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New Deal pushes SGA reform
RAISA HABERSHAM
Issue date: 3/19/09 Section: News
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The New Deal, which prefers not to have the word 'party' attached to their title, is one of the two Student Government Association groups running for executive candidacy.
The group pledges to achieve five goals by the end of its term: stewardship of the student activity fee, academic improvement, judicial reform and increasing student safety and access to paid services.
The first item up for business from the New Deal is the stewardship of student fees.
"We feel since [students] pay for [fees], they have the best knowledge of how to spend it," said vice presidential candidate Cameron Secord.
In their plans for academic reform, the New Deal hopes to make the C minus a passing grade in major departments.
The group will also "work with the staff council to make midterm grades available before withdrawal," Secord said.
The New Deal plans to increase student safety by creating a 24-hour escort van service in place of the 24-hour bus service.
"This allows for students to not stand around waiting for a bus and have a van that comes directly to them. It may also cut down on fuel costs," said presidential candidate Katie Barlow.
Barlow also hopes to extend routes to River Road.
"We basically [want to get] a bus stop as close as we can to River Road," she said. "Because of safety, transportation doesn't think [buses] can go up there."
Secord, employed by Campus Transit, said there is blind spot for bus drivers approaching the train tracks.
"Even if there were a mirror, it wouldn't be big enough to see the blind spot," he said. "We hope to extend bus services along further on East Campus Road to accommodate residents on River Road."
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