Enthusiasm, or disrespect?

First, there was the “Facebook coup” - the Chang – Borra Student Government campaign for President and Vice President launched days before the election and run on Facebook which, to those of us not connected, was invisible until the day of the election, when we saw their names written in chalk on the sidewalk, everywhere on campus.

At the October 10 Student Government Association meeting,  President Borra in her announcements said that Ryan Kreuser, in response to budget shortfalls, had asked the senators to decide whether to cut faculty, programs or services – something that the senators were clearly unable to discuss, let alone decide – because of lack of information. An item of this importance should have been on the agenda, and Ryan Kreuser asked to speak in front of the senators.

 And now, in an email regarding the October 24 meeting, President Borra apparently is encouraging senators to make decisions before the meeting:

“It is my expectation that you read through the agenda and the legislations before Monday, so that if you have any questions or concerns, I may address them before the meeting. Then, we can problem solve before the meeting, and spend more time in the meeting getting things accomplished.”

One prefers to believe that President Borra, a high-energy sort of person, is trying to accomplish as much as she can. But to a jaundiced eye it could look like an attempt to make an end-run around the open government principles dear to the idea of student participation in their own government. I hope the former is proven to be the case, rather than the latter.