Dulski puts term in perspective
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Issue date: 4/27/09 Section: News
When outgoing Student Government Association President Robert Dulski looks back at his year in office he sees successes - such as a landlord survey and updating the constitution - as well as failures, like discovering students don't have as much say over student fee increases as they believed.
Dulski, whose last day in office was April 23, said his biggest regret during the year was not being able to keep SGA disagreements from becoming personal among its members.
"If I could go back, I would teach members of SGA not to take things so personal all the time," Dulski said. "It was evident that people didn't know how to leave things in SGA."
He added that SGA will come and go, and it's not worth ruining friendships over things that should never have been taken personal in the first place.
Dulski said he's been trying to mentor newly-elected SGA President Darren Heard and Vice President Christopher Mortimer on issues they will need to address during the next Legislative session.
Additionally, he said he is helping to stage a statewide meeting of Illinois university student government representatives on the Western Illinois University campus.
"We have a huge weekend planned and we have everything set up. The only thing that's left is for Darren (Heard) and Chris (Mortimer) to get the word out to the schools," Dulski said.
The meeting would address how other schools deal with student fees and alternative ways that student government can be operated, according to Dulski.
"We're asking local legislators, state legislators and people from the governor's office to come down," Dulski said. "It's something that's needed.
"As (Western Illinois President Al Goldfarb) wrote a letter on behalf of other (college) presidents of the state that said, 'We need to meet with the new governor,' we're doing the same thing, just with other student governments," he added.
Dulski said the meeting would help new SGA officers develop a mindset fit for handling change and overcoming adversity.
Dulski, whose last day in office was April 23, said his biggest regret during the year was not being able to keep SGA disagreements from becoming personal among its members.
"If I could go back, I would teach members of SGA not to take things so personal all the time," Dulski said. "It was evident that people didn't know how to leave things in SGA."
He added that SGA will come and go, and it's not worth ruining friendships over things that should never have been taken personal in the first place.
Dulski said he's been trying to mentor newly-elected SGA President Darren Heard and Vice President Christopher Mortimer on issues they will need to address during the next Legislative session.
Additionally, he said he is helping to stage a statewide meeting of Illinois university student government representatives on the Western Illinois University campus.
"We have a huge weekend planned and we have everything set up. The only thing that's left is for Darren (Heard) and Chris (Mortimer) to get the word out to the schools," Dulski said.
The meeting would address how other schools deal with student fees and alternative ways that student government can be operated, according to Dulski.
"We're asking local legislators, state legislators and people from the governor's office to come down," Dulski said. "It's something that's needed.
"As (Western Illinois President Al Goldfarb) wrote a letter on behalf of other (college) presidents of the state that said, 'We need to meet with the new governor,' we're doing the same thing, just with other student governments," he added.
Dulski said the meeting would help new SGA officers develop a mindset fit for handling change and overcoming adversity.
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