While I think it's great that Student Body President Kevin Reilly and Student Senate President Jordan Johnson say they want to end the corruption in Student Government, ethics seminars and rewriting the "weak" SG Code of Ethics will not accomplish their goals.
Contrary to what SG would like you to think, its members are not ignorant, and they are not confused about what is ethical. Not knowing Sunshine Laws might be excusable, but the ethical lapses that occurred on Reilly's watch are simply inexcusable.
You should not need an ethics seminar to realize that determining who gets a position before interviews are conducted is not only unethical, but offensive to those who waste their time interviewing for a position that has already been promised.
A Sunshine Law session shouldn't be the only indicator that giving committees pre-approved lists of candidates where "green means go" is a bad idea.
The code of ethics should not be what makes you realize that asking an anointed candidate easy questions cheats students out of a representative who could do the job competently.
If Reilly and Johnson really want to fix SG, the change has to start with them.
