By: Grace

Grace
Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:46:14 +0000

Listen, I was a very active and very involved student on campus for five years, and I never figured out how to join USG. The first step on the road to better representation is recognizing the problem; the second is to fix it, which is not the sole responsibility of minority students. A lot of that step has to be outreach from USG, not only in making it more clear in how to join but in making sure the environment is welcoming (as well as accessible - a troubling part of the survey results is that most current members don't have jobs or Pell grants, which is a red flag). This data is very enlightening, and I'm happy that it is publicly available, but now everyone has to be willing to listen to each other with an open mind about how to rectify representation problems. This is a complicated, systemic issue and requires a solution beyond "minority students should just join and stop complaining."