The ASUO has made some pretty big mistakes in the past, but the malignant and continuous attempts by the ASUO to pull the wool over the eyes of their student constituents marks an all-time low. Students who care about how their money is being spent by elected representatives should call, e-mail, kick and scream until the ASUO sits up and pays attention; right now they have every reason to believe that the student body just doesn’t care.
As reporters dig further, more and more issues are beginning to surface. Student Senator Toby Hill-Meyer has told the Emerald that there was a strong possibility alcohol was transported in a state-owned vehicle. The Green Tape Notebook states that a violation of the state guidelines for use of state-owned vehicles could allow the ASUO president to revoke the group’s use of the motor pool, and President Adam Petkun should do just that.
Additionally, sources from within the ASUO have said that the alcohol policy was not made clear prior to the retreat. But ASUO Accounting Coordinator and retreat director Jennifer Creighton-Neiwert has denied the claim that there was an implied acceptance of drinking.
Whether the drinking was condoned or not, it is a gross oversight for the ASUO to not have formed proper policy before it spent student money on a retreat. Creighton-Neiwert has also said that the ASUO doesn’t have rules and regulations regarding what goes on at the retreats, but that in the future this will be a factor to be considered.
Our officials cannot be trusted to be caretakers of our hard-earned money. Although the ASUO craves the respectability of a large-scale turnout for its election, the members’ relentlessly immature actions prove they don’t deserve to be treated as serious politicians — or as adults for that matter.

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