In the 166 hours each week when the Student Senate isn’t meeting, countless students are working behind the scenes to make RPI a better place. As I write, students are hammering out proposed solutions to the parking and TA problems while researching ways to protect student rights and prevent future tuition hikes. In the three years I have been involved in our student government, I have never seen a problem solved by sitting around a table for a few hours a week. I would like to take this opportunity to extend an invitation to every single one of you to get involved. There is, literally, a committee for everyone. While I was campaigning for this office, I found that nearly everyone on campus has an issue that matters to them: if they’re not upset about the tuition hike, they’ve had a TA they couldn’t understand. If they haven’t known the joy of owning a parking permit they couldn’t use, they’ve been deeply concerned about their rights as students. There are at least nine different Student Senate committees tackling every facet of our experience at RPI. Whether you can contribute 100 hours or just a good idea to one of these groups, I can guarantee that you will be making a difference.