Our View: Fall break concept in need of student help

Between Labor Day and Thanksgiving Utah State University students attend 56 consecutive school days.

With the stresses of classes and homework, in addition to adjusting after the summer break, those 56 days can feel almost never-ending. Feelings of burnout run high and by the time Thanksgiving rolls around, finals are so near, there isn’t time to play catch up or regroup before rolling up our sleeves before the final push.

USU is the only public institution of higher education in the state that does not have a break between these two holidays.

But all that is about to change – at least we hope.

At 3 p.m. today, members of ASUSU will present, for the second time, a piece of legislation to the Faculty Senate that would allow a one-day fall break near the end of October.

The idea is completely plausible. In fact, students at USU already attend one more day of classes than is mandated by the Utah Senate during fall semester anyway.

During the first attempt to get the idea approved in January, members of the Faculty Senate tabled the legislation on grounds it had not been researched enough.

But ASUSU hasn’t given up and neither should the students. If this legislation is tabled once again, it is hard to tell when it will ever be brought to the Faculty Senate, and without their vote, the idea will never become a reality.

USU students deserve at least a one-day break during fall semester, just like every other college student in Utah. A one-day break would be one day of relaxation, one day of catch-up and one day of refueling for the rest of the semester. What more could students want?

In fact, what more could faculty members want?

So voice your opinion on the matter. Attend the Faculty Senate meeting in the Merrill-Cazier Library at 3 p.m. in Room 154.

The more voices that are heard, the better.