Hartwick Students Plead: Listen To Our Concerns – All Otsego

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Hartwick Students Plead: 

Listen To Our Concerns

Over 200 students filled the Dewar Union to protest in declaration that their voices and concerns be heard by administration. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Over 200 students filled the Dewar Union to protest in declaration that their voices and concerns be heard by administration. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com

Noah Jager
Noah Jager, who is leading the charge to get the administration to hear student complaints.

ONEONTA – Over 200 students filled the Dewar Union during a Board of Trustees meeting this afternoon to advocate that their voices be heard and show solidarity for senior Noah Jager, who says he was asked to resign from his post as coordinator of student life after he sent out an anonymous e-mail Campus Safety believed to be a threat.

"They're cutting programs, they're letting faculty go and we're not allowed in on those conversations," said Jager. "We pay them to work for us, and we want them to listen to our concerns. " 

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