Student Phillip Brettschneider has a letter to the editor in Friday’s Red and Black on the student fee hike approved last week by the Board of Regents. Phillip wants to know why our SGA didn’t speak out about the fee increase:
Well, Mr. McCarthy? Where is the outrage? Where is the dramatic stand against the University? Where is the demand that the University treat its students with the common respect we deserve?
Oh, I know it’s all been said before: SGA can only do so much. Maybe that’s true. Maybe the SGA is only good for the small bureaucratic victories we’ve seen from it in the past. In that case, perhaps it is time for the SGA to dissolve until a more effective body can take its place. If the SGA will not fight to represent students, then it has no right to claim its position.
Phillip brings up a good point. The SGA President and Vice President had this to say in their own editorial on Friday:
Although we wish students would have had input in the fee, the decision has been made. Davis has committed, however, to improving communication regarding these actions in the future.
Looking forward, we will work with the administration and the Board of Regents to minimize the effect we, as students, feel from the budget cuts.
Phillip followed up his letter with a post on his blog.
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