OUR VIEW: Campus advertising is not up to par

We can’t read your minds and don’t necessarily want to. But we would like to know what events you are planning to hold if they aren’t posted in an obvious place. We’d also like you to understand that if you post an event the day it’s happening, the crowd that shows up will be meager.

We recommend you post your event in as many places as possible. Hanging a sign on the ceiling wires of the TSC first-floor hallway is not going to cut it — especially those that were scribbled with pastel-colored crayons — it’s not going to cut it.

With that being said, we are disappointed by the publicity this year for the ASUSU elections application deadline. We’ve had multiple students requesting information so they can run, but because the deadline has passed, they are too late. We are sure ASUSU attempted to advertise, but we don’t think it was successful, seeing as many of those running this year are already highly involved in programs and events organized by those who work on the third floor of the TSC.

While we are talking about poorly advertised events, let us remember the Robin’s Awards. The Robin’s Awards are an annual event meant to honor exceptional students, faculty and staff members who have blown the socks off their peers and leaders. It’s a worthy event, but we don’t believe all the students who have potential to win one of these awards are recognized in this event, either.

If everyone is unaware of the award ceremony’s existence, how can we truly know the awards are crowning those who are truly worthy of it? In order to nominate a student, faculty or staff member for a Robin’s Award, go to the ASUSU information kiosk across from Taco Time. There will be a stack of nomination slips and a big box. Put the papers in the box.

The USU master calendar on the main website has proved to be incredibly helpful to us and students throughout campus hoping to get involved, but even this has its flaws and gaps. Granted, the master calendar is the most reliable of sources through our observation, but not everyone knows it’s open to anyone needing publicity for a legitimate, USU-related event.

If only there could be one central, reliable location where events are separated into categories — athletics, lectures, leisure, clubs and so on. We’ve heard talk that some sort of master calendar was in the making, but we have yet to see it. Let’s re-evaluate our ability to organize and step it up for the sake of student life.