SGA Web site: F
In April the SGA passed the "SGA Accountability Act," calling for the SGA to regularly update its Web site with meeting times, executive member contact information, voting records, attendance records and time sheets, among other items.
The Daily Cougar reported in October that some of these elements were absent. More than a month later, little headway has been made. Constituents are still unable to find voting records for their representatives, reports from their representatives, committee attendance records for their members or SGA meeting attendance for their members.
How can students trust the SGA if the SGA can’t tell people when their members attend their committee appointments, much less its own meetings?
There’s a big break approaching. Maybe, just maybe, the SGA will catch up with all they’ve fallen behind on.
University’s parking garage plan: D
Parking is an undeniably troublesome issue for University commuters. The proposed solution – to construct two parking garages – isn’t that much better. Parking garage permits come with a premium cost.
The University allowed for the situation to go on this long, and with the rising cost of fees, tuition and textbooks, we’d hope they can find an affordable way out of it.
Professors who sell shrink-wrapped packages: F
We all know who they are. They sell shrink-wrapped packages, usually replete with books of their own authorship, at high prices. These are next to impossible to sell back. They are next to impossible to find used, and sometimes they change year to year.
Maybe these professors think it’s more convenient or affordable. In a few cases, it might be. But by and large, these professors deny students the opportunity to shop around for the best bargain. In these situations there is no justification. College is about education, and somewhere along the line some professors seem to have forgotten that simple fact.
Better eating choices: C
It’s great that the University introduced My Own Meal, a $5 box of Halal and kosher dining options that C-stores across campus rolled out like manna from heaven. With a two-year shelf life and history of military use, you know they’re of high quality.
How about a modernization of dining services that’s more in line with public universities across the rest of the nation, which tend to offer healthier alternatives, instead of questionable cups of plain tofu and hard-boiled eggs?
Regardless, we’re one step closer to more diversified dining options, and that’s something we can be thankful for.
