What changes?
SGA needs to re-evaluate priorities

Student Government Association will hold its last meeting of the semester today.

Some students on campus have say they have a negative view of SGA, and say they feel the organization has not done anything for them.

SGA President Brian Wood said SGA may not have done anything amazing, but he said that it has maintained the same level as always.

Well, maybe that is the problem.

Students have complained that they think their required $20 fee has been going to waste. So is maintaining the same level of work the right thing to do?

There are some basic things that need to be changed to improve the way SGA runs.

First, the executive board needs to make the student body more aware of ideas and proposed legislation.

We don’t often hear about ideas that were proposed until after they are passed and in progress.

Also, SGA is the only organization that requires every student on campus to pay mandatory dues, regardless of whether the students participate or not.

How about changing the rules a little and also requiring everyone who pays dues, which is all of us, to fill out a questionnaire grading SGA on its performance.

But that could be a problem, because on representative performance, SGA would get an F.

Quorum was not met at a recent meeting and business could not be conducted.

So, if you decide to become a representative you should be willing to take a couple of hours out of your schedule each week to attend meetings, which, according to the SGA guidelines, are supposed to be mandatory. It’s pretty hard to accomplish anything when quorum is not even met.

And one last word to anyone who is considering running for a position in SGA next semester.

Make sure you are willing to spend the time that is needed to improve campus life for the student body.

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