COMMENT: Students only ones to blame

When you hear the term college spirit, it’s hard not to find it a little cheesy. What does it mean? Everyone on campus hugging it out over a morning coffee with people you don’t even know?

That’s probably a tad strong, but what can’t be denied are the social opportunities available in third level institutions. Looking around the BCFE campus it’s hard not to notice the divide in the student body – which is not helped by the distance between the arts and main building. So, it may take some kind of pre-organised event to bring them together.

The promised and subsequently cancelled rag week would have been the prime platform to achieve this. Forgetting for a moment the week was cancelled the only real promotion for the event came from this paper’s patronisation. How are people supposed to get involved in something that they don’t even know is happening?

There is little to be gained by solely blaming the SU, who promised this rag week. The problem could be with student body in general who seem content with the current status quo. Had a rag week been cancelled in any other third level institution there would have been up roar amongst the students, perhaps the proverbial silence of the college populous is the most telling factor in this whole issue.