Of late, this editorial board has been fairly critical of the Carolina Union Activities Board, and unfortunately our frustration continues.
To add insult to the injuries of the lack of a Homecoming concert and Chase Rice for Spring Jubilee, CUAB has declined to pursue the Comedy Festival for the second year in a row, despite alumni backlash.
At some point, we have to stop and contemplate the innerworkings of CUAB.
We wonder, how has CUAB been spending their “multi-hundred thousand dollar budget,” and how do we hold CUAB accountable for handling part of the fifth largest chunk of our student fees ($72.45 per student, per semester) in a way that we do not necessarily approve?
Sure, we appreciate “Treat Yo Self Thursday.” Who doesn’t love a good (and free) cupcake?
But we must ask, is CUAB spending a lot of its budget on cupcakes, instead of laugh-out-loud comedy festivals and killer concerts? And if so, how do we change this system?
We recommend that CUAB restructure its committees.
Currently, CUAB committees are organized around the buildings or areas of campus which they serve, but we think it would be better if CUAB restructured to have committees focused directly on the programming events that they are tasked to put on.
This way, CUAB committee members can be focused on the things that our student fees should go to: events that students really care about, not just cupcakes and snow cones.
