Quick Rant:
Dammit, it irritates me no end when people can't take any kind of government seriously. If your money's funding it, then you damn well better be paying attention to what it does. If your voice counts (and any time you have a vote, it does), then use it well, and wisely. I can't believe how puerile some of this house is when it comes to matters like this... and I'll bet that at least half the campus feels the same way as they do. If you don't care, then drop ASCIT membership and go buy your own damn donuts.

I think Nick Knouf, an alum, said it best:

People's apathy in ASCIT and the IHC and what they do will lead to nothing
but headaches and a lower standard of living for undergraduates. You all
may think that ASCIT does nothing, but without ASCIT you would not have:

1. Student reps to faculty/student committees. Don't want students on
UASH? Don't care about ASCIT and the IHC. Don't want students on
academic committees to voice your concerns about things like CS 1, Ch 3a,
and the core? Don't care about ASCIT and the IHC.

2. Funding for the hovse. You think the interhouse funding comes out of
thin air? Do you realize that each term, each house is eligible for
hundreds of dollars from ASCIT? Blacker uses this money.

3. Funding for clubs. Have any of you *looked* at the ASCIT budget
lately and seen how much goes to clubs? Have you seen how many clubs
ASCIT is able to fund? If you don't want any club funding anymore, sure,
don't care about ASCIT.

4. Student representation. ASCIT is the only thing between the
administration and the students. If you don't want any representation to
the administration, and what them to get away with whatever they want,
don't care about ASCIT.

As I'm an alum, and halfway across the country, I feel free now to say my
mind: It's about time some of you (you know who you are and who you
aren't; you, as follows, means those who say ASCIT doesn't do anything)
fucking grew up and took some pride in what your fellow students do.
When you make blanket statements like "ASCIT doesn't do anything" you
completely denigrate the *huge* amount of time and effort some of us put
into ASCIT in order to make things better for *you*. Your comments are
abrasive and entirely unappreciative. It's a wonder anybody runs for
ASCIT offices anymore when we have to listen to useless drivel from people
like you. Fucking get off your high-horse, fucking take part in the
process (or work to better parts of it), and fucking start thinking about
people other than yourself.
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ok, back to german...