Students give feedback to ASUSU at ice cream social
The Associated Students of Utah State University held an ice cream forum Thursday, and the turnout was just as expected. Students crowded the serving tables, in search of free Aggie Ice Cream.
ASUSU holds this event every year for many reasons. President Duke Di Stefano said the ice cream forum is “a great opportunity to talk about the issues that are on the table, and also for us to get some feedback on our ideas and how we’re doing so far this year.”
ASUSU is in charge of many of the activities sponsored on campus. So far this year they have entertained students with a movie on the HPER Field, barbecues on the Quad, ice cream at the Taggart Student Center, and many other events and opportunities for students to have fun.
It can be difficult for the student government to please everyone, but many students, including Stefanie Snow, a senior studying liberal arts and sciences, believe that ASUSU is doing awesome.
“I think they do a great job appealing to all different types of students,” Snow said. “They include music and food in most of their activities, and that’ll always get people there.”
At the forum, members of the ASUSU Executive Council were passing out surveys with the ice cream. The surveys asked questions about advisers and how often, if ever, students visit theirs. Jennie Mortimer, a senior studying public relations and also the publicity chairperson for both the Ombudsman and the Student Relations Committee, described the purpose of the survey.
“There’s a big concern about advising,” Mortimer said. “Students don’t know they have one and that they can go to them when they need to.”
All in all, ASUSU officials said the forum was a huge success. ASUSU was able to get some feedback and pass out the new student directories, and the students were able to voice their opinions, and fill up on free Aggie Ice Cream.
Russ Nelson, a senior watershed science major, said he is a regular at the forums.
“I’ve been in this school for five years now, and this is my favorite part about it,” he said. “I choose to fail my classes, just so I can keep getting the free ice cream.”
Not all students go quite as far as purposely failing classes, but most do say they appreciate the generosity of ASUSU.
Eric Westover, a senior in graphic design, said he appreciated ASUSU’s efforts.
“I asked for two brownies and they gave me two brownies,” Westover said. “I mean, someone might not get a brownie because they were so generous.”
-sophisan@cc.usu.edu