SGA Members Should Have Disclosed Conflict of Interest in PERIOD Endorsement
Source: Period at Boston University Facebook On March 6, student government voted to endorse a particular student group during its general assembly meeting. The motion passed unanimously after brief discussion from six senate members. As a result, one student organization now stands above all others on campus with its political clout and endorsement from the most powerful lobbying group on campus: student government. Seems clean right? Well, what if I told you that half of the members who spoke were members of the student group that SGA endorsed? What if I told you that these members did not disclose their membership to the senate while they were contributing in a discussion about whether to upgrade the status of their very own student group? It would change the narrative and raise some serious questions, wouldn’t it? Well, that’s what happened. Vice President Savannah Seely, Parliamentarian Katie Hicken and Sen. Caleb Morrison each contributed to the discussion, even ...