The Student Government Association is working to make IU Southeast a smarter, safer campus.
In the SGA State of the Student Body Address, SGA president Amanda Denbo, business senior, praised the development of the new tutoring lab in the Natural Sciences Building.
“We had a student come to us with concerns about his chemistry class,” Denbo said. “So, we brainstormed and thought a lab might be able to offer help.”
The lab will be open to all students and officially opens its doors on Feb. 7. It will offer students additional instruction from faculty and tutors in the areas of chemistry, anatomy and physiology, as well as biology and the geosciences.
“I promise there are more things to come — with scholarships, as well as the science lab, etc,” Denbo said.
Suggestions, questions and concerns were also a theme throughout the Student Body Address. Denbo repeatedly asked for students to contact the SGA with any suggestions or concerns about events or areas they would like to see implemented or changed around campus.
Jonathan Moody, SGA senate chair, pushed for suggestions from the student body, as well.
“We are always looking for student suggestions,” Moody said. “We can only address issues when we know about them.”
Both Denbo and Moody said they believe the SGA’s next step in addressing this issue will be to speak to IUS Police about implementing new safety measures around campus.
“There have been around 40 people come to me with complaints about safety on campus in the three years that I have been here,” Denbo said. “There are always cars driving too fast or someone slipping and falling on the ice.”
While Denbo said she agrees some of the complaints are just inconveniences, like slipping on the ice, some of the complaints are a legitimate concern for students around campus.
Moody said, with the help of the IUS Police Department, he wants to establish a greater police presence on campus, as well as installing additional speed bumps on the campus roadways which will help keep pedestrians safe.
“The first thing we will need to do is to speak to campus police,” Denbo said.
However, she said action has yet to be taken on the issue.
“We haven’t set up a meeting yet, but it will have to be soon,” Denbo said.
By LESLIE RADCLIFF
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