By: Goose

Goose
Sun, 23 Nov 2014 02:59:17 +0000

Once again the university produces services unrelated to the direct needs of the students. As many are now matriculating with crippling debt, I see it ridiculous that the various departments spend money on restricting access and providing excess services. The money doesn’t come from “the Office of Student Life, the Department of Public Safety and Facilities and Operations Development,”; it comes from you, the student. Like the program funding of the many student organizations, the “free” condoms, and the Undergraduate Student Government, The Jump is the epiphany of wasteful expenditure without student say.

Yes, the Jump is prone to some medical assistance being needed, but fencing and moving students through the event like cattle doesn’t help those who will need that medical attention. Furthermore, why do the police and security personnel need to take over this portion of campus. These are college students, not rioters. How does the USG or the university regulate an unsanctioned event? This seems like some bureaucrats and high officials want to display power.

The Jump is a tradition that arises out of spontaneous order and does not need any decrees from any officials or student government to function. If they want to support the event, they can provide a first aid team rather than a police force with a fence.