{"id":23405,"date":"2015-02-25T15:54:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T20:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=23405"},"modified":"2015-02-25T15:54:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T20:54:32","slug":"march-ing-towards-student-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2015\/02\/25\/march-ing-towards-student-government\/","title":{"rendered":"March-ing Towards Student Government"},"content":{"rendered":"As the second half of the semester begins, we are soon approaching the very political month of March.\r\n\r\nThis is because March is typically the month when most branches of student government hold their elections.<\/strong>\u00a0There is going to be as much campaigning around campus as there is going to be snow coming from the heavens.\r\n\r\n\"Student government\" - what exactly is it?\r\n<\/strong><\/strong>If you googled the term like I obviously did, it would say that it is an entity that is created to provide students the experience and training in the democratic form of the government. Members of\u00a0student government are the people who shape all student life. Whether it is in the form of hosting programs around the campus, supporting other student club, or relaying recommendations and opinions to the university administration on behalf of the student body - student government is an extremely important part of U of T.\r\n\r\nI am personally very involved in student government. Like I've mentioned before, among many other roles, I am the Male Head of Non-Resident Affairs at Trinity College<\/a>. To put it simply, that\u00a0means that I am the Co-President of the commuter students\u00a0at Trin. I work together with 5 other Heads in a team to ensure that the College's entire student body is satisfied with their time here. Essentially, we act as student dons. Consequently, I go to at least 500 meetings a week (whether it is Finance Committee, the TCM, meeting with the Dean, etc), and I am responsible for using student levies in an effective manner. Okay, I was exaggerating about the meetings, but\u00a0it's still quite a lot of work.\r\n\r\n