Road to recovery

USG Academic Assembly's efforts to regroup deserve praise

The Undergraduate Student Government Academic Assembly announced it would take the high road this semester and reorient itself to students by trying to ameliorate their education and appease their complaints.

The assembly, which was the subject of a USG Senate investigation last year, said it is back on track and is concerned about pressing issues to students.

Academic Assembly's move toward the future is crucial for students because the assembly is the branch of USG that addresses student academic concerns.

Letting the branch die out would be detrimental to students because their views about their education would be squelched. Students are at the University to receive an education and should have the opportunity the assembly provides to have a say in it.

The assembly deserves praise for its decision to rise out of its troubled period. The attitude of the members is quite different than the assembly's 1996-97 year, when it failed to meet quorum at its Fall Semester 1996 meetings and was investigated by the Senate Appointments and Review Board. Academic Assembly survived the investigation, but still went through a dormant period.

This year, however, Academic Assembly is taking what seems to be immediate action by not letting itself shrivel, but blossoming into a group the student body can count on.

The next Academic Assembly meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 15 in 307 HUB.

Any student is welcome to attend the meeting and is encouraged to address the assembly during the open student forum period.

Addressing the assembly can be beneficial to you and your fellow students. So we encourage you to also take the road less traveled and help make all the difference.