Student senate, that is.
With massive budget cuts looming at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, students are worried that programs will be cut -- and worse! -- that more than 6000 undergrads could be forced out of the school.
In the midst of fear and uncertainty, UNLV students need proactive students who stand up for fiscal responsibility and a reasonable budget. Fortunately, new elected senator and campus reformer Diana Washington will take up that charge, thanks to a successful campaign fueled by the Leadership Institute's Campus Election Workshop training.
A senate seat will give Diana an inside track to UNLV administrators and control of $1 million of students' tuition money. "So many students are in the dark about how the university budget works and how these proposed cuts will affect their status with the university," Diana said. That's why she knew she had to take the lead -- or surrender her school.
The economic downturn has hurt the state of Nevada harder than most, and with a monumental budgetary shortfall expected in 2010, Diana's leadership couldn't be timely:
