Students voice their opinions about campus issues
Taniah Tudor
Issue date: 11/24/08 Section: News
The UA Student Poll results are in, and students showed overwhelming support for a fall break, sustainability and wireless Internet on campus.
In the poll, 67 percent of students said that Fall Break is one thing that would improve the campus the most, and almost 55 percent said wireless internet would also improve campus. Other improvement issues were off-campus student involvement, computer lab space and library accessibility.
The issues students said are the most important to them were sustainability, with 47 percent; more printing stations and options, at 38 percent; and limiting construction hours on campus, with more than 28 percent.
The UA student poll was part of the campaign platform of ASG president Carter Ford and ASG vice president Jong Shin, Ford said. He and Shin wanted to hear what students had to say about the issues, Ford said.
The ASG sent the poll to the more than 19,000 UA students. Almost 4,000 students took the poll, and close to 900 students gave written responses expressing their specific opinions, Ford said.
Ford and Shin were excited to see what was "just a promise and an idea" become reality, Ford said.
The poll is not just statistics, Ford said. Students' written responses gave ASG officers the opportunity to see what students think are specific problems and solutions, he said.
The written responses comprised over 78 pages of material, and he gave all of them to the chancellor, Ford said.
"It is a very powerful tool for the university - for [the chancellor] to see directly what students feel about the university," Ford said.
"We plan to study and look at [the poll] very carefully," said Chancellor G. David Gearhart, though he added that it was premature to make any announcements.
Ashley Tull, the associate dean of students for campus life, commended the student government for doing the student poll.
"[The poll] is one of the most direct ways I have seen student government seek feedback from students," Tull said.
In the poll, 67 percent of students said that Fall Break is one thing that would improve the campus the most, and almost 55 percent said wireless internet would also improve campus. Other improvement issues were off-campus student involvement, computer lab space and library accessibility.
The issues students said are the most important to them were sustainability, with 47 percent; more printing stations and options, at 38 percent; and limiting construction hours on campus, with more than 28 percent.
The UA student poll was part of the campaign platform of ASG president Carter Ford and ASG vice president Jong Shin, Ford said. He and Shin wanted to hear what students had to say about the issues, Ford said.
The ASG sent the poll to the more than 19,000 UA students. Almost 4,000 students took the poll, and close to 900 students gave written responses expressing their specific opinions, Ford said.
Ford and Shin were excited to see what was "just a promise and an idea" become reality, Ford said.
The poll is not just statistics, Ford said. Students' written responses gave ASG officers the opportunity to see what students think are specific problems and solutions, he said.
The written responses comprised over 78 pages of material, and he gave all of them to the chancellor, Ford said.
"It is a very powerful tool for the university - for [the chancellor] to see directly what students feel about the university," Ford said.
"We plan to study and look at [the poll] very carefully," said Chancellor G. David Gearhart, though he added that it was premature to make any announcements.
Ashley Tull, the associate dean of students for campus life, commended the student government for doing the student poll.
"[The poll] is one of the most direct ways I have seen student government seek feedback from students," Tull said.
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