Anyone can afford to be generous when they aren’t giving away their own money.

GSB executives gave away our money to an organization that was rejected for funding by our GSB Senate.

In Tuesday’s Daily, it was stated that Burkhardt and White set aside their own money in a George Washington Carver special projects account to assist groups with worthy causes.

I was amazed at the benevolence of the GSB executives until I realized that this money was initially set aside for their tuition expenses.

The tuitions of the GSB president, vice president and finance director are financed entirely by the GSB.

This money comes from the student fees that every student is required to pay.

This amount is large because it is set aside before the spring elections before the residency status of the next year’s executives is known.

Because Burkhardt and White are on full scholarships, they are unable to accept the money. A former GSB executive was impeached for trying to accept tuition money from GSB while receiving a scholarship elsewhere.

The story the Daily published was misleading and so was Burkhardt when he addressed the Senate with his intentions for the GWC special projects account.

In Burkhardt’s first act of charity, he approached the Panhellenic Council, which was earlier turned away by the senate, and offered them funding from this account. I can’t think of any easier way to buy students’ votes.

I thought it strange that I hadn’t yet heard the word “impeachment” out of GSB, but I think it’s coming soon. The GSB Senate is currently under a gag order, and a request for impeachment was introduced at last Wednesday’s senate meeting.

The philanthropy of the executives had been done without any permission from the finance director, the GSB advisor, or even the GSB Senate.

Apparently checks and balances do not apply to Burkhardt who has also been accused of interfering with Finance Committee deliberations.

This is all the news that isn’t fit to print in the Iowa State Daily.

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Rory Flaherty

Senior

Management information systems