Everybody notices the campaign. The outfits. The crowns. The events.

But after the election, what changed?

D’Jaydyn Readus argues that HBCU student government has drifted toward popularity over policy — leaving some students with leaders they recognize but cannot identify a single accomplishment from.

And he refuses to blame administrators alone.

If SGA leaders are supposed to represent students on housing, tuition, mental health, academics and other consequential decisions, why are they sometimes missing when those decisions are made? And if the office really has power, why do students keep electing people who don't use it?

This conversation asks the question behind every SGA campaign:

Did you want the position — or did you want to govern?

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