SA Update

The student association has had a tough couple of weeks, beginning with the resignation of SA vice president of academic affairs, Tabisa Walwema, in early December, and continuing on with a series of harsh editorials in the hatchet with names like “a crisis of SA leadership” and “the SA’s questionable ethics.” Two more positions were also left vacant at the end of the last semester, with students resigning amidst complaints regarding Vishal Aswani’s leadership style and accomplishments to date.

The SA rules committee, chaired by Nick Polk, is tasked with finding replacements for senators Chris Borchert and Daniel Preiss as well as Tabisa Walwema by the next committee meeting in February. In the meantime, the SA is struggling with its reputation of aversion for campus media and comparisons to last year’s administration, which at this time was developing a set of goals after having successfully implemented most of their original shared vision goals.

Efforts such as the unity ball, attended mostly by the greek letter community on campus, and the GW inaugural float, whose design was not particularly well-received by many students, have failed to rally any signification support for the organization.

The SA is also currently in the midst of accepting midyear review forms from student organizations, which are due on Friday the 30th of January. Any organization that fails to submit a midyear review form will be docked at least 15% of their remaining allocation.

-Monika Wysocki