I probably could have told you what happened at the ASCC senate meeting today before it happened.
A bunch of commissioners and other positions were appointed today.
Before each appointing, the senate is allowed to ask questions to make sure these candidates are right for the job.
The room was silent for the majority of these periods of time.
These students were then appointed.
I ask, where are the challenging questions?
All the information you are getting about these people coming from a piece of paper you are given or from their 30-second speeches.
The only questions that were asked were regarding GPA, how many units they are taking and school involvement.
Some senators wondered if the students up for the positions had time for student government.
These students need to be challenged before being appointed because we need to know that the best people are being put up for the jobs.
Because someone says they want to try something new doesn't mean that person is qualified or reliable enough to be in the position.
But for some of these students, that's all we know about them.
17 years ago
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Hello Tim, this is Shola Shodiya, the Student Body Vice President of the ASCC. I just read your article, and since I was obviously present at the Senate meeting, I feel I should comment.
To all of the students that read this article, you must realize that most of our Senators are new this year, and our appointments are made during our second meeting of the year. With that said, our senators have not yet had the chance to get to know each other, or acquire any kind of experience as to what questions they should even ask. You, Tim, were not present at the following meeting where three students were appointed to student government, and many questions were asked. You were also not present at last week's meetings, when questions were presented to the two students that were appointed then. Maybe instead of writing such hasty articles on just one experience, you should first spend just a little more time at our meetings, given that you are a reporter, and try to understand the situation. Also, it might be a good idea to start writing positive articles, instead of always feeling the need to attack someone. And with that said, there is nothing preventing you from asking the senators "challenging questions" yourself, after the meetings. I hope to see you more frequently at our Senate, and Cabinet meetings.
This was not meant to be an attack, Miss Shodiya. It was just an observation.
Hi Tim,
Although you may not have had ill intentions in publishing your article, I think that it would only be fair to remember that as an editor for our only school newspaper, you hold a very important duty to report accurate information to our student body. I was just clarifying the circumstances of your observations.
Thanks,
Shola Shodiya
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