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| Reader baffled by judicial reform
bill |
Nichole MacMonagle
Sophomore
NM45832 |
To
The Editor:
As a resident assistant (RA) in Eggers Residence
Hall, I am baffled by the new bill that reforms Judicial Affairs
here on campus. Why doesn’t Student Government Association
(SGA) vote to obliterate the entire RA position? This new bill may
prevent some students from being wrongfully accused of crimes such
as vandalism, like in the situation Ian A. Mance noted in the Feb.
18 article (“‘Views differ on recent Judicial Affairs
bill”); yet it appears that the number of wrongfully accused
students as opposed to the number of students who will “get
off” is significantly higher than one would assume.
Having completed numerous documentations that have sent students
to Judicial Affairs, the amount of students that are able to “get
off” amazes me. Plain and simple violations of the Student
Code of Conduct, as well as the Residence Hall Contract — including
alcohol, drug and fire safety violations — are all dismissed
for numerous different reasons. If a student is now able to have
someone “defend” them in Judicial Affairs, policy enforcement
may as well be eliminated from the RA position.
Students are able to talk their way out of situations quite easily
as is, and now they will be able to have their friends help them
get out of trouble as well. Next time I find a room full of freshman
(with Eggers being an all freshman building) violating a clearly
written policy, I will just join them knowing that with the right
people and the right defense in Judicial Affairs, I won’t get
in trouble either.
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| Housing colmun self-centered |
Erin Mitchell
Junior
ASU Box 17323 |
To
The Editor:
I found the column about campus housing problems
(“Trying to stay on campus next year, good luck”, Jan.
28) to be a little self-centered. There are thousands of students
trying to get into on-campus housing, yet it is an understood that
the room-to-student ratio is not in our favor. What are the juniors
and seniors who do not have the funds to move off campus supposed
to do? There are even fewer spaces for us to try and get into because
most of the rooms are going to freshman and sophomores. My friends
and I are having to move off campus next year and scrounge for money
everyday to get security deposits together in time to find a decent
place to live off campus.
We are all in the same boat together, and room claim days have always
been a struggle. You are not the only one dealing with this problem.
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| Thanks Monolgues, V-Day supporters |
Dr. Betsy Beaulieu
Director, Women Studies
262-7603 |
To
The Editor:
I’d like to publicly express my thanks to
everyone who was involved in and supported Appalachian State University’s
second annual production of Eve Ensler’s award winning play
“The Vagina Monologues.” In joining over 500 colleges
and universities in the V-Day College Campaign 2003, we sought to
raise awareness concerning violence against women and girls and
to celebrate female sexuality.
All three shows sold out early, and we were disappointed once again
to have to turn away some theatergoers. But, the good news is that
we raised $8,500. Ninety percent of this amount will stay on our
community, benefiting OASIS and the Watauga County Sexual Assault
Response Team. The remaining 10 percent will be donated to the Ernestine
Walkingstick Shelter in Cherokee.
Given the overwhelmingly positive community response this provocative
and inspiring production continues to receive, we are already looking
forward to next year’s production. Thank you for your support
of The Vagina Monologues and everything it stands for.
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| Money wasted in tough budget times
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Sarah Hall
SH43407
ASU Box 5107
S.A.V.E. |
To
The Editor:
As we hear about state budget cuts, a fee increase
for an athletic proposal to benefit a few, and a decrease in the
number of academic scholarships rewarded, I am struck by the fact
that there still seems to be huge waste in spending and resources
on this campus.
One of the most blaringly obvious of these has recently occurred.
The Office of Summer Sessions spent $11,230 on summer school schedules
(15,000 at $.75 each). The members of S.A.V.E. (Students Actively
Volunteering for the Environment) sort through all of the paper
recycling at the Post Office. We’ve been pulling these schedules
out of the bins each day, and adding them to the huge pile on the
counters. In counting the number of booklets from only two days,
I have estimated at least a few thousand dollars wasted.
When I called someone in the office to ask them to please send someone
to pick the booklets up, the woman I talked to said that the post
office has been collecting these at the end of each day and sending
them back to their office so they can be redistributed. This is
a huge waste of time, money, and resources.
Why not send out postcards to each student with the web address
of the online schedule?
This is only one example of the paradox that seems to be occurring
here— some having plenty of money and resources to waste, while
others cut corners wherever they can. Perhaps if we the students
were listened to, we could enlighten the decision-makers on how
to reduce waste and spend our money wisely.
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