THE VOLUME 90 | ISSUE XIX
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MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017
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Don catering a hot topic at parliament Angelina Denomme Anchor Editor
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pivotal resolution for student organizations and clubs on campus was introduced and passed in Student Government Parliament last Wednesday.
The “Student Organization Food Service” resolution asks that Rhode Island College not restrict student organizations to only purchasing food from College Dining Services for on-campus events. It was drafted with the understanding that faculty and students are required to purchase their catering solely through the oncampus CDS. During discussion, however, Dean of Students Dr. Scott Kane
made it apparent that there is, in fact, no written college policy by which this rule is established. This remark caused a significant amount of confusion and frustration among the member of parliament, as nearly all had long been under the impression that a club’s failure to follow this guideline could result in repercussions from the administration. This belief had apparently arisen due to a line in the Event Management System terms of use which states, “All food and beverage service must be provided by College Dining Services.” As such, Dr. Kane’s clarification that this was merely a “convention or
unwritten protocol” from ten years ago which “sort of became more formalized” in the EMS terms came as an unwelcome surprise to many in attendance.
Parliament members argued that forcing clubs to purchase food solely from the CDS causes many logistical and financial issues within these clubs, and some were incensed that so many student organizations have felt obligated to base their event catering on this policy—particularly if it is not even a rule which can be enforced. Student Community Government Secretary Lauri Cepeda, who initially put forth the resolution, expressed serious concerns, saying, “We’ve had
organizations scramble to reallocate funds when they’ve gotten their bills in from Donovan.”
“It’s not fair, and it’s not sustainable,” said Alumni Representative Nick Lima, after giving another example of the notoriously high prices of CDS catering. “It’s not in the best interest of the students for ten or fifteen or twenty percent of the student activity fee to be turned around and fed back into an auxiliary [like CDS] … That’s not why the student activity fee exists.” Dr. Kane came to the defense of the CDS, saying, “There’s a lot of policies that the college has that are not written down, but they are sort of the past practice and have, for all intents and
purposes, become policy.”
SCG Vice President Taylor Dame offered a strong rebuke in response.
“I find it very strange that the college has a whole bunch of policies that aren’t written down,” Dame said. “It’s pathetic, honestly. That’s no way to run an institution … Perhaps we could nudge the college into acting like a professional institution and writing down their policies.” The resolution, which passed by unanimous vote—save for Dr. Kane who abstained—will now be given to President Frank Sanchez as a demonstration of the student body’s position on this issue.
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