She noted that many students lack the information necessary to apply, or simply lack interest in student government affairs. Lola Brown served as student representative for the class of 2023, but chose not to continue MCSG this year.
“I think that’s a big part of why students aren’t applying.” “When you add in prep time, coordinating with others, drafting legislation and all the work going on behind the scenes, it really adds up,” Banat said. Sami Banat ’24 served as a student government representative for the 2020-2021 academic year, but chose not to reapply this year due to time constraints. The mental and emotional demand of student government extends beyond these meetings. MCSG is a considerable time commitment - at least two hours for legislative board meetings per week and an extra hour for every other committee that students join. “At the end of the day, if students don’t file for MCSG positions, we actually lose quite a bit of representation within bigger college groups, like board meetings hiring committees.” “This year, half our executive board was empty, frankly it was on our committee advisors and myself to try and fill in the holes,” MCSG President Shreya Nagdev ’22 said. Current and past MCSG members cite time constraints, lack of compensation, the stress of elections and poorly defined expectations of MCSG as deterrents for potential applicants and returners. Other members of the student government, who have had to pick up the slack, say the school must reconsider its treatment of representatives. MCSG kicked off the year with multiple unfilled positions and a record-low filing for candidature.
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