Lend Me Your Ears
 
By Rigoberto Banta Jr., Head Student Editor
 
    In the next few days a new president will be instated as the 19th president of our university. He will represent the dreams and aspirations of faculty, staff, alumni, and, most of all, the students of CNU. In order to fill the seat, however, he needs the votes of everyone eligible, and will need to fight for it if needed. Given the chance to choose, what characteristics will you be looking for? Higher employment rates? Improvement of school faculties?
    As a foreign student, I have lots of things in mind but I would like to set that aside for a bigger cause. In order to make programs fit for students, the administration should work with students, train them if possible, as well as provide more opportunities to talk and discuss issues on the table. I would ask the president to step down from his lofty office and talk with students to whom he should serve. I would like him to encourage other faculty members across the board to listen and hear the voices of the future generation. Many aspirants have a myriad of broken promises and implicitly avoid the voices and cries of students and faculty. History should not repeat. May the winds of change reach the ivory towers!  
    With our rights comes responsibilities as well—we should always remember our duties as students and as leaders of the future. We should start change within ourselves and not use our repressed state to legitimize the lack of interest or concern. CNUians, we should stop and reconsider our actions lest the lack of concern for many shall forever be the mist of doubt and despair.
    To the new CNU president and to my fellow students, may we use this time of transition as an opportunity to re-build our university founded in the blood and sweat of our fallen seniors. May this article be a small knocking to the doors of your hearts to stop and listen. Lend me your ears, dear CNUians, lend me your ears.
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