Letter to the Editor
Issue date: 2/24/05 Section: Viewpoints
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On Feb. 14, UPC denied a proposal from an organization to help fund a conference. Could the denial have been based on a lack of funding? Could it have been because there has never been an exception to the 10 percent rule in UPC's code of laws?
It was announced that UPC has approximately $45,000 in essentially undesignated funds in one of their accounts and has made exceptions to the rule in the past. This organization requested a little over $3,000-about 7 percent of the previously mentioned funds, in assistance for their conference.
What was the problem? As I see it, the problem was that it was the Gay-Straight Alliance requesting the funds.
Two of the most outspoken groups against the proposal were the College Republicans and BCM, although, these were not the only groups to voice opposition to the proposal.
I never believed I would witness such brown-shirting at a university. Universities are historically places of free thought and speech. I see this as a denial of the free speech on campus. Many do not agree with homosexuality, but this conference might have educated narrow-minded ideologues.
I am not a member of GSA, but I believe they should have been granted the funds. I also believe that the funds were not granted because the group is the Gay-Straight Alliance.
As I pondered the events of the meeting, I was struck with the question of whether any other group, which needed similar funding, would have faced the same opposition and ludicrous questions of a hypothetical nature.
Those groups that voted against this proposal should ask themselves, "Would the proposal have passed if it had been any other group in the same position?"
-Chad Gray
It was announced that UPC has approximately $45,000 in essentially undesignated funds in one of their accounts and has made exceptions to the rule in the past. This organization requested a little over $3,000-about 7 percent of the previously mentioned funds, in assistance for their conference.
What was the problem? As I see it, the problem was that it was the Gay-Straight Alliance requesting the funds.
Two of the most outspoken groups against the proposal were the College Republicans and BCM, although, these were not the only groups to voice opposition to the proposal.
I never believed I would witness such brown-shirting at a university. Universities are historically places of free thought and speech. I see this as a denial of the free speech on campus. Many do not agree with homosexuality, but this conference might have educated narrow-minded ideologues.
I am not a member of GSA, but I believe they should have been granted the funds. I also believe that the funds were not granted because the group is the Gay-Straight Alliance.
As I pondered the events of the meeting, I was struck with the question of whether any other group, which needed similar funding, would have faced the same opposition and ludicrous questions of a hypothetical nature.
Those groups that voted against this proposal should ask themselves, "Would the proposal have passed if it had been any other group in the same position?"
-Chad Gray
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