Dear Editor,
I am writing in regards to the recent controversy surrounding the Ludacris concert. Some people are calling for the impeachment of SGA. I think many are not giving enough credit to SGA.
Let’s not forget that this is the first time that an event of this magnitude has attempted to be organized. Of course things are not going to go perfectly. The student vote poll for artists to bring was not conducted very well, but I am sure they have learned not to use that method again.
SGA is working for the students, trying to give us something nice for Homecoming. If you do not consider Ludacris nice or someone you want to hear, don’t forget there will be another concert next semester.
We should be thanking SGA for all of their efforts and hard work they have put into this. They were the ones fighting for our student rights at the city commission meeting.
And as for “our money,” yes it did come out of our pockets, but once it is paid to the school it becomes state funds. It is then the SGA’s job to determine how it is spent.
Also, it was not the current officers of SGA that wanted the fee increase, it was the previous officers from last year.
As for Jama Oliver, I find her offensive. Yes we do live in the conservative South, but I believe she is forgetting this is a state school. This is not a private or religious school.
I’m sure she isn’t the only one who finds Ludacris offensive at this school, but where were her cohorts at the city commission meeting?
She is a member of SGA, and I feel like it was a slap in SGA’s face the way she worked against them. She is a shameless rsum builder who belongs at a more conservative religious school.
The minute the religious members of ETSU find something offensive, they write letters and publicly protest and raise a ruckus about it.
Do they ever stop to think other students find their religious rantings offensive? Did they see anyone protesting the religious concert The Well held on the intramural field? I don’t think so! Separation of church and state people!
Maria Costagliola

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