By Ren Angelo Elevera(Vol. XXVI No. 6, Editorial Cartoon)
There had been no clear guidelines as to what types of clothes were admissible inside the campus and what were not. Students since then complained about its vague guidelines and the way it was implemented.
In an attempt to answer the queries of the students, The NORSUnian took the initiative of interviewing University President Henry A. Sojor regarding the issue. In the interview, the university president said that there had been no agreed guidelines yet as to the exact standard of dressing because it is the Student Government (SG) who should be formulating it. Sojor explained that it is the SG who will make the memorandum and that, he will only approve it. Sojor said that while no standard is formulated yet, they will be implementing the policy according to their “standard” of decency.
It has been a month now since the policy was implemented and weeks since the explanation of the university president was published in the student publication; and yet, the confusion goes on. For more than a month since the confusion started, there had been no move from the SG, not even a simple clarification about the policy.
According to the SGDCI President, the SG recently busied themselves in preparing the guidelines of proper dressing, currently securing the signatures of respective university heads. But it is still questionable why their move is too delayed. SG should have exercised this move the moment the confusion arose. Matters that concern the students should always concern the SG because they exist for the students. They do not need to be hit first before they do something about issues that should have been addressed to a long time ago.
It is worth reminding that the SG was created to represent the student body and are supposed to serve as the voice of the students. However, for the past years now, it is quite evident that the SG is not living up to what is expected of them. The role of the SG is not only limited to providing projects and organizing programs because, in the first place, they were elected to become leaders and not just event organizers.
Supposedly, SG should serve as the mediator between the administration and the students. It is their responsibility to voice the students’ complaints to the administration. The SG has the responsibility to champion the cause of the students and to at least clarify issues like the dress code policy, which caused a lot of confusion to the students ever since its implementation.
The SG had been silent for so long now and it is high time they wake up and face the very reason why the students placed them in their positions. The SG is the voice of the students, but this voice is still yet to be heard. Hopefully, the prescribed dress code will be defined clearly through SG’s effort in the coming days, now that a memorandum had been processed. A lot of students have already suffered and if ever the dress code will finally be defined, well, it would still be a relief to the students – but a staled one already.
SG officers should not procrastinate in aiding problems that concern the studentry because after all, the students put them there.
When the proper dressing policy was implemented on June 16 of this school year, it confused and caused inconvenience to a lot of students who were barred by the guards at the gate area. There had been no clear guidelines as to what types of clothes were admissible inside the campus and what were not. Students since then complained about its vague guidelines and the way it was implemented.
ReplyDeleteIn an attempt to answer the queries of the students, The NORSUnian took the initiative of interviewing University President Henry A. Sojor regarding the issue. In the interview, the university president said that there had been no agreed guidelines yet as to the exact standard of dressing because it is the Student Government (SG) who should be formulating it. Sojor explained that it is the SG who will make the memorandum and that, he will only approve it. Sojor said that while no standard is formulated yet, they will be implementing the policy according to their “standard” of decency.
It has been a month now since the policy was implemented and weeks since the explanation of the university president was published in the student publication; and yet, the confusion goes on. For more than a month since the confusion started, there had been no move from the SG, not even a simple clarification about the policy.
According to the SGDCI President, the SG recently busied themselves in preparing the guidelines of proper dressing, currently securing the signatures of respective university heads. But it is still questionable why their move is too delayed. SG should have exercised this move the moment the confusion arose. Matters that concern the students should always concern the SG because they exist for the students. They do not need to be hit first before they do something about issues that should have been addressed to a long time ago.
It is worth reminding that the SG was created to represent the student body and are supposed to serve as the voice of the students. However, for the past years now, it is quite evident that the SG is not living up to what is expected of them. The role of the SG is not only limited to providing projects and organizing programs because, in the first place, they were elected to become leaders and not just event organizers.
Supposedly, SG should serve as the mediator between the administration and the students. It is their responsibility to voice the students’ complaints to the administration. The SG has the responsibility to champion the cause of the students and to at least clarify issues like the dress code policy, which caused a lot of confusion to the students ever since its implementation.
The SG had been silent for so long now and it is high time they wake up and face the very reason why the students placed them in their positions. The SG is the voice of the students, but this voice is still yet to be heard. Hopefully, the prescribed dress code will be defined clearly through SG’s effort in the coming days, now that a memorandum had been processed. A lot of students have already suffered and if ever the dress code will finally be defined, well, it would still be a relief to the students – but a staled one already.
SG officers should not procrastinate in aiding problems that concern the studentry because after all, the students put them there.
(Editorial, The NORSUnian, Vol. 26, No. 6)