 "Photo: Photo by Sean Bullock")
 "Photo: Photo by Sean Bullock")
The Student Government Association held their first meeting of the fall 2010 semester at noon on Aug. 23 in Solms Hall room 110. It was the first meeting of the 2010-2011 school year for officers and senators who were elected and inaugurated in the final weeks on the spring semester.
Zerik Samples was elected to the rank of SGA president, Ty Slater to the office of vice president, Desmond Wells to the office of treasurer and Eleora Marcel to secretary.
Many of the SGA's recently elected officials had already been previously involved with the group in some capacity, including all of the aforementioned officers. Samples had previously been the SGA's treasurer, and Marcel, Slater and Wells had all previously been senators.
The SGA was just getting their footing as the fall semester heads into its third week, Marcel said.
"We're still working on what our goals are for this semester and how we'd like to formulate them," she said. "One of the things we're trying to do is promote some committees, such as the Pirate Pride committee, and things of that sort, but we're still getting organized."
Samples expressed similar sentiments on the current status of the SGA's mandate for fall.
"We have goals, but we need to revisit them and properly organize them, which is why we haven't really pushed any of them yet," he said.
"Once we've revisited what we want to do, we'll be able to share it with the student body."
Samples said he hopes the fall semester will bring more opportunities for students to get involved in issues that affect them more directly.
"I ran for president of the SGA because I've also wanted to be a part of change," he said. "One thing we would like to focus on this fall is servant leadership – we want the students to know that we are here to serve the students of Armstrong, let them be heard."
Samples said that auditing SGA meetings is a great way for students to make their questions and concerns about campus life heard and addressed.
"We encourage all students to sit in on SGA meetings," he said. "We want people to have the opportunity to attend and if need be, be recognized by a senator and have their voices heard."
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