Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Another rant on (student) government

We were trying to pass club and committee reform today, which, in case you couldn't get from my last post, was voted down.

Student Government is the only unified channel between the student body and the Administration. For all student organizations, Student Government is the only thing that stands between them and the potentially arbitrary rules imposed by the Administration.

In the constitution, however, there is not a single mention of the word 'club.' The means that there is no grounds for protest from the Student Government if the Administration (through the Director of Student Activities) changes it's guidelines and restrictions.

The term Committee is a different story all together. Committee's are regulated by the Student Government through the Student Constitution.

What I am upset about is the following:
The Constitution is a disrespected and ignored document because many of its regulations are stupid. Every year (at least since my sophomore year) the student body has voted for a presidential ticket of change. However, every time reform has actually come to the floor, the student body is either too blind or too obstinate to accept change.

The Constitution is ignored because it is stupid, but it's so much better than any suggestion offered that it can't be changed.

My question is this,
I wonder if people would come to their senses if I started to enforce the letter of the law or at least threatened to do so.

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