Despite keeping the Scantron initiative alive and advocating to get new food options in the Student Union, some students did not see Student Government as an effective organization this semester.
“I’m not sure what [SG] has done,” said Maddie Eaves, elementary education freshman.
This is due, in part, to SG making a lot of internal changes this semester, said SG President John Woodard. 
“This was a great semester,” Woodard said. “[SG] was more collaborative as an organization, and we don’t always see that. I am pleased with how we worked together as a team.”
Woodard said while there were not many tangible things students could see this semester, the spring semester will be different.
“We are more productive, and that has laid the groundwork to be more relevant during the spring semester,” Woodard said. “We don’t want the sole focus to be on elections in the spring.”
SG speaker pro tempore Trey Schwartzenburg said a lot of legislature passed this semester won’t have an effect until next semester. 
For example, SG has been working closely with the Office of Auxiliary Services this fall to add more services to the Union, which students will not see until mid-spring. SG has been working on gathering student input about a fee increase to improve the transit system, but students will not feel those effects until next semester.
While a number of legislation passed that won’t have an effect until later, Woodard said a lot of changes this semester will aid the success of SG for future administrations.
One such thing is extending the presidential term limit to two terms. 
“A two-term president will be more effective because a lot of time is spent trying to set up things,” Woodard said.
Building a relationship with University administrators and mending the relationship with Student Media will help for a successful Student Government in the future, Woodard said.
Schwartzenburg and Woodard both credit the new leadership as the key to ensuring SG is an effective organization and University students will feel the benefits of its work.
“This is an exciting time at LSU. Having a strong student leadership is key to the success of the University,” Woodard said. “As an organization, we have restricted our focus to serve LSU students.”