SGA launches ‘No Problem Too Small’ campaign to gather student feedback
SU’s Student Government Association launched its annual “No Problem Too Small” initiative to collect student feedback on campus issues. Aaron Hammer | Staff Photographer
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Syracuse University’s Student Government Association officially launched its annual No Problem Too Small initiative Monday morning. The association will table in the Schine Student Center as part of the program while also raising election awareness, which will continue through the rest of the week.
NPTS is designed to gather feedback directly from students regarding campus issues such as dining services and campus safety, SGA President German Nolivos said at its weekly Monday meeting. Responses are collected through an online survey available on SGA’s website, social media and at its tables in Schine.
“As a student government, if we don’t know what’s going on, we don’t know what direction to take in terms of initiatives,” Speaker of the Assembly Emily Castillo-Melean said.
Students will also have the opportunity to meet with a variety of department heads to address specific student grievances through the NPTS program.
Castillo-Melean explained that if SGA receives multiple concerns about the dining halls, for example, the assembly will invite someone from catering services to speak at its next meeting. From there, SGA will invite the students who voiced their concerns to the meeting to speak directly to the official or department head.
“We cannot work properly as a student government without that feedback from students,” Nolivos said.
During Monday’s meeting, two bills were also introduced regarding financial allocations from both the assembly’s $60,000 catering budget this session and the Finance Board.
The first bill is a monetary request for the Crossroads Collective, a registered student organization at SU that connects the university with the broader Syracuse community.
Its food crawl is an event allowing students to sample foods from a variety of food vendors throughout the city, including Salt City Market and Sweet on Chocolate.
The funding request hopes to pay for volunteers to eat during the event. Crossroads Collective requested $195 to cover the cost of all food for event organizers, allowing them to participate for free.
“They need the money because, as of right now, volunteers are not eating at this event, and they’re the ones that are running the event, and so we want to feed them,” said Kenneth Lanterman, the bill’s sponsor.
While the bill will not be voted on until next week, the Special Programming Allocation motion was discussed and approved.
Eight RSOs also had funding approved, with three receiving partial approval, while ten organizations were denied. Innovate Orange received the most funding at $1,764 for its CuseHacks 2025 event.
Comptroller Alexis Leach said because the bill is a funding bill, the typical two-week waiting period is not necessary. The Finance Board has its own “special” program allocations and its own budget, which is where the money will come from, she said.
Elections for SGA’s 69th session assembly also opened today and has already received over 600 votes, Board of Elections Chair Thalia Benton-Dineen said. There are 43 approved petitions, meaning 43 students are on the ballot for various open seats, she said.
“We hosted three information sessions. We had over 150 people attend them, which is crazy,” Benton-Dineen said.
Voting is open all week and will close Friday.
