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Recap: On Sunday, July 24, 2011, the PCOM student council held a talent show to benefit the American Cancer Society. Prior to this, I expressed my opinion as to how, based on the way things were run at the last show, the 7/24/11 show could be improved. I was criticized by Jason Morris for questioning the way things were run.
So, a week has gone by now and there has been radio silence as to how much was raised for the American Cancer Society. Why is this?
- The Chernuchin Theater, capable of seating 140, sat about 20-25 people that evening. The theater rental was $600, paid for by student council budget funds. At $25-$30 per ticket…well, you can do the math. Keep in mind that about HALF of the audience consisted of performers waiting to go onstage .
- There was a heat wave going on (there was a high of 91 and a low of 78 on Sunday) and there was no air conditioning. At $25 per ticket, shouldn’t the basics be covered?
- The show lasted over 3 hours…with no A/C.
Personal musing: The goal of raising money for cancer is, of and in itself, noble. What’s not noble is if the reason behind it is to feed an ego or to falsely raise the stature of PCOM by diverting student council money. Perhaps in the future, rather than using $600 for a theater rental, the money could be spent funding snacks and small goody treat bags for all students prior to midterms, finals and comps.
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