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The Student Government Association wants to bring change to Texas Wesleyan.
“We want to ensure all students appreciate being at Wesleyan,” said Heath Scott, president of SGA. “The main objective of SGA is ensuring school spirit among students, campus security and general school beautification” Scott said.
Scott, a junior political science major, said his desire is to be the best president SGA has had by prioritizing the students’ needs.“The issue that we are focusing on now is finding a solution to the cafeteria issue after complaints from some students, mostly school athletes, regarding the Dora’s time schedule,” Scott said.
SGA is considering lobbying for hours to be extended at Dora’s Residential Restaurant.
Kasey Cantrell, a junior finance major and the Stella Russell Hall representative, proposed the issue to SGA after receiving a couple of complaints from two golf players about them not getting food after practice. “By the time the players get back, Dora’s is always closed, so they never get their food,” Cantrell said.
Ida Nickerson, chair of the food committee and a sophomore political science major, said SGA has taken the cafeteria issue to the school administration after a couple of suggestions from students on having the operating hours of Dora’s extended to accommodate everyone.
The cheer team is one group affected by the hours, and they approached Joseph Barnes, director of dining services, with the help of SGA. “We have our practice until late,” said Melanie Mudukuti, cheerleader and freshman representative on SGA. “When we asked for a special program which would get us all getting our food, the response was amazing., Mudukuti said.
She said they will soon have someone getting food for all the cheer group members. “We appreciate that,” Mudukuti said.
It is issues like this that Nickerson said are SGA’s purpose.
“Without consideration of the presence of students and their needs, there would be no SGA,” Nickerson said.
SGA is focusing on convenience issues as well as beautification, school spirit and security. A ram statue is currently awaiting installation and other measures have been taken for convenience and safety. “This semester, the SGA achieved one of its goals by getting the basketball court lighting hours extended after requests were forwarded to us,” Scott said
SGA is now advised by English professor Dr. Carol Johnson-Gerendas.
“I’m pleased to take up the position of the new adviser and would like to help in every way,” she said.
SGA meetings take place at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Brown-Lupton Campus Center. Meetings are open to all. Officers also invite students to stop by their offices in O.C. Hall in rooms 202, 204 and 221.
“Wesleyan is capable of doing so much if all students work together to have all their issues solved amicably,” Scott said.
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