Every week, the editorial board of The Student gets together to address issues of pressing concern to the student body. Some of the time, our efforts are ignored. This week, we decided to get together and pick out those suggestions we've made that we feel are still important, but have not yet been addressed. Without further ado, here are what we consider to be our top 10 unresolved concerns:

10. SGO officers must commit to serving student body.
Members of the SGO's executive board should limit their extracurricular involvement. There is simply not enough time in anyone's schedule to juggle school work, student government and, oftentimes, athletics.
9. College must recognize APA certification.
The Asian/Pacific American (APA) Studies Certificate Program was not recognized in the mid 1990s and is again being presented to the administration. The program should be recognized.
8. Coming to terms with Interterm's purpose.
Interterm would be much better if it were a week shorter and either spring or summer break was a week longer. Also, student and/or faculty-led Interterm classes should be reinstated.
7. Putting our money where our bank is.
This coming summer, the College is looking to make various changes to the student payroll system. The direct deposit of paychecks for student employees should be a priority.
6. College must address student parking shortage.
The College must not hand out parking stickers for parking spaces that cannot be guaranteed. Additional parking must be provided for every car that is permitted to park on campus.
5. Putting honor back in the Latin honors system.
The Latin honors system should be made more rigorous to limit the number of students who receive honors as well as to make honors more meaningful.
4. Core curriculum is at odds with Amherst's philosophy.
Using a course distribution requirement as a basis for granting English honors would undoubtedly govern what courses students at the College choose to take. This would be the first step on the road to having a core curriculum for the entire College.
3. Show more discretion with discretionary funds.
The SFC must not use the "first come, first serve" system that is currently in place, but should instead divide the semester into quarters, earmarking funds for each. Large allocations should require SGO approval; very large ones should require student body approval.
2. Senate diversity seats prove troublesome.
Not only should the interests supported by diversity representatives already be accounted for, but it is inappropriate to equate a culture with a club that represents it.
1. Course selection falls short of perfection.
Amherst may offer a diverse selection of courses, but that's irrelevant if most of them are taught at the same or overlapping times. Heads and chairs of departments should make sure courses are distributed so as to allow more students to be able to take them.