Hello Madison !

Hello to everyone and anyone reading this blog.

My name is Ilk Ghavami and I am a senator for the college of math and science. I want this blog to be about concerns, issues, and current events that are going on in our student government. When it comes to SGA there are allot of mixed feelings about the organization, and I hear a lot of students having issues with their elected leaders, since they only seem them out and smiling the week of campaigning. So here is one way to deal with it, know whats going on so you can hold the school, administration, student representation, and every JMU student accountable for what goes on in and around the Harrisonburg/James Madison community.

This blog will be here to give you a perspective on some of the things being planned through the SGA organization and to inform you on certain legislation that might be important to you or for anyone in a club or organization here at JMU.

First off I want to wish JMU a happy birthday !
http://www.jmu.edu/birthday/
We just completed our Centennial Celebration, and it was great to see all the people that came out to the many celebrations that the school had scheduled, of which Governor Kaine was the highlight of the week in his address on friday march 14th. His speech composed of issues regarding the ideals of investing in education, bridging the gap in society and the real world through concerted efforts of promoting education and enlightenment. I personally thought he could have been a little more moving, but in the nature of politicians, he glossed over some points and was making the everyday things in our lives seem grandiose. The centennial celebration was however interesting since we were able to see Dr.Carrier, which was the former president of the school ( he is hilarius ) and Mr.Dingledine ( started off bland but ended on a def high note with the purple blood joke ) who has his family legacy instilled in the existence of JMU since day one. So back to what I really want to get at, SGA ! ! ! There is a lot going on right now and i haven't reported anything yet, but my next blog will be informative and i will def cover issues and bills that are raised in Senate !

OH SENATE, THATS YOUR REPRESENTATION - Tuesdays at 5pm in the Highlands room in Festival. On that note, i invite anyone who feels like it to come to our meetings, they are open to the public, but no one ever comes ( maybe they get boring at times, and allot of people talk for the sake of talking ) but if your interested, come make it out !

So this was my hello. Today is our meeting and after it I will be sure to explain everything that happened. Tootles !