The Red and Black

Issue date: 2/8/08 Section: News

Media Credit: FRANNIE FABIAN Cameron Secord, candidate for senator of the College of Education backed by the Office Party, addresses fellow Student Government Association hopefuls at an SGA debate Thursday. [Click to enlarge]

Representatives running to represent each University college in the Student Government Association debated Thursday night their platforms for election.

Franklin College of Arts & Sciences candidates Sergio Alex Galvan and Matthew Cox discussed campus safety and proposed installing more lights and campus emergency call centers, similar to those of University of North Carolina.

Galvan also suggested police officers appear downtown more often to ensure students' safety.

"The University needs to make sure we're getting to downtown safely," he said.

Representatives from the College of Education discussed plans to further pursue the green roof study space for Aderhold Hall.

College of Education candidates Chelsey Stump and Buck Dixon say they want to improve the bus system to make Aderhold Hall more accessible. They proposed creating a new route from Millege Avenue to East Campus and arranging for more Orbit buses to circulate in the morning.

To improve communication, representatives from the College of Education and the College of Family & Consumer Sciences suggested increasing adviser availability.

Franklin representative Byron Crowe suggested a student-based advising system, where older students are matched with younger students.

Stump proposed an online registration system for education advising appointments and a more uniform advising system where students stay with the same adviser.

They also talked about reaching out to freshmen. Franklin College representative Josh Delaney suggested creating a Web site designed for freshmen.

Cox said the University should make freshmen seminars available for all first-year students regardless of incoming credit hours.

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