SGA, it’s time to move forward

 
The ballots have been cast and counted and after a long, strenuous hard fight to the top, President Barack Obama won his second term Tuesday night. 
Now that the presidential election is over and President Barak Obama is re-elected for a second term, we can focus our attention on other things.
We get so caught up in what’s going on around the world that we hardly ever stop and take a look around to evaluate what’s going on here on our own campus.
We stressed the importance of voting for our country, but we never stress the importance of voting for our school and who represents it.
Universities may organize their Student Government Associations differently; however, the roles of the officers are fixed.
A SGA consists of executive officers, chair people, committee members, and most importantly, the student body.
Every time the SGA presidential election comes around, I see students hop on the bandwagon of those people who give out the most paraphernalia. 
Students get so caught up in popularity and free items that they are not paying attention to the platforms of the candidates. The students may not realize their acceptance of these items is an assumed promised vote!
After the most popular contestant wins, what’s next?
Months later, after they are all cozy in their new positions, it seems that the elected forgets about all those fancy promises that he or she made during the campaign trail.
Take our current SGA President Willie E. McCorkle III for example. What has he really done for you?
Two or three random rallies in front of the Union does what for you?
While Mr. McCorkle is an intelligent young black man, he isn’t really doing anything to better the student body.
He always has a positive response, but hardly ever a plan of action.
If in some case he does actually have a plan of action, it will be underway in a near future that doesn’t really exist.
Did you know that SGA officials and Miss Southern travel all over the country on your dime?
Of course these travels are supposedly for conferences, conventions and other leadership training roles, but I ask you this: Do they ever talk about their enlightened journeys? 
Do they ever utilize their new-found knowledge here on campus?
You, the students are paying for them to look pretty and travel luxuriously while they spend your money. 
I have been expecting to see some kind of change on campus regarding the student body.
So far I have not seen much. 
SGA was made to enlighten and protect the student body, not supply it with makeshift parties and self-indulging leaders.
Obama got re-elected because we saw change in our country and because he made a difference in the outcome of the entire country.
If Mr. McCorkle’s goal is to get re-elected as SGA President, then the university needs to see some kind of change.  
Or, perhaps we will be fooled with empty promises and snazzy t-shirts once again!
It’s up to us to demand change or accept unproductivity.