Most ridiculous item of the weekend
“MEDIA ADVISORY: Gillingham, Beato oppose rescheduling of SEAC party” read my one unread Gmail sitting in my inbox this afternoon. The full text of the press release reads below:
WILLIAMSBURG, VA - Student Assembly Senators Matt Beato ‘09 and Ross Gillingham ‘10 announced their opposition to the rescheduling of the Student Environmental Action Coalition’s planned party at [ ... ]. The cancellation comes as several other campus organizations have been cancelling parties because of fear of Tropical Storm Hanna, despite the fact that Hanna is only scheduled to be over Williamsburg this afternoon and had little effects last night and will have little effects tonight.
“I am disgusted with the disgraceful, short-sighted actions of campus groups such as Kappa Delta Rho and, now, the Student Environmental Action Coalition, who have cancelled parties out of fear and not out of facts,” Beato said. “If they looked at the facts, they would see that Hanna would have little effect during prime-partygoing hours.”
“This is ridiculous,” said Gillingham. “The SEAC party could have been a relaxful way to unwind from what has been a long week for many of us. Instead, SEAC chose to cave into fear, something I have believed in whether it is opposing fear-mongers like Rudy Giuliani or opposing SEACers who act without first checking the facts.
Gillingham and Beato are both members of the Student Assembly Senate, the campus’s primary advocacy organization for general concerns of the student body. Beato’s career in the Senate has been distinguished by pushing aggressive financial reform, internal reform, judicial and Honor policy reform, and reform of city policies, the latter of which culminated in an ultimately unsuccessful run for Williamsburg City Council in May 2008. Gillingham has had a strong start to his term in the Student Assembly Senate as Chairman of the Student Life Committee after winning a high percentage of the vote and has been mentioned as a contender for the vacant SA Vice Presidential seat.
Cheers to Matt Beato for my most ridiculous item of the weekend.
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This is satire, in case it wasn’t clear. I have nothing but love for KDR and SEAC.
“relaxful”??
really?
That’s what I said.
He made up my quote I wouldn’t have actually said relaxful. He did try to make it sound like me though.
I wrote it in 5 minutes…it includes typos and such. Forgive me.
I’d like to note the time stamps on Ross and Beato’s posts!
Also, I’d like to nominate Matt Beato’s drunken voicemails as the most ridiculous item(s) of the week(end). I love you, Matt Beato.
Dear Mr. Beato,
The only thing ridiculous in your blog and rant is your line of thinking. Your comments about our organization at the College of William and Mary are far off the mark. They take the safey of their guests very seriously and always remain to keep honor first.
Even if this is a joke it is in very poor taste to post something like this in a public forum.
Joseph,
I sent this out as a private email never intending to see it online. It was Nick’s decision to post this publicly. It is satire and a joke, therefore I didn’t mean the comments about either organization.
Though I didn’t actually write any of this email I would like to apologize to anyone offended by it, because my name is on it. Matt told me it was meant to be satire, but as a fraternity man and friends with many in KDR and someone who often goes to SEAC meetings, I obviously appreciate both of the organizations mentioned in this email and hope no harm was done. So that’s all. Peace.
As someone who counted on strong support from KDR and SEAC in all of my campaigns I also obviously appreciate both of the organizations mentioned herein and hope no harm was done as well.
I heart SEAC
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