WSA teams with DSK for final home football game
By Megan Higdon
Western Herald
Western Student Association’s Sustainability Committee met during the commitee breakout session of WSA’s meeting to discuss sustainability initiatives. (Thomas Doherty/Western Herald)
The Western Student Association’s drive to get students to the last home football game against Ball State on Nov. 24 has not stopped with banners and free food for students but Drive Safe Kalamazoo has decided to come along for the ride as well.
At their Nov. 4 meeting, DSK Chairperson and WSA Senator Aaron Booth, requested the WSA for assistance in funding their operations for the night of the game, promotion planning and volunteer assistance (if needed) to launch this special event, which falls outside their normal weekend schedule.
However unlike requesting for allocated funds, DSK will collaborate with WSA to pay for their expenses.
The budget included seven rental vehicles, flyers, banners, beach balls, a Miller movie ad, a Facebook ad, and other promotions totaling $700.
Any of the money not used will go directly back to the WSA.
“DSK is a very popular thing,” Booth said. “If students know DSK will be running that night, I think they will be more enticed to stay in town for the game.
“We have two hundred members in DSK, but anyone who wants to get involved can contact us through the Web or by phone, even if they just want to help through the promotion of the game,” he added.
The request was approved by the senate and DSK will be running from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Nov. 24, which differs from their normal hours of 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.
WSA President Nate Knappen and Vice President Janine Putnam then presented the Presidential Award for October to Christina Clarke, a senator in the College of Arts and Sciences. Knappen and Putnam described Clarke as being very engaging and knowledgeable.
Resolution #0910-3, demands the funding of a new transportation system to Battle Creek for students at the College of Aviation.
It was introduced to the senate by Isaac Adler, Jonathon Freye, Roger Dixon, and Chris Vogtmann.
Currently, Aviation students pay an additional $60 a semester for van transportation to and from Battle Creek, a service the presenters said does not suffice the needs of some students’ schedules.
“We are just asking for equality, since we are funding other students’ transportation in our tuition,” Freye said.
The cost of riding the Kalamazoo Metro Transit and Bronco Transit is covered as part of a student’s enrollment.
The hope of the resolution is to receive funding for busing like other colleges, with a more precise schedule to meet the needs of Aviation students.
The resolution will not be decided on until Nov. 11 due to lack of time at the meeting.
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When speaking on this issue I come, not as an aviation student, but as a student of Western Michigan University as a whole. I feel that this ”fee” is really a large cop out for a situation that has been traditionally overlooked by WMU. Here is why…
As it stands at the College of Aviation students are looking at several costs for this busing system.
1) The $75 dollar fee assessed to ANY student in the CoA each semester, regardless of whether or not they intend on using the bus and
2) A fee, carried by all students including the students in the CoA, to subsidize transportation on main campus and to all other satellite campuses
The question I ask is, why is our plight any different?
We are still just students at WMU, looking for a ride to our college. Should a small increase in distance change that? No, and if you think otherwise I would strongly oppose you.
Now for my favorite statement…
“Aviation students knew what they were getting themselves into when they signed up.”
Possibly, but does that deny them the right to access to transportation? The university already short changes the CoA on many things and in the past two years the transportation was wholly funded. I know the economy is in the dumps but who is better able to bear that cost. A university with a multi million dollar budget, or students that are already looking at graduating in excess of $100,00 debt?
What has occurred is a gross discrimination based on the fact that the college is 24 miles away instead of 5.