At the beginning of every semester, this event takes place. I’m not talking about syllabus week, nor am I talking about the mad rush at the book store. I am talking about the dreaded Reply All button. I am talking about when that one guy sends an email pertaining to one person but instead of hitting the Reply button like normal human beings, he hits the Reply All button.

Feb. 13 was the day that it happened to many students here at Iowa State. The day started out normally. I woke up to several emails, including one from the ISU College Republicans. As I was lying there in bed getting deeper into my email, I saw the dreaded email. Yes, that’s right, the “Please remove me from this List Serv” email. I instantly said to myself “Here we go!”

This seems to happen at the beginning of every semester. I receive an email regarding the club’s activities and one guy decides to hit Reply All to inform us that he no longer wants to be in the club. It seems to happen the most to the ISU College Republicans. I just don’t understand why you feel the need to hit Reply All. I know that we Republicans like to express our thoughts to everyone who is willing to listen, but a List Serv email is not the way to do so.

The worst part about all of this is that those people who wanted to be removed from the List Serv were no longer the ones spamming it come 2 in the afternoon. At this point in the afternoon, the rest of the club who still wanted to receive emails were finally checking their mail. They all proceeded to send 15 emails regarding how we should use the Reply button. Every email was saying the exact same thing and we were just repeating ourselves.

Now is it just too much to ask for my Republican friends to learn how to use the Reply button and not the Reply All button? I know that we all have strong opinions about everything in life, but just like the majority of political emails, spamming a List Serv does not better your platform. I may not support stricter gun laws, but one thing I will be in full support of in this upcoming GSB election is increased regulation in the use of the Reply All button within List Servs.