Trump Comes to Campus

Last Tuesday, September 20, was a very interesting day on campus. Presidential Candidate Donald Trump came to campus and held one of his campaign rallies here. The reason that this is significant is because most of us are 18 or above and are able to vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Another reason this is significant is because it raised some tension here on campus. Some people thought that by Donald Trump coming to campus it violated what the school was about, and who we are. Personally I really don't have an opinion about this. The way that I look at situations like this is you get out of a situation what you make of it. You may not always agree with what you are given, but each item you are given holds something for you to learn from it. By campus hosting Donald Trump it does not mean that the school necessarily supports Trump, it just shows how campus is open to everyone and everything. Some of you may not know this, but campus extended its invitation to host a rally to all the presidential candidates. The only one who accepted the invitation was Donald Trump. So the campus wasn't trying to go against their values, all they were trying to do was be nice and help out. I mean yeah it was also a publicity thing I'm sure, but hey its all what you interpret, and what side of the story you choose to look at.

I personally was not able to attend the rally. I did receive a ticket, and was planning on going to the rally, but due to personal reasons I was not even on campus when Trump was here. Now some of you may ask, how can you form an opinion on this if you weren't there? Well the simple answer is I didn't have to be here. Politics is politics. Anywhere you go you are always experiencing politics in one form or another. Trump was here, but he was also on televisions and radio stations all over the nation. Trump coming to campus was an interesting event, but in the end it was very peaceful and ran smoothly. No matter who you choose to vote for, or whether or not you choose to vote, don't get mad at situations so easily. Take a step back and try to analyze the situation from all perspectives.