College President Jonathan Palmer and the Board of Trustees decided that the future of Principia lies in the semester system. I think, to put it lightly, the student body disagrees. In fact, as a student, I believe I am not alone when I say that I am upset at the way this decision was presented to us in the end. I may be making this issue bigger than it is, but it appeared that Dr. Palmer buried this extremely important news in a multi-subject email. This announcement deserved at least its own email. I personally would have preferred him to tell us to our faces. If the rationale for this move was actually “a compelling combination of administrative, scheduling, athletic, and academic improvements,” I think a meeting would have been a facile motion for the President.