It shows extreme bias and weakens your argument. Those are judgments that you’ve personally made. I’m a student, and a proud Titan, and I don’t appreciate you using generalizations and personal judgments while “speaking for me.” Please use words like “personally” or “in my opinion.”

In my opinion, no dignity was lost. Personally, I feel that you should not polarize students.

You ask what losses were had as a result of the Furlough Fest? It was our dignity, as a student body. Who are you to call yourselves the student voice when in all reality, I have earned my education so that drug endorsing, ignorant, and blatantly ill-mannered people, like those representing the Fest, have proven themselves to be NEVER need to represent me. And yes, I am EARNING it, just like every single other person at CSUF, yet I have not been compelled to resent my campus once. No, I appreciate it. Despite all of the cuts and all of the limitations recently placed on it, after all of the raucous caused by your attempt at protesting, it has still provided an open line of communication, as many resources as possible, and a haven despite what Sacramento has taken.

And in terms of the bonding which you claim I have missed out on, I am not without. It did not take ignorant, misplaced information and mock care for me to find fellowship in those on the campus. I have gone three years, meeting the most amazing people, simply because I take pride in what Cal State Fullerton has given me, and I relate based solely on the fact that we are all Titans. Whether being a Titan has become more difficult or not, I know that there are roughly 34,999 other people on the campus who are dealing with the exact same situation that I am.

So all I ask is that all who have thrown their arms up in anger or been compelled to rebel against it’s own peers (i.e. ASI, Library employees, faculty, etc.) remember that we are ALL stuck and nothing will change until we can unite and speak with those who are actually to blame, not just those nearest us.

furlough fest was an EXPERIMENT, an experiment that showed the possibility of living otherwise amongst other students even on a lawn within cal state fullerton. imagine waking up to so many new friends between the titan shops and performing arts building! i will never look at that space the same again. so for the naysayers, WHO CARES about your dime-a-dozen opinion, you’re the people who will chime in with your 2 cents on any article even though the only thing you “know” about what you’re talking about was in the article you just read. your understanding of furlough fest is less than topical, its the surface on top of a surface. your understanding is, and this is a paradox, a profound superficiality!

Can you guys post more pictures and possibly video from the event? Please! Maybe on facebook or include a link if you don’t want to crowd the page. Us non-holistic cornholin vegans would appreciate it greatly!