Student Activism Continued….

So obviously as much as I adore my University, I cannot deny the fact that many other students at other schools are just as fervent about getting their voices heard. Throughout the country, proven by the masses of young voters, people of my generation have told the world what they think about so many crucial issues and illustrated this by turning to polls in drones. Not just the University of Wisconsin- Madison, but schools like Cornell University, Syracuse University and the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, also have their student body making sure that they are active and involved in political and social choices that other people and this country make.

Student Activism is not a new phenomenon. It has been encompassing campuses during the Civil Rights movement, Vietnam, and more recently the Iraq war. Campuses and higher education inspire young adults to express their opinions and that they do. With the generally liberal education that is delivered at many Universities, students are taught

The following is three interviews from students each at their respective schools. As juniors they have been on campus for three years and have seen this student activism first hand in the classroom, in the quad, during elections, during crisis and during times where important decisions are on the verge of being made at Washington or even in their local area……

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