Students can expect several changes on campus this year, as 17 of 26 of Student Government President Taylor Cox’s initiatives have been completed or are currently in progress.

Cox said students frequently complained of being unaware when grades and assignments are posted because they don’t regularly check Moodle, but with Moodle 2, students will receive email notifications informing them of when homework or grades are updated.

Cox and other SG officials said they stood up for education during the summer by emailing state lawmakers a message containing a news release and a YouTube video expressing their distress over higher education budget cuts.

“We did it at a time where obviously we were all just elected, but summer had just kicked in, and we knew the best way to get attention was through media,” Cox said. “We actually had several of our legislators who emailed us back and said thank you.”

SG is currently working to provide a nighttime route to the Tigerland area that will run until 2:30 a.m. in response to an incident in which a young man was severely injured in the Tigerland area late at night.

When Cox heard about the incident, he requested a meeting with Gary Graham, LSU director of Parking, Traffic and Transportation, to discuss safer options for students who leave the area late at night or early in the morning.

Though only a few initiatives had to be changed, Cox said there were some instances where things went differently than expected.

SG planned to have off-campus recycling and to place bins in apartment complexes, but the campus recycling director told them they lacked the funds and manpower to maintain those efforts. SG responded by reaching out to the complexes and asking them if the organization could provide students with the option to recycle where they live.

“LSU students really do care about being green. We want to be sustainable not only on our campus, but within our community,” Cox said.