By Richard C. Schwabacher

The revolving door depicted in your editorial cartoon is part of a larger problem, which extends beyond the members of the student senate. Aside from the guidance of two very stable and valued Student Government Association (SGA) advisors, the upper administration has systematically distanced itself from the SGA leadership. As president, I enjoyed a very close relationship with several members of the university administration, including those who did not necessarily agree with me, my policies or politics. I am disappointed that these relationships have since dissolved.

Your loose comparison of the SGA president to the president of the United States is reaching a bit beyond the realm of relevancy. If you want to comment on the SGA, you should check your partisanship and focus on the problems that plague the leadership of your student leaders. Perhaps you could participate in some responsible comprehensive journalism by asking President Freeland and his cabinet what they intend to do to preserve one of the univer-sity’s oldest institutions, and one of the undervalued and overlooked qualities of NU.

After one of my Boston Uni-versity counterparts and I created Boston Intercollegiate Govern-ment, I was able to watch it grow and flourish with members of the NU SGA leading the way. As an SGA alumnus, I am proud of my former organization that provided me with so much. I encourage you, through constructive criticism, not gossip mongering, to work with SGA to continue to enhance student life at NU.

— Richard C. Schwabacher graduated from the college of Arts and Sciences in 2003. He also served as SGA president from 2002-2003.

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