Hensley, Johanna: President

The following is what I would do to improve SAU were I its president:

As SAU’s new President, the first campus crisis I would attempt to solve would be parking. Two parking garages, one on each side of campus, would be built to ensure adequate parking for all. Students wouldn’t be late to class because they’d been circling like sharks, fighting for an available parking spot. Parking garages would also keep students’ vehicles out of the weather; there would be no more driving to unused car washes to wait out hailstorms. My second order of business as SAU’s President would be to improve the cafeteria. First, the cafeteria hours would extend to 12:00 am. This would benefit all students, particularly those who take night classes. Next, the cafeteria would continue to serve fresh food until its designated closing time. Students should never be turned away thirty minutes before closing because all that’s left is wilted salad and stale cereal with no milk. Another cafeteria calamity I would aim to solve is the lunch hour crowd. I would extend Reynolds into Talley’s parking lot (it wouldn’t be needed because of the parking garages) and have scanners on either side. The cafeteria would be double its current size and completely symmetrical. There would be stations serving a designated, quality food on either side. During breakfast and late night, when the extra space isn’t needed, it could be closed off. As SAU grows, a larger cafeteria will become more necessary. My final duty as SAU President would be to promote and improve the Honors College. I would start by adding a program that allowed willing honors students to accompany Dr. Kardas to their former high schools to give a presentation promoting SAU’s Honors College programs. I would also make sure that the Honors College had its own, organized webpage, clearly visible and easily accessible from SAU’s homepage. Honors College would also design its own pamphlets to hand out and be given its own, highly promoted Preview Day. Steps would be taken to ensure that honors students have more courses available to take, with more research, overseas, and internship opportunities. I would switch Honors Hall to Fincher Hall; Leadership College and Residential College would share what was formerly Honors Hall, and the Honors College would have its own ResidenCe Hall: Fincher Hall. And, of course, Dr. Kardas would have his own small office building, which would serve as the Honors College headquarters, complete with a lounge area upstairs. And this is what I would do to improve SAU were I its President.