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A weekly poll of students' opinions
Issue date: 1/24/07 Section: Opinions
Is the SGA election important to you?
The verdict: Most students don't know or care enough about SGA to bother to vote.
"I'm not going to vote. I don't care one way or the other."
Katie Estes
Sophomore, Roswell
Biology
"I'm a junior and I haven't voted in the past, so I don't plan to vote this year."
Garett Toflinski
Junior, Columbus
Management
"I don't vote because I don't think (SGA) affects me very much."
Sylvia Hobgood
Senior, Atlanta
History and Spanish
"I have a friend who's running, so I'm just going to vote for her."
Brittany Hamilton
Sophomore, Roswell
Business
"Even if SGA is beneficial...I'm not aware enough of what it specifically does to care enough to vote."
Susannah Darrow
Senior, Atlanta
Art History
Honestly, I haven't thought
much about it at all."
Brian Burchik
Senior, Lilburn
Spanish
The verdict: Most students don't know or care enough about SGA to bother to vote.
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Bonnie Norwood
posted 1/24/07 @ 8:30 AM EST
The apathy displayed by the student body toward their Student Government Association is appalling and shameful. The SGA is their chance to have a voice in the University they attend and its resulting effect on their lives. (Continued…)
Joe
posted 1/24/07 @ 11:15 PM EST
1) You're a moron to compare a stupid SGA election with national elections.
2) Name one thing that SGA has done in the past 5 years that a common student would notice and applaud. (Continued…)
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