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More candidates will spur changes

It is disappointing only one student is running for president of the Student Government Association at a university with a student body of about 8,000.

SGA advisor Larry Markley said he can’t remember the last time a candidate for president ran unopposed.

Student apathy towards elections and university affairs seems to be as far reaching as to affect those running for office. This lack of involvement and indifference to university affairs screams of student disinterest and unwillingness to initiate change that could better TCU.

SGA has the largest budget of any on-campus organization and has much sway in effecting changes at our university. It is hard to believe that there is only one person on this campus willing to take on the responsibility of such a position in order to make our community better.

Competition for elected positions helps drive candidates to set goals that will spur change. This drives candidates to be better than each other and consequently be better presidents. Without this competition, students may settle for a candidate that has less pressure to fulfill the needs of the TCU body.

Although, Brad Thompson, the SGA presidential candidate for this year, seems a worthy and qualified candidate, how can we make an informed decision without another candidate to compare him to? With no other options, it seems that one candidate is as good as another.

Would the student body accept only one candidate for the U.S. president or the Texas governor? The response is an overwhelming no. The fact that we are willing to accept one candidate for a position that is very influential in university decisions speaks volumes of the TCU student body. Next year, let’s try harder to become more active participants in the future of TCU.