PANIC! Budget Cuts Redux~

The list of proposed/finalized (idk?) budget cuts got released yesterday via email. You can find the full report here and the cuts themselves here. Warning: this document is long and kinda boring. I went through and pulled out some interesting cuts.

• The Oxford CMRS Exchange Program has been cut completely. Wonder how Maggie O'Brien will feel about that~
• Most departments lost some money, some more than others
• Larry Vote's summer program (I think this is the program that sends singers to Alba every summer?) got cut from 25k to only 10k.
• Nitze lost a lot (all?) of its money
• Alba-Italy Director position was cut
• Audio-Visual is losing 25k which sounds like a position has been cut
• Faculty Development lost 5k which sounds like a lot less Wine for faculty functions
• Campus Wellness Program has been cut (idk what that is, maybe First Responders Network?)
• They are removing a trash dumpster from PG FUCK THIS BULLSHIT
• River Concert Series is being reduced from 40k to 15k :/ :/ :/ (this was bound to happen eventually)

All of this is from my understanding of the spreadsheet, which may not be 100% accurate because even though I took a lot of accounting classes in high school, I never really understood it (we just shared our classwork via email, shoutout to B.A.T. c/o 2007 go Mavericks~) so I probably made some mistakes/have some misconceptions.

So there you have it, lots of cuts. I think International Education got his the hardest? Wonder how students will react~

ATTN: Blocks Running Low!

It's the end of the semester, so y'all know what that means: balances on your ~*OneCards*~ are running low. You may be saluting/harassing/begging your resident first year or large meal planned friend to swipe you in. You may even be hitting on bros or biddies in exchange for a swipe (via it's nothing personal bb, it's just business). Hopefully y'all will figure out a way to get your nom on without reverting to ramen for the next 2-3 weeks. 

I feel like the best way to run out of your OneCard balance is to have nothin' but 69. It shows that you're wild and fun and experimental and probably go crazy in the great room (via 69) but also that you probably had a good amount of blocks to begin with. Or you just gave up on great room food early in and just lived off of cheese and crackers (meal of choice). Also that you are a ~reflective student~ as, look! No pay for print left! You probably used all of that on research papers and the HOMEWORK you do! How very honors college of you, 69er!

If you find yourself with an empty OneCard then that probably really sucks. The best way to combat this is to trade beer, cigarettes, friendship, small animals, children, or even your grandparents for a swipe or two. It usually works. You will be fed, and isn't that the only thing that counts?