Gina McClure and Campus Recreation scored a major victory this past Thursday for a new student recreation center when SGA voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposal, with only one dissenting vote.

This comes after two weeks of online polling, where 57 percent of the more than 2,000 voters who logged in to the myUTMportal cast their vote for one of three “yes” categories.

Campus Recreation officials made their rounds to greek and other student organizations to drum up support. It is evident that this door-to-door service made the difference in the final vote.

If you were not a member of one of these groups, as the majority of student body is not, you may have missed your opportunity to weigh in on a proposal that will affect students for many years to come.

For example, one of the lines repeated throughout this process was to “tell your senators what you think about the proposal.”

This is always a good idea, but a look at the SGA Web site gives you the roster from the last session, not the current. The directory says that a list of your senators is “coming soon.”

But even with a shortage of information, the opportunity existed to have your voice heard. The SGA meetings are open to everyone, and its meeting schedule is fairly regular.

To the 43 percent who opposed this measure, your vote was counted. Whether it will have any bearing on the eventual outcome, however, remains to be seen.