Involvement characterizes SGA' s year

Student involvement is the key to developing any successful campus organization, and this involvement was especially evident within theframework oftheStudent Government Association (SGA) throughout the school year

SGA President Eddie Guy said that ifhe could put the accomplishments of SGA for 1980-81 into one word, "that word would be growth." The number ofstudents involved inSGA in 1980-81 more than tripled incontrast toprevious years.

Guy said thisgrowth instudentinvolvement was a major boost infulfilling what he termed was "the purpose of student government."

"The purpose oftheSGA is not to find leaders and place them intokey positions,"Guysaid, "but totakenormal students and develop leadership characteristics intheir lives W e area people-building organization."

SGA is composed ofthree branches ofgovernment:the executive committee, thehouse ofdelegatesandthestudent senate The executive committee holds five elected student officers which oversee theentire spectrum of SGA. Those officers are:a president, two vice-presidents, a secretary anda treasurer.

The second branch of SGA is the house ofdelegates, which iscomposed of tworepresentatives from everyorganization on campus.

The final branch is known asthe student senate and is composed of three representatives from each dormitory on campus Those representativespositions are inthe areas of student activities, student services,and spiritualaffairs

Guy credited theincreased number ofactivitiesandservices in1980-81to (contintued on page 185)