How Powerful Are The Greeks On Your Campus?

[KenUDiggit]

This is kind of off topic but does the SGA at any campus have the power to do any major things?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by KenUDiggit

This is kind of off topic but does the SGA at any campus have the power to do any major things?

That's what I was saying in my post a few days ago. Student Governance is in charge of all organizations on campus, but the student leaders don't have any real "power."

[breathesgelatin]

In general I view SGA as total BS. At UT they mostly pass resolutions on this and that. The major things they've done since I've been at UT that seem the most notable to me is levy several fees to pay for student projects. They've raised money to build statues of Cesar Chavez and Barbara Jordan on campus this way, and they've done the same to build a new student activities center (which I'm really skeptical if we actually need).

At W&L the EC and SJC were empowered to rule on matters relating to the Honor System and student misconduct (respectively), including the ability to suspend and expel students, so those were pretty serious duties. They also allocated money to student orgs. Those basically seemed like the two most notable things they did.

The Graduate student government at UT gives us free pizza for grad student appreciation week. And free beer once a month or so. Quite frankly I'd rather have free beer than a Student Activities Center. LOL.

[bballbandit]

SGA over here has actually done a lot, such as removing ridiculous late fees that should never have been implemented in the first place. The financial aid office over here is a complete joke, the SGA has really gotten on them recently and the results have been much more satisfactory. I'm pretty confident they will be fixing the tuition situation(raising 5-7% annually, I think it's 7% for fall 08, approaching UT and aTm costs quickly). There are a few members that are Greek, but my school isn't the most supportive of Greeks in general.

[Dougie]

Well at Miami University (Ohio), at least for 08-09, the Greeks have a lot of power as far as student government goes. The Betas have the Student Body Presidency, the AKAs and Phi Tau each took one of the three vice-presidencies, and the Phi Delts have the President of the Senate and the Treasurer. Plus, it looks like there will be a solid Greek block in the Student Senate. Not sure about the student court, but as some one else said, “They don’t really count.”