Cuban gets the message across

It is important for any person or organization to express his or her dissatisfaction with their management.\nHere at IU, it is the responsibility of the graduate students to express their frustration with their low salaries. It is the responsibility of students to express to their professors their dissatisfaction with their classes. The dean of a school should stand up to the administration if he or she feels the budgetary structure is unfair. The campus editors at the IDS should confront the managing editor if they feel they are not getting enough stories on the front page.\nIt is Internet pioneer Mark Cuban's responsibility to stand up to an administration he believes is faltering. The success of this administration is debatable, and Cuban pulling his funding is a demonstration of his dissatisfaction. In fact, it's one of his only ways.\nThe other side of this argument is Cuban's goal in signing his checks was to aid students, and by pulling his funding, he is only hurting students, which could appear hypocritical.\nBut Cuban is thinking not about the next year but in the many years that follow. If Cuban is right, if the administration is ineffective, then pulling his funding creates a lot of attention and focus on the administration. If this will change how the administration is running this University, then it will benefit the students in the long run.\nSome students will say they are here now and that they need the funding now. This is understandable but selfish. The students on this campus will list IU on their resumes for many years to come, and it is in their best interest that IU maintains the level of quality it is known for. \nStudents should respect Cuban for taking a bold stand. There is a problem on this campus with apathy toward the management of this University. Everyone -- professors, students and staff -- should be educating themselves on the workings of IU and the administration. \nIt is at the highest levels of management that the important, far-reaching decisions are made. And if a person disagrees with those decisions, it is their responsibility to let them know. And in some cases, pulling millions of dollars of funding is the only way to get the message across.