 10/10/08 Section: News
ASOSU president Ryan Mann delivered a State of the Students address
Thursday in the MU, the first ever for OSU.
Click here to download the full-length podcast of Mann's address.
Topics included the high cost of tuition and fees, the importance of student involvement in the OSU community and what changes hoped to be made this year.
One of those changes was the large tuition imposed on OSU students. Mann made the point that OSU is in the bottom five in the country when it comes to tuition costs, meaning that our tuition is some of the most expensive in the country. His suggestions for combating this problem include using the power of numbers and showing a unified student body against costly legislation.
The reasons Mann gave for giving the first-ever State of the Students Address is to welcome back students, update the campus, give insight into OSU and especially to empower the student body.
The main theme of the night was empowerment of the student body. Mann wanted students to realize they are the source of change. He said he believes feedback from students is important, and to make it easier on the student body, ASOSU is redesigning its website to make it more interactive. The new website should be ready by winter term.
Mann also hopes to get more student feedback on academics. ASOSU wants to update what is felt to be an outdated baccalaureate core. Mann also hopes to make academic advising more effective.
He also used the opportunity to comment on the importance of voter registration and voting itself, reminding students that many of these issues have a direct effect on the OSU community.
Most of the chairs in the MU room were full. The audience consisted largely of faculty and ASOSU employees.
Most of those who attended the speech were very proud of the staff, and specifically the speakers, for what they accomplished with this speech.
Audrey Bach, a legal consultant for ASOSU for 25 years, said "she is more impressed with ASOSU this year than in the past."
For those who missed the speech on Thursday evening, it will be running on the ASOSU website and the OSU channel on YouTube.
Becky Johnson, staff writer
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
Thursday in the MU, the first ever for OSU.
Click here to download the full-length podcast of Mann's address.
Topics included the high cost of tuition and fees, the importance of student involvement in the OSU community and what changes hoped to be made this year.
One of those changes was the large tuition imposed on OSU students. Mann made the point that OSU is in the bottom five in the country when it comes to tuition costs, meaning that our tuition is some of the most expensive in the country. His suggestions for combating this problem include using the power of numbers and showing a unified student body against costly legislation.
The reasons Mann gave for giving the first-ever State of the Students Address is to welcome back students, update the campus, give insight into OSU and especially to empower the student body.
The main theme of the night was empowerment of the student body. Mann wanted students to realize they are the source of change. He said he believes feedback from students is important, and to make it easier on the student body, ASOSU is redesigning its website to make it more interactive. The new website should be ready by winter term.
Mann also hopes to get more student feedback on academics. ASOSU wants to update what is felt to be an outdated baccalaureate core. Mann also hopes to make academic advising more effective.
He also used the opportunity to comment on the importance of voter registration and voting itself, reminding students that many of these issues have a direct effect on the OSU community.
Most of the chairs in the MU room were full. The audience consisted largely of faculty and ASOSU employees.
Most of those who attended the speech were very proud of the staff, and specifically the speakers, for what they accomplished with this speech.
Audrey Bach, a legal consultant for ASOSU for 25 years, said "she is more impressed with ASOSU this year than in the past."
For those who missed the speech on Thursday evening, it will be running on the ASOSU website and the OSU channel on YouTube.
Becky Johnson, staff writer
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
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