Student government leaders are calling for greater involvement on campus in lobbying officials on issues pertaining to students.
The Associated Students of Madison’s Legislative Affairs Chair Hannah Somers asked committee members Monday to lobby university, city and state officials on student issues.
Within the next two weeks, each of the committee members will meet with an official to discuss issues of student interest.
Some topics the students will discuss include setting a tuition cap, increasing financial aid, improving diversity in Madison and creating more venues open to people over 21 years of age downtown.
Somers said the Legislative Affairs Committee’s role is to advocate for student issues, so she wants to ensure committee members learn how to lobby.
“That’s our charge—to lobby for students,” Somers said. “I think it’s just important that everyone has the experience out there actually doing it.”
Also at the meeting, committee member Beth Huang said she would have liked to see more UW-Madison students participate in the UW System Lobby Day that took place last week.
