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Mark Krupinski sat down with SGA President, Lucas Gallo.
Let’s take a look at the Senate over the past semester. What has the 104th Senate under President Lucas Gallo done, and are people now interested in the SGA?
Senators and Oversight Committee members Matthew Cunningham and Lisa Mengotto proposed Resolution S-18S-007, the Senator Terms and Expectations for Productive and Useful People Act, or STEP UP Act for short.
Two weeks ago, 15 Student Government Association (SGA) senators were eligible for impeachment, primarily because they did not meet senator requirements.
Over the last semester, the SGA’s Constitution and Bylaws Committee worked on creating a new constitution. After many debates and discussions, the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, then headed by the current Vice President of Operations Rami Kammourh, finalized the new constitution and opened voting to the student body.
What is the role of the SGA? In my popular piece, “The SGA: Why You Should Care,” I stated, “the SGA, most notably its president, is supposed to look out for the best interests of the student body.”
Nominations for the SGA presidency have just closed, and three sets of candidates have announced their bid for the presidency. The first ticket is the “establishment ticket,” consisting of Senator Lucas Gallo, Public Relations committee head, and Senator Rami Kammourh, Constitutions and Bylaws committee head.
The freshman Senate debate: it’s supposed to give each senator a chance to state their platforms and their aspirations as a senator.
This semester, the largest push from the SGA is voter registration: getting 1870 voters registered in Hoboken.
I applaud the SGA for this initiative.