Despite the election season quickly approaching, Student Government Association members are staying active to make student voices heard.
The second reading of two new pieces of legislature took the stage at this week's SGA meeting. Both pieces of legislature were written by SGA diversity and multicultural chair Jacob Kluth.
The first piece read would implement a new diversity statement into class syllabuses. Kluth said the point is to make students more comfortable in the classroom.
"It is important students can go talk to people if they feel discriminated against," he said.
The second piece of legislature would allow students to be able to put a preferred name on class rosters and other student affiliated content rather than their birth name. The students' birth names would however remain on certain things such as financial aid and degrees.
When pieces of legislature go through SGA, they are given three readings. Each piece is brought to the SGA senate floor two times before voting so that senate members can speak to their constituents before making a decision of how they will vote.
Kayla Pickersgill, SGA president pro tempore, said all senate members need to keep their constituents in mind when making all decisions.
"Senators aren't here to give their opinion; they are here to get the students heard," she said. "There needs to be a complete open window of communication both ways."
The third reading for both pieces of legislature will be Wednesday.
Also at this week's SGA senate meeting, the At-Large caucus discussed some of their findings from their undercover bus project. Members are riding the shuttle buses all week in hopes of hearing criticism of the shuttle bus system and campus.
Angela Ziolkowski, At-Large chairwoman, said some of the criticism they have already heard includes students wanting to have the Blue Loop run all year long, buses clumping up creating longer waits and shuttle buses bypassing LaFollette when they are full.
After the project is complete next week, the At-Large caucus will discuss their findings and try to find how they can fix problems to help students.
Starting Feb. 15, SGA will turn their attention to electing a new executive board for next year's SGA senate.
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