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Behind the Scenes of West Campus

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I feel much more comfortable about sending in maintenance requests to custodial services after this cafe. I hate to impose and I thought my requests would be too menial. However, hearing the head of the custodial services assure us that they’re here to make us comfortable made me more relaxed. I was also surprised to hear about how other residents send in all sorts of maintenance requests and that everybody pretty much has the same problems. I’m glad I got to meet the person who actually reads and distributes the requests. He explained how everything worked  and now I’m more understanding about this process. I admired how he put his workers through a mental health workshop so that they would know how to deal with certain situations with students. I haven’t been here long because I’m a transfer, but I’ve learned along the way about how genuine the faculty and staff here are with making you feel at home. I really appreciate the custodial services and how much effort they put into making us feel comfortable, no matter how small the request is.

 

An Unbiased Judge

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“I just signed your death warrant.”

Before this talk, I had already watched the video of Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentencing Larry Nassar. I thought her statement towards Nassar was perfect and not once did I think about how as a judge, she should remain “professional”. Judge Miller had some pretty interesting points and I do agree that maybe she shouldn’t have rubbed salt into the wound. Nassar deserved everything that was said to him in court, but as a judge, Judge Aquilina should’ve stuck with more impartial words.

This brought me to the thought that it’s pretty hard to be an unbiased judge. You have to remain impartial and think about cases not through your mind, but as a totally different person.