Huntington mayor meets with Marshall students
February 9, 2010 ·
Marshall University students had their chance on Tuesday to ask Mayor Kim Wolfe questions about their new home.
The students and the mayor discussed many things from
what the city is doing to bring businesses to downtown to how it’s dealing with
crime.
Sean Hornbuckle is Student Government Association president and helped organize the question and answer session. He says it gives
the students a voice they may not have had before.
“I think it’s something for us as young people to
actually bring them to us so we can ask those questions, we’re the movers and
shakers, the young people so we need to know what direction our city is headed
in and we also more importantly need to have input,” Hornbuckle said.
Christopher Lowe is a Marshall University
student. He asked how Mayor Wolfe is doing at keeping the promises made during
the election a year ago to fix Huntington’s
problems.
“It’s a great opportunity for students to come in
and listen to him and speak to him and ask him questions and also for him to
relate with the students a little more from his perspective,” Lowe said.
Hornbuckle said the meeting doesn’t just benefit the
students though.
“A lot of our students probably have never seen
him, some of our students probably didn’t vote, whether it was for him, against
him, or nobody,” Hornbuckle said.
“It’s not just for today, but it’s a thing
for in future elections, why would you vote, well he’s doing this right, he’s
doing this wrong, this is why I want to make a change.”
Patrick Murphy is also part of the Student
Government Association. He said Huntington needs
Marshall and Marshall
needs Huntington.
“On the weekend everyone goes home; it’s all
commuters and everything. When school is in session Huntington is really helped out with the
students that are here and vice versa; you can’t really have one without the
other,” Murphy said.
Wolfe said it’s important to help the students
realize what’s going on downtown.
“Our vision with our administration has been a
safer, cleaner more responsive government and we want the students to feel
safe. We want them to come downtown and enjoy Pullman Square and some of the cafeterias
and some of the entertainment,” Wolfe said.