Senate reels in the Tra La La
First off, the ASUO Senate decided Wednesday to allocate $8,256 from the surplus funds for a free concert by Günther, yes, that Günther. As reported in the ODE:
“Günther thanks you all as well. Very much.”
While I don’t have a huge craving for a Günther concert, I think the ASUO and Senate should make it a focus to bring more concerts to the EMU Ballroom, which is somewhat underused. The Idan Raichel Project concert last term was a success. It’s at least money spent where anyone can enjoy it.
In other news, the over-realized funds are up to $638,288, and Nate Gulley couldn’t be more excited. In the Emerald,
“It was intense, but it was great. Every time we voted we were voting for something big,” [Gulley] said.
ASUO President Emily McLain muttered, “It was miserable.”
Whoa there big boy, we all know how excited you get from spending large amounts of other people’s money. I hope that the money will be spent wisely, doubtful. But just for good measure, take this food for thought.
I guess it was only a matter of time before the the I-Fee was spent on a Swedish dude singing about his “ding ding dong.”
On another note, the Overrealized committee last year was perhaps the hugest debacle in a long time, and probably broke a hefty number of laws and administrative rules governing the disbursal of public monies. The process was made up as it went along, there were no rules that were kept week-to-week, and the whole thing was hustled along under the false threat of intervention from Salem. Emily was making an understatement when she called it “miserable.” If Senators can follow Warnecke and Papailiou and take care of overrealized funds in a responsible manner, it will be a bigger strike for fiscal responsibility than anything that can possibly come out of the PFC process. $600,000 equates to about $30 per fee-paying student… that’s what I call a hell of an opportunity to do the right thing.
So am I going to see Ossie and CJ in the Gunther look-alike contest? Here is your shot at glory, boys!
And can I just say that this is the best senate allocation ever?
Oomph, my ding ding dong!
Whoa there big boy, we all know how excited you get from spending large amounts of other people