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Working to increase awareness of issues, senate helped to bring Campus Government to the Students They approach the Memorial Union from all directions, coming from apart- ments, greek houses, residence halls, classes and jobs. Once inside the union, they climb the stairs to the second floor and enter the Prairie Room for their weekly 7:00 p.m. meeting. With the sound of a gavel, they are silenced to at- tention as the meeting is called to order. Elected in the spring by students shar- ing their same major, 34 student senators b egin their term in July as represen- tatives of the students. They are invested with the power to write resolutions and bills, pass or vote down legislation, ap- prove or deny travel request money for various SOC approved organizations, af- firm or reject presidential appointments and carry out varied requested tasks as stated in the constitution. Everything considered, their purpose is to represent students at various levels of government, Kevin Faulkner, student body president, said. In fact, SGA Student Senate passed many appropriations bills to give groups funds for conventions and workshops. Diane Erker listens to discussion before voting on one such request. represents the 5,000 students before the administration, the Kansas Board of Regents, the state legislature and even on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Nevertheless, SGA administrators worry that various organizations and many students do not realize the ex- istence of SGA and the purpose it serves. Consequently, Brands formed an ad hoc committee to discover the reason behind the SGA identity crisis. A survey, writ- ten and distributed shortly before the end of the Fall semester, drove home the fact that students were unaware of SGA’s activities. Although it was considered devestating, the negative results were an- ticipated by the SGA Vice President. Primarily distributed to general educa- tion classes, the majority of students responding to the 259 surveys were freshmen. For the most part, those who answered the survey understood SGA’s function even though they did not know SGA’s function even though they did not know who their representatives were or how they were selected. Most important- ly, only 23 believed they were well- informed about SGA’s activities. “We’re not sure how to better inform them about SGA,” Brands said. “We have a few ideas, but after awhile you wonder if the students really even care.” Nevertheless, SGA continued to func- tion as the voice of the students at the state level, through the efforts of the Associated Students of Kansas lobbying organization. While informing the state schools and Washburn (a private university with membership in ASK) of Kansas’ pro- blems, Cheryl Knabe, ASK Campus Director, believes the organization is in- strumental in unifying the institutions. “ASK prevents Fort Hays from being isolated from the other schools,” Knabe said. “And, it helps bring them closer together.” The senate began looking into the various alternatives available to join a na- tional lobbying organization. Their efforts to locate suitable representation for FHS were complicated by the folding of one organization and the lack of materializa- tion of another. Nevertheless, some progress was made in the discovery of COPUS, a na- tional lobbying organization for private colleges. It would provide important infor- mation about proposed legislation on Capitol Hill. It may not be the answer SGA hoped for as far as national lobbying groups go,” Brands said. “But it is a start and for now, there doesn’t seem to be much of a choice.” Monitoring discussion in Student Senste, President Kevin Faulkner takes notes for future reference while Vice President Lyn Brands chairs the meeting. We ' re not sure how to better inform them about SC A. We have a few ideas, but after a while you wonder if the students really even care. — Lyn Brands STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Feature 21
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