In Conversation with Michelle Alexander

February 28 7:00 - 8:30 PM

Graham Chapel Reception immediately following

Also featuring: Prof. Fannie Bialek

Please register at rap.wustl.edu recent legalization of marijuana. In terms of it becoming legal at the federal level, he responded that “It’s a fool’s mission to try and predict what the U.S. Congress is going to do.” He believes that, given the filibuster rule in the Senate and other laws, it is unlikely that marijuana will become recreationally legal in the near future.

Six different students said that state-wide legalization would likely have no significant impact on who is currently smoking. Student Y, a senior, said that he “[sees the decision] being more impactful for the city at large.” He described how students are “incredibly privileged” and face “virtually zero consequences” when they smoke marijuana on campus. Four different students, however, said that the legalization of marijuana will make things more convenient and safer. “I feel like people will always find a way to get something if they want it. So, by legalizing weed, it makes it way easier,”

Student G, a WashU senior, said. Student E, another senior, said that “making [marijuana] illegal makes it easier to get in a more dangerous way — and since people want to do it anyway, making it legal is a good move [because it would be safer].”

VanDyke said that legalizing weed will make him a lot less anxious when smoking in public.

Multiple students expressed that they are hopeful of the impacts that the decriminalization of marijuana will have

TREASURY from page 1

Constitutional Council

Before the joint session ended, the Constitutional Council explained what they do as the judicial branch of SU and how the other branches can use them as a resource.

Sophomores Andrew de las Salas and Ben Ewer explained in a presentation that the Council has jurisdiction in issues that violate the rules set by the SU constitution. This could include cases involving on incarcerated people. Student E mentioned how “criminalizing [marijuana] just isn’t the answer, and produces harmful results in terms of incarceration.” without that expense, giving Armour $3,664.

Student Y wants to see most substances decriminalized.

“Criminalization is not the answer. It directly harms so many people, and there are different ways to work with communities [while maintaining the] responsible management of substances,” he said.

Editor’s Note: Everyone interviewed for this article is at least 21 years old. Some students chose to remain anonymous.

Sophomore Sadie Karp preempted her question about the hotel costs with an acknowledgement of the changes that the group made before coming back to Treasury.

“Thank you for coming in again and being so detailed, it’s really amazing,” said Karp.

Men’s Ultimate Frisbee much funding to provide. Junior Treasurer Jason Zheng said that since the club representatives were not present at the meeting he felt more comfortable funding for a lower amount than requested. Treasurers instead recommended funding for $3,012, which would include travel expenses and one night of lodging for each team. A motion to fund for the recommended amount was made and passed unanimously.

The final appeal of the meeting was made by both WashU Men’s Ultimate Frisbee teams for hotels and rental cars to attend a tournament in early March. Men’s Ultimate Frisbee is made up of two teams, an A-team and B-team, that have co-treasurers and submit appeals to Treasury together.

Other Appeals

Armour

Treasury meeting on Jan. 24, student-run publication Armour Magazine requested $8,500 for a social event and had their appeal tabled for a later date.

This week, Armour President Lena Bekhiet and Treasurer Gabriella Dorman reappeared to present a new budget request for $3,800.

“We have so many itemizations, details, and prices down to the cent for you guys,” said Dorman.

In order to lower their expenses, Dorman and Bekhiet explained that they chose a less expensive date at the same venue and decreased the amount of reserved time, halving the $6,000 rental fee.

“I will emphasize the places that we cut costs in order, we have significantly chopped the cost,” said Dorman.

Additionally, they lowered the money allocated for decor and cleanup from $1,000 to $300 and cut the $1,000 catering request entirely.

During discussion, multiple Treasurers pressed the group on their decision to have the alumni speaker spend two nights at a hotel, as opposed to one, and eventually decided to approve the request

In a previous treasury team meeting between members of Ultimate Frisbee and the specific treasurers in charge of the appeal, the A-team expressed that they would be comfortable staying in a hotel for just one night (instead of the usual two nights for most tournaments) because this specific tournament, Midwest Throwdown, taking place from March 3-5, will be in Columbia MO, only a two-hour drive away.

Despite the A-team’s willingness to drive up the first day of the tournament, the amount requested, $3,912, included one night in a hotel for the A-team but two nights for the B-team.

Treasurers questioned why the B-team was asking for two nights at the hotel while the A-team was asking for one.

There was no representative from either the A-team or B-team present at the meeting, so they could not answer questions. It is worth mentioning that clubs are not required to send representatives for SU Treasury appeals.

At last night’s meeting, Club Women’s Lacrosse and the Asian Christian Fellowship both sent club representatives who were able to answer questions from Treasurers, while the Equestrian Club and Men’s Ultimate did not.

The lack of club representation directly impacted the Treasurers’ decision-making process when determining how

In addition to hearing from Armour and Men’s Ultimate Frisbee, Treasurers heard presentations from the Asian Christian Fellowship to attend the Brosis Banquet, Women’s Club Lacrosse to secure transportation for an upcoming tournament, and the Equestrian Club who requested funding for the upcoming Black Hawk Western Competition. Treasurers voted unanimously to approve funding for all three of those appeals.

The meeting ended with Treasury’s open forum where for the first time this semester, everyone unaffiliated with SU was asked to leave. After the forum concluded, Speaker of the Treasury Mishka Narasimhan said that she had been experimenting with putting the forum at the beginning and ending of meetings, in addition to determining if that time should be open to the public.

Ultimately, Narasimhan decided the time should be private so that treasurers could reflect on decisions made during the meeting. According to the meeting minutes, when junior Treasurer Jason Zheng asked why Open Forum was private, Narasimhan responded that she “doesn’t want constructive criticism to be twisted by StudLife.”

Narasimhan also stated that in past years open forum has been closed. Vice President of Finance Max Roitblat agreed with Narasimhan, in the meeting minutes, adding that making the forum private “depends on speaker enforcement.”