A new president has been chosen. (Whatever.)

The quality of labs and classrooms will improve. (Who cares?)

Tuition will rise. (Wake me when it’s over.)

Does any of this matter to you? It should, but unfortunately a campus known as much for its apathy as its co-op (number one in the nation, you may have heard) has finally gotten the best of its students.

Over the next year, an overhauled CFP (Committee on Funding Priorities) and a Presidential Search Committee will make decisions that could dramatically impact your next four or five years under the Husky banner.

So why is student representation in these decisions so slim? The opinion of just one or two students will factor into the decision making of each committee.

As the Student Government Association works feverishly to legislate student representation in these committees, the bigger question is: Why is this even an issue?

Shouldn’t the administration’s focus be to include as much student input as possible? Aren’t we the ones with the ability to transfer schools? Reject the university’s endowment? Write harrowing editorials in the Northeastern News?

This isn’t the first time the students have been given the elephant-in-the-room routine. Last year’s Master Plan to discuss the construction and maintenance of facilities on or around Northeastern included representatives from the administration and surrounding neighborhoods, but sadly and rather surprisingly, no students. The excuse given was that it was not a Northeastern initiative, and therefore could not include students in the process. (Fine. Hold middler-year writing in a cardboard box for all we care.)

Shouldn’t these master plans and search committees make it a priority to include the paying customers?

Of course not, because our political views at this point are rigid and leaning to the conservative side. Tuition needs to be lowered. Residence halls and academic buildings need to be improved. Tuition needs to be lowered (it merits repeating).

Regardless, it would be a good show of faith to at least humor us in a respectable way. Allow our student leaders to voice their opinions (emphasis on the plural of ‘opinion’). Even better, open up discussions to the student body. Granted, the proceedings won’t exactly sell out like U2 at the TD Banknorth Garden, but the students will appreciate the gesture.

As it stands, we’re on the outside looking in, as usual. Our next few years at Northeastern are being decided by people who don’t even care enough to give us a reasonable voice in the process.

And people wonder why we’re apathetic.