SGA president keeps promises

Senior Tom Culligan served the student body as its president for the past year. He has completed or is in the process of completing every platform point he promised the students when he was running in the elections last year. On average, he spends over 10 hours a day on campus, either in class, in meetings or in the Student Government Association’s office.

"I think SGA is an amazing organization," Culligan said. "The greatest thing about it is that you can see the difference you are making."

"I am the most proud of the way SGA takes a proactive stance, for example the ECP issue last year and the issue of allowing guns on campus this year," Culligan said. "Members of SGA have done a great job of taking the initiative to fix something. We do what a student government is supposed to do."

Senior JohnAlex Golden, SGA vice president for administrative affairs, has worked with Culligan since they both became involved in SGA.

"I’ve been really honored to serve with Tom," Golden said. "There is nobody else I would be happier serving with than Tom."

One of Culligan’s biggest concerns this year was the Blue Light Initiative. SGA has tried to increase lighting on campus in the past, but there were still places around campus that weren’t safe enough, Culligan said.

He went around campus with other members of SGA and officers from the JMU police to see where lights were most needed.

Golden said over $100,000 was spent to improve safety on campus, which included adding more blue lights and cutting back overgrown bushes and trees.