{"id":6186,"date":"2023-04-19T11:35:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T16:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/?p=6186"},"modified":"2023-04-19T11:35:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T16:35:57","slug":"powerful-new-usg-administration-to-spend-130-of-budget-on-feeding-self-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/19\/powerful-new-usg-administration-to-spend-130-of-budget-on-feeding-self-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful! New USG Administration to Spend 130% of Budget on Feeding Self Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">REYNOLDS CLUB \u2014 USG\u2019s newly elected executive ticket unveiled a daring and ambitious plan Friday to feed all USG employees one weekly four-course <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prix fixe <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meal from a top Chicago restaurant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funding for the program will come directly from the Student Services fee, which funds USG\u2019s $2 million budget. \u201cWe believe this is the most ambitious embezzlement program in the history of UChicago,\u201d the statement announcing the program read, \u201cand we couldn\u2019t be prouder.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor too long, UChicago\u2019s impoverished student government leaders have been merely well-fed, receiving weekly catering from several of Hyde Park\u2019s businesses,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cThat standard of living is unacceptable. This policy shows that not only is USG as a unit better than that, we are better than <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student Government Finance Committee officials, gorging on Alinea, expressed their support for the new policy, calling it the \u201cnatural extension of our quest to deny RSOs as much money in Annual Allocations as possible.\u201d One SGFC staffer noted that \u201cbackwater\u201d RSOs spend \u201chundreds upon hundreds\u201d of dollars a year on \u201cstuff I don\u2019t get to use personally.\u201d Another staffer added, \u201cWe really deserve this. We work hard. Only $160,000 mysteriously vanished from our budget last year. That\u2019s a new record low!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student organizations are already feeling the pain of the impending budget cuts. Third-year Mae Medsoon, president of juggling club J.E.L.L.Y., reported concerns about SGFC refusing to fund the club\u2019s essential \u201cchainsaw insurance\u201d in Annual Allocations. Leaders of the UChicago American Red Cross stated they expected to run out of money to fund blood drives as early as October, and called on club members to \u201csell their blood for a little while instead of donating it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early reports from within USG are calling the program a smashing success. \u201cThe wagyu beef from last night was delicious.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe really deserve this. We work hard. Only $160,000 mysteriously vanished from our budget last year. 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