Jeanie Forrester Visits PSU

Jeanie Forrester, District 2 State Senator, visited students  and faculty this Monday afternoon. Representing Plymouth and surrounding towns in the State House, Forrester attended an event hosted by the Plymouth State University Republicans in their new “Pizza & Politics” series, Senator Forrester talked about issues ranging from cost of education to budget building.     

“I really liked what she had to say, she was articulate and didn’t beat around any of the questions that were asked.” Said Senior Jeff Plympton “Senator Forrester was really outgoing and made sure to answer every question students and faculty had, it was a really nice change of pace”

Senator Forrester (R) is currently serving her third term as a senator of District 2, which Plymouth is a part of. She is currently the chair of the Senate Finance committee, which is in charge of many projects including one structured to help build the state budget. Senator Forrester went into detail, explaining how the budget is made and the steps taken to make its way to approval. 

“It was really interesting learning how state government works, most people seem to ignore what happens on the state level but I found it pretty cool,” said junior Dom Lebell. 

Senator Forrester stayed for over an hour talking to students and faculty alike. With over 20 people in the room, the event posed as a promising platform for future politicians to speak on campus. 

“Yeah, I’m really happy with our turnout here, we had a lot of students and members of the PSU community seeming really interested in what the Senator had to say. I hope that people continue to take interest in political speakers that come to campus,” said junior and President of the PSU Republicans, Connor Brown. “We are happy to hold speakers and will be continuing our ‘Pizza & Politics’ series soon, anyone who wants to come is welcome to stop by.”