Not buying the last part of that sentence? Not convinced that Student Government elections matter? Here's some food for thought.
Remember the BioBox controversy? Student Government had its hand in that. Think it's absurd to spend thousands of dollars on a service few students use? Cocky's Caravan was SG's brainchild. Pay tuition and are opposed to an increase of any kind? The possibility of a mandatory "green fee" was debated by those elected to serve in the Student Senate. Contrary to popular belief, Student Government at USC is different from your high school's student council.
Instead of deciding what decorations should be used for prom, those elected to serve in USC's Student Government decide how best to spend thousands of dollars students have paid to the University of South Carolina. Instead of deciding whether this year's Homecoming Week will include "Throwback Thursday," those in USC's Student Government are tasked with finding solutions to tough issues that impact all of us, directly and indirectly.
Unfortunately, it seems SG's leaders are incapable of conveying this message to their constituents. If the absence of students at Senate meetings and the low voter turnout in SG elections doesn't prove to our leaders that students are disaffected by what they see as a quarrelsome, ineffective, exclusive club, perhaps the lack of student interest in running for elected positions will send a message to the organization's leaders that students have forgotten the important role SG plays at USC.
Of course, SG can't bear all the blame. Each of us has the ability to run for office and vote for those who do choose to run. Those who do neither should refrain from complaining the next time SG decides to spend thousands of dollars on a weekend shuttle system that most of the student body never uses.