Welcome to Summer II. All at once, resume files across campus open to be edited as the co-op cycle switches. I don’t have to tell anyone reading this that it’s the resumes we graduate with, a direct result of the co-op program, that sets our university apart from others. It’s also each individual item on our resumes – sometimes spilling onto a second page, no matter how hard we try to cut down – that allow many of us to have jobs lined up for the Monday following the commencement ceremonies at the TD Garden.
The Finance Board, the body that undergrads trust to allocate funds in an unbiased and most practical manner, voted not to grant stipends to any student group for the upcoming year – including SGA. Student Affairs has, without any input of students, overturned the board’s decision and granted stipends in the amount of $27,775 to a total of nine students – effectively allowing for undergraduate money to be allocated at the will of the administration and NOT the student body, which runs 100 percent counter to the mission of the Student Activity Fee (SAF).
Dumb fights prove not only that human nature has designed us to stand up for what we believe in, but also make it blatantly obvious we need to start thinking before we speak.
The Finance Board is a democratic institution, administered by the democratic rules of the SGA, and should be respected as such. The rules of the Finance Board state an appeal can only be made if a decision is arbitrary, if the Finance Board didn’t follow procedure or if too strict a punishment was handed down. Barring a serious practical or factual error, the administration should respect the rules and decisions of the Finance Board.
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Sold.
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For the last mile...
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We all tell white lies.
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