Let's talk final vent. I am a senior and I am
graduating; therefore, I feel one last vent is required of me before I join
all the rest of the Whim geezers in retirement. I sat down and tried to
think of some Godzilla-like, out-of-this-world last vent to write, but I
really couldn't think of just one. So I wrote them all. Actually, they are
more like requests to future Vent writers. As a graduating Whimmer and soon
to be money-donating alumn of RU, I ask that someone, be it Whimmer or a
student, look into the dark underbelly of Radford and end the corruption of
the following, and ask why.
Why is BAP always with CAB? It is the age-old question I have heard
hundreds of times but never got a real answer to. CAB, Campus Activities
Board, is supposed to be offering a variety of entertainment and activities
to everyone on campus, yet they couple themselves with a biased organization
that represents a minority of the RU campus students. It's like having a
club of people with four legs being handled and run by people with one leg.
When other campus organizations ask to team with CAB, they are shot down.
For example, ROC-TV wanted to bring a comedic musician to campus earlier in
the semester through CAB. However, CAB's president rejected ROC's proposal
because the artist mentions violence towards his wife in his songs. The CAB
president then goes on to say that CAB will not support any group that has
subject matter like that. Whoa! Could have fooled me. I guess Redman/Method
Man, Ludacris, and Busta Rhymes have been upgraded from complete verbal
diarrhea to spokespeople for Walmart. We all know they sing about flowers
and blue skies. That actually leads me to my next vent. But there is some
screwy stuff going on upstairs in the CAB office in Heth Hall. I think
someone should check into it.
Really, stop bullcrapping me and the rest of this campus. How is the big
Radford concert chosen each year? It cannot be by the students. I have a
strong feeling it is by no one but the few who actually join and run the CAB
organization. They claim the campus has a say...my ass. I am sure they will,
without a doubt, say that they had a booth at Club Fair and that they put a
pathetic, not even three day long poll at the Heth info desk that they told
no one about. But does anyone ever notice on the poll they always ask what
artist you would be most interested in seeing? I would love to see U2,
Rolling Stones, Guns and Roses, or Kiss, but you know they cost a pretty
penny and there is no way in hell. I could put any band on a poll like that
and get away with it. Maybe they should list the bands that they are
considering, rather than getting our hopes up us with this survey. Four
years of the same crap is not a variety. Finally, why has the voting for the
bands not gone online like the SGA elections? We have had the technology and
capability to do that for years, but every year they throw an excuse at the
students. Anyone else wonder this? I guess they can't stuff the box then. Oh
well.
Change of subject: since when should the SGA have any say in how much
money any student organization gets? Believe it or not, SGA is made up of
normal, everyday students like you and me who are pretending to be actual
politicians. I find it very odd that the SGA has a say on money matters at
all when it comes to any organization other than their own. They have no
idea what it takes to run an internet magazine, a lacrosse team, or a
religious organization. Someday, they might cut a little too much from an
organization; it might even be yours. Ask them why they have that right.
My next request is to have someone look into that new stadium they built
near Dedmon. Gee, that multi-million dollar stadium looks great around the
track, but when is it ever going to be filled to it's to max capacity? Do we
even have enough students on campus? How many of you have actually gone to
watch a track meet or soccer game? Anyone? Do you even care? They can build
a stadium, but they can't even give us our report cards on paper anymore.
Finally, this goes out to the ladies of Radford University. Not all of you
are guilty of this, but there are a lot of you. Listen to the words of this
prophet. The 60s and 70s showed the female sex burning bras, raising hell,
and demanding equal rights and respect for women. That was awesome. However,
about 43 years later, more or less, here at RU we find the female sex
putting themselves back in the stone age. Wearing nearly nothing on winter
nights, getting smash drunk multiple times during the week, dating complete
jerks, wearing too much makeup, and wearing those stupid shorts with words
on your asses. You yell and scream about being treated like pieces of meat.
Well then respect yourselves. I am all for looking good, but you don't have
to be naked or act like your statistics class is the prom. If you respect
yourself, we will respect you.
I do hope this vent article and the other articles I wrote this year have
touched you or someone you know. Will my vents make a difference? That is up
to you guys now. I retire from the Vent section knowing that I have spoken
honestly and freely. Special thanks to the Vent Section managers Jeff Davis
and Nick Pietron for letting me get the word out. You guys kick ass.
Remember everyone, raise hell if you see the dark cloud of corruption over
your head. Good luck and good bye.
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Andrew Kinback likes horror movies and heavy metal. He's cool.
Responses:
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Name: Justin
Comments:
I know people on the CAB executive board and they have admitted to “stuffing” the ballet box for the spring concert. Someone needs to stand up to that crap and put the vote online!
Name: Bryan
Year: Sophomore
Comments:
Yeah, they say you vote for the big concert in Heth, I'm in Heth all the time and I have no idea where the ballot box is! Not to mention I don't know a single person who has voted in the past 2 years.
Name: Nick
Comments:
Shaggy, I am touched. You are the most emotionally moving cracker I know! Your articles will be greatly missed.
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