Priorities
Communication tops our goals for SGA

It’s the start of a new semester, and with that comes new leaders and representatives in the Student Government Association. Many students remember the neon flyers that advertised the SGA candidates; now those chosen by our votes are setting their goals for the semester.

But how do these objectives compare with the expectations of students?
Here is a list of what we hope SGA will accomplish.

Two things mentioned time and again are communication and representation. Both our staff and SGA representatives agree that SGA needs to be more accessible to both students and faculty. SGA president Brad Thompson said SGA has updated its Web site and plans to use TCU Announce and the my.tcu.edu portal to communicate its goals. We suggest that this increased communication include explanations for the actions they take. For example, if the honor code SGA talked about last semester were to pass, they should explain the reasons we need it and if that is what the student body wants.

We believe SGA should encourage a sense of community on campus by supporting our athletics and fine arts departments. With the exception of football games, there is generally a low turn out at sporting events. Theater productions face similarly low attendance.

A particularly important concern we have is how SGA manages its funds. After all, SGA was created to be a voice for the student body and should serve students accordingly. This budget information should be widely available to students, and not hidden in the depths of a file cabinet. With the SGA fees we pay, all students have the right to know where our money is going.

We wish the best of luck to SGA in achieving these goals.

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