In the April 1987 SGA election, Will Backstrom and Jerry Sadler won with 309 votes, a fifty-three vote margin over the closest runner-up. The Backstrom/Sadler campaign didn't make any promises to students, which was a move that The Retriever Weekly reported was intentional as Sadler believed previous SGA winners often made promises they didn't have the power to keep."]]>

The Fine Arts Gallery was later renamed, and in 2003 the Center for Art Design and Visual Culture began operation. Under the direction of Symmes Gardner, the CADVC has continued a tradition of public outreach and programming, along with curation of original exhibitions and publications focused on contemporary visual culture.]]>

The success of the Honors Program and departmental honors eventually led to an expanded program, and a proposal to create an Honors College was submitted by Provost Adam Yarmolinsky in March 1988. The Honors College and Lounge are now located on the second floor of the Library.]]>