Lee Kaplan

When I was a student in college, student government was pretty much considered a nerd’s game. The majority of the student body was occupied with studies, with work, even chasing girls. It wasn’t very hard to get involved in student government if you wanted that on your resume. Colleges across America all set up mini-student governments on campuses designed after the U.S. constitution’s political structure. This is considered de rigueur today in education to teach students how our government runs. That is, usually a student president is elected, a legislature or senate is created to generate bills, and a judiciary is created to be sure everything is legal.