CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:04 PM
Original message |
I'm twitching with rage right now. Ask me anything! |
|
I, quite literally, am shaking with anger at the moment. It's been a most infuriating day.
|
Rabrrrrrr
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:04 PM
Response to Original message |
1. Why are you in a rage? |
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:14 PM
Response to Reply #1 |
6. I'll try to make it short. |
|
I have a state College Democrats convention starting on the 15th. Our club provided $100, but I needed $134.00 to make up the rest. The student commission denied my funding request, I think because me and a few other people are investigating their frivolous spending. This is a student government that thinks nothing of spending $5,000 on Livestrong bracelets that nobody buys. They can spend that kind of money on stupid shit, but they can't give me $134.00 for a legitimate emergency. It's retaliation, I'm pretty sure.
|
Jilly Beans
(334 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:30 PM
Response to Reply #6 |
21. Take it to your Dean of Students. |
|
He'll help you sort it out.
|
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:43 PM
Response to Reply #21 |
|
We approached him about the rampant fiscal irresponsibility on several occasions and he's blown us off. That's why we went to the paper.
|
Jilly Beans
(334 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:44 PM
Response to Reply #24 |
27. Go to the papers again about whistleblowers being denied funding. |
|
That sucks. Our DoS is a great guy who has been a helpful, fair moderator in all student disagreements.
|
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #27 |
33. The next issue comes out next Wednesday. |
|
The editor LOATHES student commission with a passion because they'd done a similar thing to the paper, though on a larger scale. I left him a voice mail as soon as I heard that our funding request motion lost.
|
Rabrrrrrr
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:46 PM
Response to Reply #6 |
Bouncy Ball
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:04 PM
Response to Original message |
2. Ok, I'll go for the obvious, why are you mad? |
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:15 PM
Response to Reply #2 |
7. Cause my student government is entirely composed of douchebags. |
|
Makes me want to dump all of them in the river. See post 6 for more details. :D
|
Jilly Beans
(334 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:31 PM
Response to Reply #7 |
22. Most undergrad SGAs are composed of buttholes who only care about... |
|
sucking up to the administration instead of tending to student needs.
|
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:44 PM
Response to Reply #22 |
25. Or people who are in it only for the title. |
|
And don't care a whit about everyone else who isn't in their clique.
|
MissB
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:05 PM
Response to Original message |
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:16 PM
Response to Reply #3 |
9. See post #6. Just two words. |
|
Sucked. Ass. At this point, I really feel like slugging someone.
|
MissB
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:20 PM
Response to Reply #9 |
|
go ahead- swing away.
That sucks big time. Can you appeal the decision? Perhaps a written letter, detailing the follies of the $5k decision versus the $134 you need? Or do you have a school paper where you can submit a letter, saying basically the same thing?
|
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:25 PM
Response to Reply #14 |
15. The campus newspaper is doing a story on the finance thing. |
|
They'll definitely be hearing about this little tidbit. I'm looking into my other options, too.
|
jonnyblitz
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:06 PM
Response to Original message |
4. then by all means vent! |
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:16 PM
Response to Reply #4 |
10. Do you have an inanimate object... |
|
That resembles the 2nd VP of Student Activities of my college? :D
|
jonnyblitz
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:25 PM
Response to Reply #10 |
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:27 PM
Response to Reply #16 |
|
It's a bunch of political bullshit. Basically, they spend money like drunken sailors, we look into it, then when we need money, they turn us down. Rank retaliation.
|
jonnyblitz
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:30 PM
Response to Reply #18 |
|
so how does the financial shortfall get covered?
|
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:46 PM
Response to Reply #20 |
29. They shift monies from other budgets. |
|
Which is not all that scandalous, but there's an astonishing lack of transparency and we can't even get a straight answer to simple questions like how much money each individual club has in their account. Plus they allocate all these funds to some clubs and they'll spend a third of it, and the remaining two-thirds is never seen again.
|
jonnyblitz
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #29 |
32. aah ,.its not the money per se....I gotcha. nt |
Arkana
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:07 PM
Response to Original message |
5. Then vent away, my friend! |
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:17 PM
Response to Reply #5 |
11. Why are there such a concentration of fuckwits in government? |
|
Edited on Mon Apr-04-05 04:18 PM by CubsFan1982
And at all levels, I'm learning.
|
Arkana
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:20 PM
Response to Reply #11 |
13. One of the mysteries of the universe, I'm afraid... |
|
It's gotten to the point where you can't be elected if you're not a fuckwit! :P
|
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:26 PM
Response to Reply #13 |
|
I'm running for student commission, and I'm not a fuckwit! Well, most of the time I'm not. :D
|
Arkana
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:29 PM
Response to Reply #17 |
19. Well, I meant at a state or national level. |
Debi
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:15 PM
Response to Original message |
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:18 PM
Response to Reply #8 |
lpbk2713
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:38 PM
Response to Original message |
23. Could you possibly talk to the local Democratic organization |
|
in the community where your school is located to make up the shortfall? Or is it against the club/school rules to get outside help? Seems like they would be eager to help young Democrats.
|
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:47 PM
Response to Reply #23 |
30. No, not against the rules. |
|
In fact, that's something I'm considering.
|
bigwillq
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:44 PM
Response to Original message |
26. Are the Cubs going to win |
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:48 PM
Response to Reply #26 |
|
Of course! 4-0 sweep of the Yankees! :D
|
bigwillq
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 04:52 PM
Response to Reply #31 |
34. If they sweep the Yankees in the series |
|
I'll give you $100!
Shake my hand!:hi:
|
CubsFan1982
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Apr-04-05 10:42 PM
Response to Original message |
|
It still applies.
:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Sat May 11th 2024, 09:46 AM
Response to Original message |