2008 Woodie Awards
Getting the word out assembly's top priority
Student government removes GPA criteria to attract more participants
By Andrea M. Peña
Last update: 5/17/06 at 8:20 AM CST
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Fresh from spring break, Suzanne Martinez, political science instructor, began the student government meeting asking students about their break.
After leaving a 10-minute leeway for students running late, Martinez started the meeting with the four "pioneers" of this enterprise.
Martinez's first concern was the duties and roles of the government.
Martinez has left it up to the students how student government will be run if there were going to be chairs, committees or officers.
"I don't see a necessity for officers myself." said Jim Boyle, radio-television-film sophomore. "Personally, I just want to see progress."
Kinesiology freshman Veronica Colin said structure is a good thing.
The majority of the members agreed not to have a president or vice president. They agreed to create individual committees in later meetings.
The next item on the agenda was the revision of the student government's eligibility and name.
The grade-point average standard was an issue. Colin thought that the 2.0 GPA standard should be raised.
Boyle said, "Just to be a student, you should be able to join."
Heads nodded with agreement.
"What happens to the students who come right in?"
After much debate, the consensus was to eliminate the GPA requirement.
Then the group discussed the naming of the student government.
"What do we want to call ourselves?" Martinez asked.
Matt Kiel, occupational therapy sophomore, suggested Student Assembly as the name for the governing body.
The five students who attended the meeting, including one student ÂÂ- who joined 15 minutes into the meeting - decided unanimously on Student Assembly as the student government's name.
The name represents a democratic structure where students are able to come to meetings and freely suggest ideas or pose problems.
The last item on the agenda was the Student Assembly's presence to college students.
KSYM as a medium was a suggestion by Boyle, but he said the dismal amount of listeners posed a problem.
"Seventy-two percent of the SAC students don't know about the station," Boyle said. "I'd like to see something change. That's my goal for the radio station to be more involved."
One of the first tasks was to reach the college students. Martinez gave fliers to the members to distribute.
Martinez suggested faculty's involvement as an effective means for student outreach.
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