Students: This isn't helping

Walman Drive: 8:20am Friday February 3rd

If you are a University of Guelph student, you probably didn't do this. You probably have never been out with anyone or a group that has done anything like this. But: Guess what? You just got blamed. The owner of this car is likely to come out of their house, see their vehicle and immediately feel a moment of anger about students living in their neighbourhood. It might not even have been a student, but there's a pretty good chance that this happened between midnight and 8 this morning and most non-students are asleep in that time frame. The people that live on this street year round probably don't like the idea of having to walk through garbage to go to work and have a very easy time making the assumption that someone would have to feel like they don't live their to do something like this.

If you're out with someone doing something this stupid: Maybe ask them to stop? If you see a mess like this, maybe proactively get out there and help clean up? Leave a note on this house saying how frustrating it is that actions like this make it difficult for students and permanent residents to form a sense of community. 

I'm confident that we can do better than this. If you're looking for a way to positively contribute to your community, why not check out Winterfest this weekend? You can sign up to help through Reg on the university website, or you can just check out the city's information page and just show up. Choose to be a great neighbour, we can make this a better community.