SGA president discusses failures, successes of semester
The Colonnade Feature Editor Lauren Davidson sat down with Student Government Association President Evan Karanovich to discuss what went right and what went wrong during Fall Semester.
Lauren Davidson- SGA President Evan Karanovich reflects on the Fall 2011 Semester. He discussed SGA’s goals, experiences and other issues that occurred, both good and bad.
Q: Has SGA accomplished all of the goals you projected for this year?
A. A semester is a short time, for a president it seems like forever because its only a semester and you only have two to get what you want accomplished. So I knew that this year was going to be a whirlwind but I think that we started strong this semester, we’re going to end strong in the spring in wrapping up a lot of these things. We are trying to do that with a lot of our facilities with The GIVE Center renovations and Donahoo Lounge, utilization of space, we’re doing that with campus recycling trying to get that effort pushed more.
Q: Do you think impeachment hearings have caused any problems within SGA, such as getting bills passed, allocating funds, etc.
A: From an outsider perspective it is very easy to see how a lot of that strife can sometimes cause turmoil within the organization but I have been quite pleasantly surprised. We’re a unique group because we are all based on differing opinions left and right up and down in how we do what we want to do to make Georgia College a better place. We have the same end result but a different way of doing it. So while we all disagree on whether we voted yes or no, at the end of the day we had two impeachment trials this semester. One impeachment passed and the other did not.
Q: What are your goals for next semester?
A: We are going to be wrapping up with The GIVE Center so of course them getting moved in, Donahoo Lounge will be finished and we’ll be getting that finalized. A big part that I really want to see and I’m meeting this Wednesday to find a location on campus at the centennial center to have a workout center on campus for students. We had work out centers prior to the wellness center opening up at West Campus; there’s no reason we shouldn’t have a small cardio area or a small weigh area here on main campus.
Q; How has your previous experience in SGA helped you ready for this role as SGA President?
A: I don’t think eight years could have prepared me for being president. Some would say I’ve faced probably some difficult challenges very early on in the semester and some things that I didn’t expect and some hiccups happened along the way and we expect that but its how we deal with them that makes us unique. My grandfather always told me adversity will make you better and it will make you stronger and so I guess that’s what I’ve taken this year.
Q: Are you proud of any certain things that SGA has accomplished this year?
A: I’m really proud, of course of The GIVE Center.That’s been our big project this year because for so long they just not had a space so now they have a space of their own. Just seeing the excitement in their faces you know that these individuals give so much back to us. As I’ve said before, it’s time that we give something back to them.
Posted by Lauren Davidson
on Dec 1 2011. Filed under News.
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