As students go on to OASIS to vote this year, they are basically seeing what they have in past years. But this year, someone added in a link to the SGA webpage:
See it? Right there beneath the ‘amendment or issue’ box, there is a link to ugasga.org with the text “To view the SGA Constitution or other SGA information, click here to visit ugasga.org.”
Curious students click on the link, and it takes them to SGA’s homepage. And on SGA’s homepage… a desperate plea for you to vote to continue SGA.
This one is simple. We want you to make sure you vote “YES” to keep SGA working for you.
This is rather improper. Someone decided to add this link to the ballot, and it links to an SGA homepage where the SGA Prex and VP beg you to vote in their favor.
It is completely unethical that while you are voting, someone (SGA) tells you how to vote.
That, and there isn’t even a link to the new SGA Constitution on the page. It is buried in the news section, where you have to click 3 additional links to get to it and download it (in Word format, which students might not have access to).
This is a serious problem for the SGA Election, and it completely compromises the election’s integrity.
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SGA is like the U.N. they get nothing done, nobody pays attention to them, and they are a major waste of money. I hope that SGA is finally read it’s Last Rites. A private alternative to SGA would be fine. A private interest group that pressures the Administration and lobbies the Board of Regents backed by anti-Adams money would be a great idea. An organization that has no credibility, is funded by student activity fees, and spends more time caring about Tailgate with the Team t-shirts than fighting for respect and recognition is the status of the current SGA. The abolition won’t happen, but we can still fight for serious budget funding cuts by Student Activities into SGA on a private basis. It’s much like the situation that the Democratic Congress faces with Iraq, if they don’t support the surge and the War in Iraq, they can just cut funding for it. That’s where I stand on this issue.
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