“Guys, please, please, please don’t make this dramatic.”

Student Government President Taylor Cox asked this of his colleagues only moments after he announced the solution to the past week of embarrassment for SG:

Another election.

What could have possibly been going through SG leaders’ minds when they decided to call this executive injunction?

Maybe they were thinking of the students. Give them another chance to select the individuals who will control their student fees for an entire year. Nevermind a landslide victory not only for the executive positions but for the majority of the Unite LSU ticket. The students must not have known who to vote for because they were subconsciously baffled by the differences of banner costs.

Then again, maybe SG wasn’t thinking of the students.

Maybe they are seeking out the fairest option. After a general election and numerous shameful University Court hearings — where Commissioner of Elections Aimeé Simon’s best defense of Unite’s disqualification was “because I’m smart” — it seems justice still has not been reached.

But how many times can the cost of banners be called into question? Hours spent in UCourt still aren’t sufficient to prove Woodard and his supporters broke no rules and had no advantage?

It’s simple. They bought in bulk. They were smart shoppers. The banner issue is done.

It would be a waste of time to try to discern the reasoning behind this laughable decision to bring about yet another election. This entire process has proven to the University community that SG does not represent the students’ best interests and cannot effectively manage itself.

According to a statement on SG’s Facebook from Cox, the election was unfairly swayed by “who [had] the best koozie.” But that statement was deleted only minutes after posting.

At this point, it’s obvious SG executives are actively working to keep John Woodard and Taylor Parks from earning their elected positions.

T Graham S. Howell had more than enough chances to prove he is the rightful president. Why does he deserve another?

Howell apparently thinks he does not need to make his case for another chance, as he endlessly dodged The Daily Reveille’s requests for comments this past week as quickly as he ran out of the Live Oak Lounge after the first election results were announced. But he tweeted Wednesday night about his dinner with potential LSU System President F. King Alexander.

It seems like Howell is already a seasoned politician.

The displays of immaturity, bias and reckless abandon seem never-ending. Every announcement from SG since the (first) election has been more ludicrous than the one before it.

To Woodard and Howell: perhaps you should rethink your decisions to run in the first place. It would take a nationwide search to find a president capable of handling a monster of these proportions — and even we’d have to keep their names secret, so no one will know they’d considered trying.

SG members have recognized during this election that the perception of their organization was poor before this sad excuse for a democratic process unfurled.

SG, if you truly want “no drama,” the simple solution is to stop creating it.

Once again, hopes for honesty and transparency have been consumed by SG’s penchant for intrigue and alliances. And this will not change until its staff realizes they are capable of having a positive effect on this campus if they drop the theatrics and respect the institution.

The students already told you how to fix this. If you won’t listen to them, then your cause is lost.