Quidditch Gets 98% of 2010 Activities Money

The SGA Finance Committee announced today that they have allocated over $700,000 of student activites fee (SAF) money to the Middlebury Quidditch Club. This allocation comes at the expense of all MCAB concert and club sport funding. President and High Commissioner of Quidditch Alex Benepe ’09 remarked, “Water Polo and Rugby players will be put to good use on Quidditch teams. In fact, we will be rolling out underwater Quidditch in November next year.” MCAB Concerts Chair Hank Rosen ’09 was disappointed in the decision, “Quidditch is still a fringe movement on campus!”

The extra money will be put toward research and development to create brooms that can actually fly. According to President of the College Ron Liebowitz, an anoymous donor (JK Rowling) has donated funds for the construction of a Quidditch stadium to be located on top of the Organic Garden. Quidditch players will be able to help harvest organic carrots before each of the games.