Blanket statements about groups of people are practically never advisable. But is generalizing about actions taken by a group similarly ill-advised?I ask because SG continues to prove itself a waste of time. In the split second I had to pick up a paper Tuesday, I found the headline “StudentsFIRST candidates instated” splattered across the front page.I knew little more of the situation than that the Election Board disqualified 22 of the candidates, many of whom were with StudentsFIRST, so I did some research.They were disqualified because spending reports indicated they overspent. I have several reactions to the disqualifications and the whole situation.To the disqualifications — ROFLCOPTER. But seriously, I demand every test I’ve taken in every college course be given back so I can recalculate and show I actually knew what I was doing — that’s the logic used to justify the mistakes.When you sign your name on pieces of paper, it typically implies you’ve read the entire document. Your signature not only implies you read it, but you agree with its terms and conditions and stand by the accuracy of anything you added.Each candidate had to sign his or her financial reports, so one can conclude they naturally agreed they understood the Election Code and agreed their financial reports were accurate. Well, they weren’t accurate. Everyone listed monies in wrong categories, not necessarily overspending, but categorizing in-kind contributions and contributions. It’s a whole bunch of wordy lawyer speak.J Hudson and Dani Borel made mistakes on their forms and blamed them on poor instruction by Alexis Sarver, commissioner of elections.This sounds like a teacher saying something wrong in class and expecting you to actually read the textbook and discover his mistakes — this is as absurd as elected officials representing their constituents, I know. Regardless, they did what they did, and the cases rolled on.Trial Court Justice Daniel Marsh ruled in favor of J Hudson, in the end stating his opponents hadn’t proven anything. I disagree, but my opinion is only worth about $.017 per word.To the whole situation: SG, stop wasting ink, bandwidth, money, your time and especially my time with this petty garbage. My eyes hurt from staring at my computer screen, and I dislike all of SG more and more regardless of their positions on issues.Besides, how do these students have time to endure all of this bureaucracy? Don’t they have homework? I’ve wasted far too much time reading the short-hand court notes as it is, so having time to debate all of this and be present for hearings is just alien to me.I can only imagine the beautiful world in which I don’t have to rant about $5.5 million given to a bunch of bickering children with the apparent maturity of sixth graders. Just think of all the instructors who got pink slips. The administration could use some of this squandered money to prevent the travesty of the termination of quite a few people who grant students with knowledge and degrees.Sure, the student tech fee is great, especially if my degree is worthless because I don’t actually have instructors to teach me—oh wait, that’s not logical at all.With all of the shenanigans going on, the best option is to stop it — it’s like a PC when more than two programs give the CPU a heart attack — Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Sometimes you just need a fresh start.I would love for Dr. White to exercise or even overstep her authority as dean of students and put “Old Yeller” out of its misery.We’d be better off without SG right now because they’re just proving their stereotypical ineffectiveness and non-representation. With less than 20 percent of students participation in elections, the “resume-padders” are representing little more than themselves.Matt Lousteau is a 20-year-old mechanical engineering junior from Laplace. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_mlousteau.—-Contact Matt Lousteau at [email protected]