SGA meeting a flop

By Ben Holbrook
Critic Editor

Town Hall format fails to draw the projected crowd.

SGA’s first ever town hall meeting lacked a key component, the people.

During Wednesday night’s town hall meeting, only nine LSC students attended. The purpose of the town hall meeting was to give students a chance to hear what SGA was working on, and it also provided an opportunity for students to ask questions and voice concerns.

“This is something we talked a lot about last year,” Andrew Chapin, SGA president, said.

“We hoped for a better turnout but it was still a success,” said. “We want to get feedback and I think we got what we wanted.”

The meeting was really focused on Aramark and SGA’s efforts to change the dining hall hours. The hours which run from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m currently, would be changed so the dining hall was open from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The possibility of a meal equivalency was also discussed although; it most likely wouldn’t be implemented due to the cost.

“Johnston State tried a meal equivalency and it ended up costing them a lot of extra money,” Tim Cappalli, SGA vice president, said. The high costs stem from the amount of food that would be wasted in the dining hall itself, and in the extra labor costs of having more people working in the snack bar, Cappalli said.

Although the meeting was lacked attendance, various concerns were still voiced by the few participants. Issues of parking tickets being given in areas where the lines aren’t very distinct, the smoker’s gazebo being extremely dirty, and the strange odor on the first floor of Vail were all brought up during the meeting.

As for holding for town hall meetings all that Chapin said was, “We’ll try it again.”