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USG should have let stand comptroller's veto of paintball funding
Issue date: 2/27/09 Section: Commentary
The majority of USG members are sheep. The majority of members do not want conflict or debate over the important issues, yet happily promote on-campus golf courses and other ridiculous measures.
The recent overturn of Comptroller Jason Ortiz's responsible decision to veto practice paint funding is nothing to be shocked about.
As a former member of funding board, I remember how Paintball's funding was grandfathered in under the guise of precedent. It should not have been passed in the fall in the first place. Paintball does little (if any) fundraising. Comptroller Ortiz is to be commended for his attempt to restore fiscal responsibility during a time of financial turmoil.
- Jesse Glick
UConn alumnus, class of 2008
Redondo Beach, Calif.
I write in response to the editorial that ran on Feb. 25 discussing the recent show of imprudence by the USG in overturning the veto of UConn Paintball Club funding. I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment of this debacle as the USG shirking its duty in the most difficult of economic times.
Perhaps the student body and the university as a whole would be in a much better financial position if all of our USG representatives were replaced with members of The Daily Campus' editorial board. It goes without saying that these recent actions demonstrated "financial mismanagement and irresponsibility" and "a wanton disregard for the financial interest of the student body."
While no one disputes the fact that the UConn Paintball Club has been successful in its own endeavors, it's hard for a student at one of the most expensive public universities in the country to equate this success with approximately $12,000 in funding. All students at UConn should be struggling with this issue, especially in a time where foreclosures are through the roof, unemployment grows by the day, the cost of goods rises exponentially, and people are continually working harder and earning less.
In light of these trying times, we all have to make some sacrifices and concessions. I nominate the UConn Paintball Club and USG to make them first.
The recent overturn of Comptroller Jason Ortiz's responsible decision to veto practice paint funding is nothing to be shocked about.
As a former member of funding board, I remember how Paintball's funding was grandfathered in under the guise of precedent. It should not have been passed in the fall in the first place. Paintball does little (if any) fundraising. Comptroller Ortiz is to be commended for his attempt to restore fiscal responsibility during a time of financial turmoil.
- Jesse Glick
UConn alumnus, class of 2008
Redondo Beach, Calif.
I write in response to the editorial that ran on Feb. 25 discussing the recent show of imprudence by the USG in overturning the veto of UConn Paintball Club funding. I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment of this debacle as the USG shirking its duty in the most difficult of economic times.
Perhaps the student body and the university as a whole would be in a much better financial position if all of our USG representatives were replaced with members of The Daily Campus' editorial board. It goes without saying that these recent actions demonstrated "financial mismanagement and irresponsibility" and "a wanton disregard for the financial interest of the student body."
While no one disputes the fact that the UConn Paintball Club has been successful in its own endeavors, it's hard for a student at one of the most expensive public universities in the country to equate this success with approximately $12,000 in funding. All students at UConn should be struggling with this issue, especially in a time where foreclosures are through the roof, unemployment grows by the day, the cost of goods rises exponentially, and people are continually working harder and earning less.
In light of these trying times, we all have to make some sacrifices and concessions. I nominate the UConn Paintball Club and USG to make them first.
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