Hoffman, Mallory: President

I have been attending Southern Arkansas University (SAU) for about 5 months now and there are some things about the school I have come across that I would change if I were to become the president at SAU. For starters, I would change the rule requiring freshmen and sophomores to live on campus, because I fail to see any positive significance of this rule. If students who have under 60 hours credit feel that they would be better suited living at a different residence and not in a campus dormitory they should not be required to pay for a dorm room. Another thing I would do is to eliminate the visiting hours restriction in the dormitories. Because students pay a good deal of money to live in a dorm room they should not have limit the time period of being able to enjoy company in their rooms. The current visiting hours are mostly during the hours when classes meet and are biased towards those who prefer to be up late. This rule also makes it harder for students to relax in the presence of company because they have to make sure that their guest leaves before the end of visiting hours. This makes it especially difficult to watch movies with guests in cases where the resident of the room and their guest fall asleep or if the movie runs longer than expected. Still another thing I would do if I were president of SAU would be to create an outdoor eating area near the cafeteria. The outside eating area would have an overhang to help shield diners from the sun on hot days and also make it possible for use during rainy weather. This area would give more space for students to sit, helping to alleviate some of the crowding and chaos of the cafeteria. I would also put a small store on campus where students could buy necessities such as toilet paper, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and cleaning supplies. This would make it easier on students who live on campus and would keep them from wasting gas going to Walmart as often.

Although there would be other things I would change if I were president of SAU the dorm requirement, visitation hours policy, and adding a store would be the top of my list.