“Let them eat cake” OUSA, 2021
OUSA is proposing to remove the divide between sports and cultural clubs at its upcoming Student General Meeting (SGM). Motion number five on the agenda is “that the Grants Policy be expanded to include some grants for food”.
Academic and cultural clubs are pissed about the current policy, which allows a lot of funding for sports equipment, but no funding for food or social events.
Shaan Kumar, the President of the Otago Asian Law Students Association (OALSA), said that
“the current exclusion of food-related grants ignores the fact that food isn t always just some meaningless add-on to attract people to an event; it s often of cultural and customary significance that is central to the cultures the clubs represent.”