Discuss “Editorial poorly portrays Senate”

This letter does not represent the views of Senate as a whole. Similarly, last week’s editorial, “Student Senate poorly represents constituents,” does very little to accurately represent Senate as a whole, choosing instead to rely on blanket generalizations and inflammatory language.

While there are certainly some valid criticisms in the piece, particularly regarding abstentions and outreach, I am disappointed at the extent to which things were exaggerated. Senators that may have had a conflicting obligation “didn’t bother to show up,” and any abstention, even valid, was called “lazy.” The allegation that the whole Senate “failed to uncover ... dangerous baggage” in a policy that was the purview of a specific committee...