Drill me

Wow! I’ve finally managed to swallow my pride and took this step into what seems to be an interesting journey. Well, before I start making stupid comments I figured it would be wise to seek some form of wisdom from those who are already endowed with the knowledge of how things are ran by the SGA.

My question for today is not that complicated. What is the job description of class senators? I ask because I remember two weeks after school had started in the fall, I saw fliers of aspiring candidates everywhere. They were posted on the door to my dorm, on each floor in Elton and some in Mather. The intimacy that I formed with these fliers was that characterized by hope. I was hopeful that as a freshman my concerns as a citizen of this campus will be echoed by one of the faces on these fliers. I was hopeful that someone would help me understand the jargon used in the draft resolutions of the SGA. I was hopeful that I was going to find a friend in one of these faces. I was hopeful that the flaws of politics in the secular world were not going to reverberate in Trinity’s politics. But I guess I was blinded by optimism –lured into abstraction while being oblivious to reality.

Where are my class senators? What are they doing? Can they spare me some time; to walk me through the SGA jargons, to listens to the throat eruptions of concerns that have crippled my life here, to review with me the promises they made in the fall. I want to know where these people –my heroes and my reason for believing in SGA politics, are. Can someone please tell me if I had expected too much from my class senators. If I was really blinded by optimism. Save me before I lose my mind.

Chartwells: Eat, Learn, Be Disappointed

When I found out that Zona Mexicana was disappearing for good, I got my hopes up that I might, once again, be able to eat at the Cave. Having given up on the sandwiches where deli meat is left to sit out all day and the salad bar which is utterly plain, my recent menu has consisted of cereal, occasional visits to Mather, and Builder Bars in my room. With the prospect of a variety of food however, I felt I might be able to find something edible.

Sadly, I was mistaken. My first foray into the Post-Zona Rotating Food Bar was this past Sunday. My roommate and I both ordered omelets made to order. In an effort to “speed up” the omelet process, one employee started pouring the egg mixture into the pan and adding the ingredients (before the egg was cooked). The result of this was that excess moisture caused the omelet to turn out like soup, and they had to throw mine away before starting again. My roommate had the same problem but instead of throwing hers out, they attempted to turn the whole omelet (now resembling a frittata) over and cook the other side. After mashing it down with the spatula, the Chartwells employee produced a flat, fried egg-mix with ingredients in it. It in no way resembled an omelet. I should also point out that we waited a good thirty minutes for these omelets because the two frying pan solution is nothing short of a disaster for a dining facility meant to service several hundreds a day.

My second attempt (fool me once, shame on you… fool me twice…) was to try the pasta made-to-order…

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SGA Should Step Up

What is SGA? What do you guys do? These are questions that I hear repeatedly when I tell people I am a member of Trinity College Student Government Association.

Only a few students on campus can list some of the services that SGA offers. Sometimes I wonder whose fault that is, the students or SGA representative? Every member of SGA has
some sort of interest in student government and that interest is what keeps members coming back meeting after meeting.

As member of SGA, part of our job should be creating a interest of SGA for those who lack interest. We can do this by talking to our friends about SGA, and telling our neighbors about our accomplishments. We are representatives of the student body and we should demonstrate this outside of our meeting. When was the last time any senator attended an event on campus just to show their support? This is not a criticism of any one individual, but simply a valid observation.

Most of us remain in our circle of “SGA interest.” If we don’t step outside of this and
engage the student body in the things that they care about, attend the events they are sponsoring, how do we expect them to care about SGA? Change comes from within and if we want people from outside to care, we must care about them first.