Pinson, Zachary: President

I would never consider the possibility of being the president of a university. However seeing as this title has been placed on me for the purposes of this essay I guess I should figure out what I would do.

            

First of all, I would do as much renovation to the housing as possible. I know we can’t give everyone an apartment to live in but we could drastically improve what we already have. Honors South and Fincher Hall, being the newest buildings, are quite nice but others such as Talbot and Talley and Greene are quite old and have several issues that need taken care of.

            

Another thing that I would do is to add an engineering degree. We already have several engineering classes and we have the math and science that would be needed but now we need to start adding the courses that would offer a focused engineering degree such as mechanical, electrical, computer, or civil. This would benefit students like me who are getting a general engineering education and then having to go to graduate school just to narrow it down and specialize in a particular field. I’m sure there are other majors that are the same way but engineering is the only one I’m familiar with.

            

Finally, even though I know everyone has complained about this, I would have to fix the parking. Yes there is a vast amount of parking in front of the new science building but it is also the furthest building from any of the residential halls. Granted the campus is not huge and walking really doesn’t hurt us that much, but when your carrying large quantities of books and clothes and food and anything else you buy at Wal-Mart or bring from home over the weekend you really don’t want to have to carry it a mile and a half to the front door and then continue up several flights of stairs just to get to your room.

            

As I said I would be nowhere near prepared to be the president of anything so none of this would probably happen and I’d just sit back enjoy the title and let my advisors and the people under me make all the important decisions. That way I could accept the credit and pass the blame like a true leader would.