Upcoming Etiquette Dinner

On January 8, Senators Whitling and Morgan proposed Bill 17.034 to allocate $2850 for an Etiquette Dinner by the Career Services to be held March 27.

The intent of this event is to "increase all students' successful transition into the professional world." However, in Sec. 3, funding for the Dinner is based on 64 people attending at a cost of $25 per person.

I find it interesting that while I can go out to a dinner at a nice restaurant with one other person and eat a generous meal for about $25 to cover both dinners. I understand that this is a modest comparison. However, if this meal is supposed to be for all students - particularly those who are graduating this May - then it would seem that only 64 people out of the many students graduating are benefiting from this Etiquette Dinner.

Other costs associated with the Dinner include $200 for printing 64 ettiquette books, $500 for the Etiquette Speaker, and $550 for tables, linen, and silverware.

Obviously these costs are fixed by each of the groups providing individual services for the Dinner. I think it would seem more fair if the fixed costs were spread over a larger group of attendees and thus benefit more of the graduating class.

Official details of Bill 17.034 were published January 28 in the VanCougar. Source documentation may be obtained at the Office of Student Involvement.