Spring Break
Coulter Wrong Choice
Adam Himmelberger
Issue date: 11/9/05 Section: Commentary
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war." What a charming lady.
The College Republicans have recruited this breath of fresh air - the ultra-conservative and always antagonistic Ann Coulter, who has made a name for herself spewing unsubstantiated venom in her books and columns, to come lecture at UConn at a price tag of $16,000, the most expensive speaker in school history funded by you, the student, through our Undergraduate Student Government which voted to approve the funding for this event.
Emily Salisbury, a USG senator who voted to bring Coulter to UConn is also listed as Chairwoman of the College Republicans, according to UConn's political student organization detail web site, which is the group sponsoring the event. Salisbury presented the idea to the funding board meeting on Oct.10. At this meeting and at the time when the USG senate voted to decide to fund the event, it was brought to her attention that this may be a conflict of interest and not allowed under the vague outlines of the USG constitution which leaves the question of a voting conflict of interest at the discretion of said senator. Other senators who are members of the College Republicans also voted to fund Coulter and bring her to our campus. Coulter has said women should not have the right to vote and once told a disabled Vietnam veteran people like him were the reason we lost the war.
Aside from the fact that Salisbury, as a USG senator and member of College Republicans, may have demonstrated malfeasance of duties by voting and securing funding for Coulter to come to UConn, which under Article XIII, section one of the USG constitution is grounds for impeachment, it is the poor choice the College Republicans have made for a speaker that is striking a disappointing chord with students.
The College Republicans have recruited this breath of fresh air - the ultra-conservative and always antagonistic Ann Coulter, who has made a name for herself spewing unsubstantiated venom in her books and columns, to come lecture at UConn at a price tag of $16,000, the most expensive speaker in school history funded by you, the student, through our Undergraduate Student Government which voted to approve the funding for this event.
Emily Salisbury, a USG senator who voted to bring Coulter to UConn is also listed as Chairwoman of the College Republicans, according to UConn's political student organization detail web site, which is the group sponsoring the event. Salisbury presented the idea to the funding board meeting on Oct.10. At this meeting and at the time when the USG senate voted to decide to fund the event, it was brought to her attention that this may be a conflict of interest and not allowed under the vague outlines of the USG constitution which leaves the question of a voting conflict of interest at the discretion of said senator. Other senators who are members of the College Republicans also voted to fund Coulter and bring her to our campus. Coulter has said women should not have the right to vote and once told a disabled Vietnam veteran people like him were the reason we lost the war.
Aside from the fact that Salisbury, as a USG senator and member of College Republicans, may have demonstrated malfeasance of duties by voting and securing funding for Coulter to come to UConn, which under Article XIII, section one of the USG constitution is grounds for impeachment, it is the poor choice the College Republicans have made for a speaker that is striking a disappointing chord with students.