Tonight the Government of the Student Body will decide whether to take the Veishea pledge for its third year in a row.

But this year GSB’s commitment to refrain from drinking alcohol on Veishea weekend may not be approved as congenially as in years past.

Two resolutions that would reaffirm the pledge are on the senate’s agenda for the meeting, one of which includes a stab at the ultimatum the administration offered students in 1997: If GSB and other campus organizations do not go along with an alcohol-free Veishea, the celebration will be terminated.

While senators say they support a “safe and alcohol-free” Veishea celebration, some do not like the way the administration brought about the policy.

“The GSB acknowledges the positive effect a safe and alcohol-free Veishea has had on the celebration as a whole,” according to the resolution, written by senators Luke DeKoster, RCA, Andrew Tofilon, LAS, T.J. Schneider, RCA, and Stephen Medanic, LAS.

However, “GSB feels that the conception, approval and implementation of a safe and alcohol-free Veishea has owed more to the Iowa State administration’s wishes than to students’ decisions,” the resolution continues. “GSB objects to the way the administration has issued, either explicitly or implicitly, an ultimatum to the GSB and other campus organizations that continuation of the Veishea celebration is contingent on the approval of the GSB and other campus organizations.”

This resolution is a positive step toward expressing to the administration that students do not approve of the Veishea ultimatum.

But it does not express strongly enough the students’ discontent with the way Veishea became alcohol-free.

Students never had the opportunity to provide enough input two years ago, and no, having the various governing bodies across campus vote on the pledge is not enough input.

All students should stand up for themselves now to let the administration know students are disappointed for being treated like children.

Administrators such as ISU President Martin Jischke are expected to be at tonight’s meeting to hear student arguments against the ultimatum and its implications that students are irresponsible and can’t save Veishea on their own.

If GSB won’t refuse to affirm the Veishea pledge because of the way students have been treated, then they should at the very least vote in favor of Senate Resolution #99-007R, and students should show their support and voice their frustrations by contacting their GSB representatives and encouraging them to vote for the bill as well.