The Campus Conservative

The Student Government Association (SGA) at UT Tyler is set to begin its spring General Assembly meetings Tuesday, marking that the school year is almost half over. This is a good time to step back and look at what’s ahead. Coming up this semester in SGA are spring elections, a possible bike rental program, an annual review of the constitution and bylaws and a recommendation to start a student group for free menstrual products. And that’s about it, which means that this year of student government is turning out to be pretty boring. But it’s not for lack of opportunity to do something interesting. For example, SGA could advocate for students about their complaints with Sodexo’s operating hours, the closed coffee shop at the Library, the trouble with timely availability of textbooks, parking, notification of closed parking lots from the police on days of special events and more. Yet, aside from light discussion, SGA has passed no serious position statement on any point of Univer...

(Image: Dan Sanborn via Flickr) On Wednesday, The University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler) announced it will apply for NCAA Division II membership, according to a statement released on Facebook. "After throughly(sic) vetting the idea with internal research and an outside expert consultant, the university is currently preparing an application for Division II membership," the post said. Despite many hopes from social media and local residents, the institution "does not have plans to add a football team at this time," it said. However, hours before the Facebook statement, University President Michael Tidwell told Tyler's City Council the University could add football once it obtains Division II or Division I status. Tidwell says bringing football to UT Tyler is now a possibility that they are looking into, but only if they become a division one or two institution. They are in the process of getting division two status. #7onscene — Brionna Ri...