With all of the talk about buzzwords in the VOICE campaign, let me throw a few buzzwords your way: TUITION! AFFORDABILITY! Do I have your attention now? Well that is pretty much the strategy behind the FUSS for OU Student Senate platform. Throw out the “tuition” word; say that you are against a tuition raise (who isn’t?) and claim that you will make OU a more affordable college. That’s great and all, but how is yelling at the administration and opposing any plan that they have going to accomplish anything? Wouldn’t you take someone more seriously if you had a serious conversation with them, rather than them just yelling that you are wrong all the time?
Also, FUSS wants to reform the Senate Appropriations Committee, which funds student organizations using student fees. However, what they want to do is basically give the money away, saying, “If a student organization wants funding for a program, they should be able to access their money.” So you are telling me that after I pay for something, that money is still mine? How convenient! They also want to “remove the need for extensive price documentation,” which only leaves the door wide open for some crazy amounts of corruption. In conclusion, on April 18 I will be voting VOICE, and I hope that you will join me in doing so.
Brett Weiler is a junior studying biology and statistics and the Academic Affairs Vice Commissioner on Student Senate.
