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Originally Posted by ac888yow
Exactly. They justified this decision based on factually WRONG (and outrageously stupid) information, which speaks to the idiocy of every one but 2 of those CUSA councillors who voted in favour of the motion.
This was blatant racism, politically-correct garbage under the phony guise of being inclusionary, but thankfully the students, local, and national media jumped all over them for it.
I'm also a Carleton grad but I'm not so much disappointed at CUSA's decision as I am embarassed by it.
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The trouble on student government boards is most of the people on them do not have time to research things so they basically rely on what information is put in front of them along with a touch of gut instinct.
For example I am a U of O grad. While I was there, the student bar name the Nox was closed down. Regardless of whether that was a good or bad decision, one of the facts cited at the time was that with U of O's proximity to the market area, it was much harder for the student bar to make money and hence why it was losing so much. The thinking was that a school like Carleton (so often cited as an example) was in a more isolated location and therefore the student bar had less competition and made money.
Reason makes sense right? I thought so too at the time.
The following summer I enrolled in a class at Carleton and made a couple friends there. One was scrutinizing CUSA's financial statements and ask me what I thought of a few numbers. Anyway in the process of looking over the books I saw the numbers for Carleton's bar....and my jaw hit the desk. Carleton's bar was losing more money than the Nox did...at a smaller university....