As many of you don’t know I am running for Student Goverment Senate for the 07-08 term. I decided to run because of the issues with many of the departments providing your basic services to both students and professors such as the main email server. Due to the fact my major gives me a unqiue perspective on the matter, and I feel that I will be able to add to solution instead of just sitting on the sidelines waiting for somebody to do something. Do not worry this is not the only reason I decided to run, I also feel that somebody with my perspective somebody who has talked to about 20 different people about issues, might be able to provide solutions to other big complaints.
We all know that course books in many departments are not even used, and the material that is used by professors could be given in a much cheaper alternative depending on the subject of course. My goal if its possible is to find solutions for those courses that don’t really need a book, but one is assigned anyways, and there is no mention if the book is required due to the teaching methods of the particular professor. Don’t get me wrong, if a professor uses a book every class, I have no issue buying the book. All to often I buy a book, and it remains in the bag I purchased it in, because the material does not require you to even look at it. Perhaps its just my particular major’s professors, although I do find that hard to believe, so my goal is to find a solution to students wasting $80 on a book they never used and getting back $9 at the end of the semester.
My only promise the students of USF is the following:
I will remain true to my character, I will not forget where I came from, I will be a normal student sitting in a Senator’s chair.