SSLC Election

BANKSIDE, LONDON, UK -- The results are in, and I have won my first election at LSE! I, along with one other student, was elected to represent our MSc program to the LSE Department of Government faculty and staff throughout the year in the "Staff-Student Liaison Committee." The committee meets a couple of times each term where we discuss any issues students might have regarding office hours of professors, assignments technicalities, library times, lectures by the department (regular and special), and really anything that has to do with the administrative functions of the department. In past committees, students have successfully been able to better allocate library space for group study, allow cell phones for non-talking use (texting, emails, internet), and more. To say the least, I'm honored that I was elected by the program (if any of you are actually reading this, thanks for voting), and I'm excited to get to work!

In a partially related note, today is the first UGM - LSE general assembly meeting. Every Thursday from 1-2pm the LSE student government meets, and unlike most student governments, it is always in an open forum, which means it is open to all students and all students can vote on any issue presented. This is VERY different from UW-Madison, where only in exceptional circumstances did the entire student population have the right to vote on anything (and usually just to elect candidates to vote on their behalf). Today is the first UGM of the term, and so I'm making it a point to go. Since I was just elected to the SSLC, I might seek an appointment at the UGM to some type of office if the opportunity presents itself, but we'll see.

Besides the UGM, I have a two hour lecture this afternoon in my quantitative statistical analysis class that should be interesting. Usually I have an hour-long class immediately following, but this week we don't have the seminar so I'm done right after the lecture.

Weather update: the sun is finally shining again in London, four days later! It's a beautiful day today, not a cloud in the sky, and I'm excited to get outside and put on the sunglasses.

That's all for now! Tonight: LETS GO HAWKS!!!