For Student Government, the new year is a time to keep pushing initiatives and work for student needs, and SG President Stuart Watkins and SG Vice President Martina Scheuermann say they each have their personal goals for the semester. Watkins and Scheuermann have only completed 14 of 33 items on their election pushcard, but they said many plans are in progress, including extending library hours the Saturday before mid-terms, providing more ATMs on campus and putting more recycling bins in residential halls and in Tiger Stadium. The Senate also has big plans for the spring semester. Speaker of the Senate Tyler Martin said the Senate completed plans set for last semester and will start this year with a clean slate. ‘With budget cuts, we’re going to try to soften the blow for students,’ Martin said.