ASF fares average in our eyes
Campus Times
December 12, 1997
cartoon by Stephanie Lesniak
The end of the semester is rapidly approaching, and along with last
minute reports and finals come report cards. Every student receives a grade
that reflects his capability, effort and comprehension in a certain area.
The Campus Times feels that the Associated Student Federation (ASF)
Forum, which is placed under a microscope week after week, should also be
given a grade for its efforts to plan and organize events that pertain to
the interests of the student body.
Reflecting on the last semester, the editorial board of the Campus
Times found several activities and projects which received an A. Those
include the Ugly T-Shirt Bowl-a-Thon, Free Day O' Fun, safety whistle program
and the Eldridge Cleaver speech, which ASF sponsored.
Other projects had A potential, but were flawed because they were either
implemented late, or were plagued with organizational problems. One example
includes the Better Lighting project, which is well on the way to becoming
a reality, but took the entire semester to implement. That project gets
a B from the Campus Times.
We were also impressed with the first issue of "The Newsletter,"
designed to give students more information about ASF. We found many worthy
topics in the first issue, however, the second issue was below par. Besides
several grammar and spelling mistakes, the bitter satire went beyond comedic
lines to being just plain rude. Making fun of Greeks (whom ASF asked to
help set up the Holiday Dinner) and other concerned students was way out
of line. For the money "The Newsletter" is costing, we believe
it should be used more effectively, so we give it a C.
Homecoming, the largest activity of the semester, had a great theme
and was graced with a couple well-planned events, such as Monte Carlo Night
and Illumination/Pizza Night, but was still nothing more than average, so
we, too, gave it a C.
Reflecting on the Holiday Dinner, we felt like a few things were missing,
such as live music. The dance was, at least a new idea, but having a dance
at 6:30 p.m. is just a bad idea. Add that to the fact that no one could
hear the speeches before the dinner and it adds up to a D+ grade, unfortunately.
The only other D+ came from the decorating of the Christmas tree, mainly
because this assignment was turned in late and was not done with much spirit.
The Forum only failed two activities, the Lip Sync and the Bonfire and
that was simply because the events never took place.
Average all of these activities together, and you get a C, so that is
our grade for the Forum. When compiling these grades and crunching the numbers,
the Campus Times seriously examined each activity and rose above
the childish games of our "adverse relationship" with the Forum
to give the most fair and accurate grade we could.
Best of luck to the Forum of next semester in achieving all of their
goals and in earning a higher GPA. No one wants you to succeed more than
the students you represent.
