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by Christopher Whitten
University of Memphis
Halfway into Student Government Association President Tyler DeWitt's term, the 21-year-old graduate student accounting major said he considers his time in office to have been a success "so far."
While DeWitt said some of his campaign promises were fulfilled, including updating the SGA website in a timely manner and extending students' ability to use the HOPE scholarship during the summer term, he's failed to deliver on one.
Student activity fees pay the tuition of SGA officers, a topic that was debated during last year's elections. During his campaign, DeWitt said he "would not accept the SGA president scholarship" and planned to donate the money back to the general scholarship fund and have it go to a student. "I don't believe that one person who is already running a surplus in scholarships should receive that money and I believe it is inherently unethical and morally disturbing," DeWitt said during his campaign for presidency in the spring of 2011.
Ten months later, DeWitt said he doesn't have a surplus of scholarships, so he used most of the $7,390 given to him by the SGA to supplement his tuition for summer classes and a course he takes outside of The University.
