The Spectator

I recently spoke with Jesse, the GS student who is also the "beat-chief" covering General Studies. He attends all the council meeting. You can see his work in the Columbia Spectator.

Jesse feels communication can be improved based on numerous interviews with students. During the recent election he found that students don't know what the student council does. They also didn't understand who was running or what candidates stood for. Even though students have no idea what the council is up to, he found that they do believe the council matters in general, and in particular, to the quality of student linfe. One idea he had for improving the sense of connection between the student body and the council was one council meeting a month in the lounge.

He believes that students want information from the council through email and The Facebook but that both have drawbacks. The weekly email can become overly long and The Facebook doesn't have much reach across the General Studies student body. Proof of this last point might be that Gabrielle has only 900 friends - when we all know that if every GS student were on The Facebook she'd have friended far more :-)

Thanks,

Brody