All delegates vote for clubs
SUUSA President Matt Glazier vetoed a Sigma Chi bill
requesting funding for the club’s Derby Days fund-raiser
because it did not follow C&O Assembly bylaws.
We applaud Glazier’s actions. We believe all bills
should follow bylaws no matter how worthy the cause.
We also applaud the actions of the SUUSA representatives
who urged all delegates to put their own interests aside
and vote in accordance to the opinions of the clubs and
organizations they represent. We think there is no place
for personal interests in the process of allocating funds.
In addition, we believe the seven representatives choosing
to vote in favor of the veto acted correctly on behalf
of the student body and clubs and organizations on campus.
It is in SUU’s best interest that all funds are
allocated in accordance to the bylaws.
We find it suspicious the five delegates voting to overturn
the veto are all affiliated with Greek organizations on
campus. We can’t help but wonder if their affiliation
with these organizations swayed their votes.
While we believe overturning the veto would have been
in the best interests of the Greeks on campus, we point
out some of these delegates were elected to the assembly
in order to represent other categories. We think these
delegates may have voted against the best interests of
those they represent because of their personal interests.
We are pleased that Sigma Chi’s bill was not allowed
to slip through the system without meeting its requirements.
We believe the assembly made the right choice in not considering
the number of people the service project would benefit
to be more important than following the bylaws.
In addition, we do not believe the sponsor’s lack
of knowledge on the bylaws is an acceptable reason to
overturn the veto. We think those who sponsor bills to
the assembly have a responsibility to know and follow
all bylaws.
We are pleased the senate also placed the importance of
following bylaws in the highest regard by sending the
same club’s bill to the Judicial Council for further
investigation when it was presented to them. We also applaud
those who passed a
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resolution forbidding SUUSA representatives from claiming
they represent the whole student body.
We ask that all members of SUUSA seek to portray the opinions
of those who they have been elected to represent —
and only those. Furthermore, we believe students should
be an active part of the decision maiking process through
SUUSA, and ask that those who disagree with any action of
the student government make their opinion known.
We believe clubs and organizations on campus have a responsibility
to interact with their delegates. After all, if students
want their views represented, they must express them.
This opinion is the collective perspective of the University
Journal and its editorial board. The editorial board meets
every Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Room 172 of the Sharwan Smith
Center. Visitors are welcome.
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