LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Student of Occupy FIU eager to speak to Rosenberg

Dear President Rosenberg,

We members of the student body as represented via Occupy FIU are greatly disappointed that you were unable to meet with us last Thursday, Jan. 20, 2012.

We had hoped at the meeting we could put a face on the man who is president of our university. We formally wanted to discuss recent events on campus and off-campus which have affected conditions at the university.

These events include the recent Board of Governors meetings in Tallahassee. Disconnected from the FIU community, these meetings have immense implications for the future of our educational directives.

A direct dialogue would allow you, the president, and us, the students, to engage in the discussion and exchange of ideas that we feel need to be addressed, investigated, and reevaluated.

We sadly discovered after visiting your office that you were in Tallahassee attending the Board of Governors meeting; we respect and support the importance of your presence as president of FIU at such meetings. We continue to expect that you can share your presence and ideas openly with us, your students as you did with the Board of Governors.

In fulfilling the university’s objectives as defined in our Mission Statement, we hope in the future you may be able to engage the surrounding local community as well. However, we the students do not believe that we must wait for you to be comfortable to engage us directly.

So again we would like you to meet with us students next Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 at the GC lawn to have an open and respectful discussion about the state of the university.

We are very eager to meet and discuss issues, objectives and solutions affecting the quality of education here at Florida International University.

-Students of Occupy FIU