Fuck.
So, lets be clear. In no way do I actually have time to be writing a livejournal entry right now. Between Positive Space, papers, salsa, and SAC, I barely have time to breathe. But if I don't write a rant right now, at this moment, the next poor person I meet is going to end up flayed from head to toe.
People are fucking idiots. That seems like a good place to begin. Today, as I was entering Hart Hall to speak with a prof, I noticed a white paper partially covering a sign that had been put up for the SAC's Accessibility Awareness week to bring the attention of staff and students to the fact that Mount Allison, by and large, is not an accessible campus. The paper covering the poster had a different message. This message included the fact that the SAC is a bunch of idiots, who are spineless pawns of the administration. It went on to say that if we really cared about accessibility we would march up and demand that elevators be put into the already too tight budget.
What is it going to take to get people to stop being morons. How many nights have I been up until 3 in the morning doing work for the SAC that most students never acknowledge or care about? If this individual is so concerned with the way our student government is run, maybe he or she should grow a pair, run for council, and then find out how much work we actually do.
Let's see.
Exam Database. The fact that course evaluations are manadatory. Dealing with every individual student problem brought to us. SItting on countless committees. Condom service. Carpool service. Housing service. The ASCARS. Funding for clubs and societies. The EXISTENCE of clubs and societies. Funding for Academics. FROSH WEEK. Concerts like Sam Roberts and Joel Plaskett. The fact that the student body has any voice at all. The push to make sure students are represented at EVERY level of government (we are one of the few schools with a Board of Regents Rep.) Weekly meetings that sometimes go until midnight, plus several committees PER PERSON. Advocacy at the provincial level for tuition changes. Communications to make sure every student is informed. Budget where we have to cut corners because the university is making us buy 50,000$ worth of new furniture to fit in with their fucking decorating scheme and STILL managing to balance the budget. Dealing with housing. Individual councillor initiatives, like when I spent 8 months and countless hours meeting and emailing with administration to bring about changes to the housing system. The Yearbook. Yup, that's brought to you by the SAC. Students who sit on university committees.... oh yeah, the SAC deals with all the appointment and recruitment.
Guess what? That's barely the beginning of a list. I realize that the person who put up that poster is probably never going to read it. But if they do, I'd like to take this moment to express the fact that I hope they get something large and pointy shoved up their ass. Oh yeah, and they'll have to go through committee to get it removed.
That'll teach 'em.
People are fucking idiots. That seems like a good place to begin. Today, as I was entering Hart Hall to speak with a prof, I noticed a white paper partially covering a sign that had been put up for the SAC's Accessibility Awareness week to bring the attention of staff and students to the fact that Mount Allison, by and large, is not an accessible campus. The paper covering the poster had a different message. This message included the fact that the SAC is a bunch of idiots, who are spineless pawns of the administration. It went on to say that if we really cared about accessibility we would march up and demand that elevators be put into the already too tight budget.
What is it going to take to get people to stop being morons. How many nights have I been up until 3 in the morning doing work for the SAC that most students never acknowledge or care about? If this individual is so concerned with the way our student government is run, maybe he or she should grow a pair, run for council, and then find out how much work we actually do.
Let's see.
Exam Database. The fact that course evaluations are manadatory. Dealing with every individual student problem brought to us. SItting on countless committees. Condom service. Carpool service. Housing service. The ASCARS. Funding for clubs and societies. The EXISTENCE of clubs and societies. Funding for Academics. FROSH WEEK. Concerts like Sam Roberts and Joel Plaskett. The fact that the student body has any voice at all. The push to make sure students are represented at EVERY level of government (we are one of the few schools with a Board of Regents Rep.) Weekly meetings that sometimes go until midnight, plus several committees PER PERSON. Advocacy at the provincial level for tuition changes. Communications to make sure every student is informed. Budget where we have to cut corners because the university is making us buy 50,000$ worth of new furniture to fit in with their fucking decorating scheme and STILL managing to balance the budget. Dealing with housing. Individual councillor initiatives, like when I spent 8 months and countless hours meeting and emailing with administration to bring about changes to the housing system. The Yearbook. Yup, that's brought to you by the SAC. Students who sit on university committees.... oh yeah, the SAC deals with all the appointment and recruitment.
Guess what? That's barely the beginning of a list. I realize that the person who put up that poster is probably never going to read it. But if they do, I'd like to take this moment to express the fact that I hope they get something large and pointy shoved up their ass. Oh yeah, and they'll have to go through committee to get it removed.
That'll teach 'em.