I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend and are well-rested. We only have three days of classes this week! I think that this long October weekend was great. I had the opportunity to travel home to New Jersey and see my family which I have not seen since mid-August. Thank you administration for giving us a rest; we needed it.

While the weekend was going on, the USGA was still hard at work. As I am sure that many of you have read, the USGA has worked with President Kaplan and the mailroom to have those awkward hours extended into more convenient times for students. Last Thursday I had a student call me who said they would not be able to get their mail until Tuesday because they were going home and they missed the morning mailroom hours by two minutes. Hopefully, we will never have to hear a story similar to that again. The mailroom in Bixler Hall will now be open from 7 a.m. to midnight seven days a week as well.

The USGA is also working with the Facilities department to look at and price out pre-fabricated bus stations to go next to Maxcy. The idea was brought up in USGA when President Kaplan visited and I think they will be a great asset for students on those rainy days and as the winter months come closer.

All of these changes were initiated by students who weren’t afraid to speak up and ask for change. Please if you seen something that could be better about our campus let your USGA senators know or log onto www.ChargerVoice.com and voice your concern!