Taylor and I want to thank you — the student body— for allowing us to serve you this year. It has been an exciting and eventful semester thus far. We have been able to accomplish several initiatives, work closely with top administrators to add student input on high level search committees and have remained active in decisions here at the flagship campus, as well as the LSU System.
When we took office at the end of last semester, Taylor and I had one main goal: Uniting the student voice on campus. Yes, Student Government provides a programming function for students, a financial stipend for different organizations and of course — free Scantrons. But we also have worked this year to bring Student Government back to what the students want. We are here, first and foremost, to serve you. We want to prove to you that SG is more than about padding résumés and dramatic spring elections. That is our commitment to you this next semester — to serve as student advocates for you and keep you informed on how we’re doing it.
To reach students beyond Twitter, broadcast emails, and Free Speech Plaza fliers, we think The Daily Reveille is one of the best and most effective mediums through which we can communicate with you. We are proud to collaborate with The Daily Reveille to make sure we are consistently updating it on our actions, as well as asking them to keep us as accountable to the student body as they do all aspects of campus.
Over this next semester, we will continue the fight to stabilize tuition, ask administrators to put current and future students’ needs first and make sure that the decisions made at LSU always lead to a more competitive and successful environment for our University. (We will work with LSU Discover in our new push to make Undergrad Research a priority and thriving program at this institution and with our various campus departments to follow through with the student initiatives that began years ago.) And, on the fun side, we promise to make the 2014 Groovin’ on the Grounds a memorable one.
In closing, I want this to be an opportunity to ask each of you reading this to reach out to us. I understand that some interactions with SG may have not been the best for some of you, and that others are apathetic to what our office does. I challenge you to let this year’s group change those impressions you have. Please contact us with anything you may have at [email protected].
Looking forward to beating the Aggies,
John S. Woodard