Fall Semester!

Hot damn. It's here, it's the first full week of the semester, and I'm already contemplating hitting myself over the head with my Orgo book. The summertime lull has left and everybody's ready to kick off their classes, groups, events and endeavors. Festifall marks the buzz beginning on campus - and I was pumped to see how many people were interested in SOLE. We've got our mass meeting tonight and the group is excited to get things rolling. We've got a lot of ambition and goals to meet this semester and I definitely hope that we get some new faces in on the action. We're still planning on focusing on our Sweatfree campaign this semester - which is taking off all over the country. We've got a lot of support on campus already, and we're planning on rallying up some more. We've also got a lot of allies all over the country though USAS, as well as some great resources.
In terms of what we can do on campus, we can only build on the sweet actions that we pulled off last year. We've been brainstorming all summer for what we can do this semester and now that the year is in full swing we're totally ready to get started. SOLE has already created a name and a presence with our administrators on campus, and they can expect us to be an ongoing ordeal this semester. This is the year in which we will get the DSP passed, and change the Michigan apparel industry. More than 30 major universities have preceded us in this goal - and we're going to be in the next few. By doing this we're breaking trail for a better international garment industry, and ensuring the rights of thousands of workers. I'm excited to build on our ideas from the summer - especially with fresh input. We've got a lot to accomplish and a lot of dedication behind these goals. It's on, it's so on.

Go get em' Tigers.
Cheers -
Kaitlin