Since a group of six professors started the undergraduate research program in 2004, some 90 students have had the opportunity to produce publishable research studies. And in the nine years since, the program — student participants and budget — continues to grow.

The campus is dirty. Everywhere I walk there is guaranteed to be trash on the ground. This has got to stop. The garbage doesn’t just magically appear on university grounds. Also, it’s 2013, how about...