I read Sam Wong’s March 26 column, “Organizations funded by students, not GSB,” and I think it was the first time I agreed with one of his columns.

I would say that I tolerate the Government of the Student Body, but lately I have been getting sick of hearing about their so called “investigations.”

I am also sick of their whining.

I will admit there are probably some GSB senators who do work for the students, but from what we hear about the GSB doing, you wouldn’t know it.

The Government of Student Body sits around and plays “Government.”

If they all want to be congressmen or senators, I guess they’re on the right track.

Because all the GSB is doing is sitting around talking about pointless issues that have nothing to do with your average student and wasting our money.

I have been at Iowa State four years, and I cannot think of one thing the GSB has done for me.

There are a few notable things they do, but in general the Government of Student Body is not looking out for your average ISU student.

This whole issue about fining the Daily for not including “funded by GSB” on their posters.

My big problem is WHO CARES IF IT’S PRINTED THERE OR NOT????

What difference does it make?

Sam Wong makes an excellent point in that it is not really the GSB’s money anyway, but yours and mine.

Since the GSB thinks it can fine or refuse to fund groups that do not include this sacred “Funded by the GSB” message on their posters, I think that you and I should be able to refuse to fund GSB.

That’s right, I want to pay the rest of my tuition and all my other fees, but I don’t want to pay a single penny to GSB.

Why? Because GSB does not include the message “Funded by the students of Iowa State.”

Because they do not acknowledge the students who give them their funding and make what they want to do possible.

This sounds ridiculous; I can’t pay my tuition and refuse to give some of that money to GSB. In the same token, GSB should not be able to refuse to fund a group or penalize it because they do not include the magic words on their flyers.

GROW UP, SENATORS!

You wonder why students are don’t vote, you wonder why there is apathy all over campus?

It’s because of the crap like this that you waste time, and our money, on.

And because a lot of students don’t see any results that benefit us.

If you want students to vote, work on issues that affect students’ everyday lives, not whether the toilet paper in the Memorial Union has “funded by the GSB” printed on each square.

Remember that your job is to serve the students, not to bother us with your internal problems.

Chris Kukla

Senior

Community and regional planning