Renegade Rip

Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: Opinion

What many BC students don't know is that the SGA gets paid for all this … by the students they "represent." That $1 extra fee when students register goes straight to the SGA. There's also the automatically checked optional $15 fee for the SGA card, which does have some benefits but not enough. This may not be much individually, but it adds up. SGA officials get paid in the hundreds each month, all from the pockets of BC students. They spent $28,000 going to a conference in Chicago, again, with our money. And what are we seeing from this? How is all this spending helping or representing us? We understand that the conferences they go to most likely teach them new things to do for their school. But we don't know any of this, and we're certainly not seeing any change. For all we know, they're just partying and getting drunk at those conferences … oh, wait … Anyway, that $1 fee is for our student representation, but we don't feel very represented.

All of this would be more excusable if the SGA was actually doing something for us, but they're not. SGA President Lyne Mugema promised many things when she was elected. One of these promises was a greener campus with recycling bins next to each trashcan all over campus. The school year has passed, and those recycling bins are nowhere to be seen. Mugema also promised The New York Times would return to the racks where they once could be found. Again, SGA never made good on this promise. There have been no obvious changes since the new SGA has taken office, and it's reasonable to believe there have been no subtle changes either.

Though we believe this SGA has been very disappointing, we have high hopes for the newly elected officers. Hopefully, they will do more for the student body than this past SGA. The Renegade Rip looks forward to establishing a better relationship with the new SGA than the one this SGA has forced us to have.

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