UCF’s Passing of the Gavel Ceremony 2012
Campus Beat, Economy, News, Politics, Tuition, UCF Administration, UCF SGA, You Decide — By Philip Wheeker on April 12, 2012 at 11:54 am TweetUPDATE: According to UCF Communication Coordinator Courtney Gilmartin, SGA has so far spent $8,538.80 on Passing of the Gavel. The money for the event came from the 2011-2012 A&SF budget, specifically the SGA Executive Branch’s administration budget line.
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Last Monday, the Student Union’s Pegasus Ballroom was reserved for an annual event funded by SGA called The Passing of the Gavel.
Every year SGA holds this event, essentially in its own honor, mainly to praise the current student body president’s administration and to formally hand off its powers to the newly elected representatives. Speeches were given and lavish awards and plaques were handed out.
The event planners went all out this year, providing an extravagant four-course meal complete with appetizers, spring salad, main course and cheesecake for dessert. Also, professional DJs and photographers were hired. In fact, guests enjoyed having their portraits taken on the red carpet in the hallway.
According to an SGA senator, the party was accountable for an estimated $8,000 to $10,000 of student dollars. This may be troubling to some, especially when tuition costs are on the rise here at UCF.
However, SGA senators don’t seem to think there is much of a problem with the spending, and enjoyed the ceremony. The same senator from above stated, “I make sure I get the most out of our budget. Sure, I’d like to see the money spent elsewhere, but the money spent on this party is really only a small fraction of SGA’s funding.”
Is this traditional UCF event too expensive for its purposes? You decide, and check back to Knightnews.com for updates on SGA spending.
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2 Comments
Talk to KnightCast before you accuse them of something. They were asked to make a classical playlist and play it, which they did, but half way through they were told by an SGA official to put on something top 40, then they got yelled at for their pick of top 40 (uhh, do they not understand the definition of top 40?), and because of that they had no idea what or when they were supposed to be doing. SGA kept screwing them over and they were just as lost and confused as ever.
Passing of the Gavel happens every year at nearly the same costs. Professional DJ? They hired a guy from Knightcast, who played some inappropriate music a few times and was not consistent with his cues. What exactly was so contreversal about this one?