Comments on: 51 Main vs. The Grille: Got Beef?

By: George

George — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:24:38 +0000

51 main was a huge success last night. Did people go to pub night?

By: Charlie Henschen

Charlie Henschen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:59:44 +0000

Just to correct something in the article: We’re not The Dead Jettsons anymore; we changed our name to Power Owl. Ryan, any way you can amend the article? Thanks,
Charlie

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:18:52 +0000

You pose some good questions, Moe.

You’re right that money comes from different places and in this case, it’s an complicated mix of College funds and Student Activity Fee (SAF) dollars at work. MCAB gets money from both the College (for use programming The Grille) and the SAF (for any student social use). The College cut their contribution to social life funds some last year. And both 51 Main and The Grille try to operate as close to businesses as possible. So the resulting situation then is a bit of jockeying.

But do you really want the administration determining exactly what happens every night for you? Probably not, it’s good to have a diversity of programmers. Steps have been taken in the past few years to increase the amount of coordination and for that we should be thankful. I see this Thursday night as weird new competitive territory, though. For more precise information, contact Doug Adams in the CCAL office.

By: Moe

Moe — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:56:00 +0000

Has anyone in the College Administration considered where the tipping point is that making cuts to programming – whether that be lecture series or pub nights – will considerably change the college experience, especially for people who pony up 51K a year thought they were paying for? And too, regardless of all the cuts. I thought the student fee per semester was strictly used to support stuff like Pub nights and other student stuff not tied in with the rest of the college’s budget. Is that not the case? Are they coming up with new venues and events to replace the reduced number? OR are they simply trying to make the events they do have, better?