Daily Orange: November 1994 [exact date currently unknown]
It's those little letters to the editor that make the D.O. worth reading, right? I'm responding to a letter printed on Oct. 25th by Aaron "Bob" Propes.
I am an SGA assembly member. I was on the same assembly that allocated "Bob" $30. Congratulation "Bob, you got lucky. I voted against your contingency and I would do it again. As a matter of fact, Aaron, you were not there. You got lucky again. But then, maybe it was "Bob" who was there for you.
President LaPlace didn't abuse her power by trying to veto your contingency. If anything, it is you abusing the system with this organization that is not about a major, religion, culture, or fraternity. Maybe its me but I know "Bob" does not promote diversity. Plus there is this one burning question plaguing me. Who is "Bob?" I must be going crazy to even write an article about a fictional character who has more money than me.
I had addressed the assembly after giving "Bob" or "Aaron" (whoever) the $30. I told them that it made no sense that we gave "him" money because I can go our and make an organization entitled "Campus Crusde for Me." In fact I'm going to do that and get $30 so I can make copies of my resume. CSA received no funding that day but "Bob" did, that was ridiculous.
"Bob" did win his funding. But I'm starting to wonder if "Bob" is Aaron or if Aaron is "Bob." In any case "Campus Crusade for Bob" is a mockery of the student fee and what the student fee represents. Try again Aaron, we'll see what happens.
Anthony Otero
Public Relations Chairman
Subject: Campus Crusade for "Bob" news
From: alpropes@rodan.syr.edu (Aaron L. Propes)
Background: SU's Student Government Assoc. voted with only four nays (30+ affirmative) Campus Crusade for "Bob" meager $30 budget (we origionally asked for about $1500, reduced because this is a new organization on campus).
However, Seana LaPlace, SGA President, vetoed the budget (something not done for at least three previous Presidents) calling it (twice) a, "mockery of the system," and (paraphrase), "if I wanted to start Campus Crusade for Seana I could and have $30 to spend as I wanted."
Needless to say, being an organization of extrimists, I (and at least one other, but so far I'm the only one that was published) took to The Daily Orange's Editorial Pages. SGA did respond Tuesday, taking out a full-page ad in the D.O.
What follows is the portion of this that attacks CC"B". Note that this "advertisement", which calls our $30 budget a "waste of the student fee" used FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLARS of student fee money. *** [my comments will be in brackets] [In italics! -- Modemac]
It's those little letters to the editor that make the D.O. worth reading, right? [Oh, look! They're being cute by imitation my style!] I'm responding to a letter printed on Oct. 25th by Aaron "Bob" Propes. [No, I'm only a Minion of "Bob" - I'm not worth to be J.R. "Bob" Dobbs.]
I am an SGA assembly member. I was on the same assembly that allocated "Bob" $30. Congratulation "Bob, you got lucky [sic]. I voted against your contingency [only one of four people] and I would do it again. As a matter of fact, Aaron, you were not there [no shit- SGA was running an hour late, and I had another meeting to go to. Perhaps they should listen when two of the four organization up for hearings that night asked to be moved to next week because they were running so late]. You got lucky again. But then, maybe it was "Bob" who was there for you [Praise "Bob"!].
President LaPlace didn't abuse her power by trying to veto your contingency. If anything, it is you abusing the system with this organization [if I REALLY wanted to abuse the system, I'd slide $4000 through the assembly with noone realizing it until it was too late] that is not about a major, religion, culture, or fraternity [it's for the culture of ABNORMALITY, you pin-head]. Maybe its me but I know "Bob" does not promote diversity [you got that one right- except the diversity in how we cook you non-entities]. Plus there is this one burning question plaguing me. Who is "Bob?" [I've gone through this many times, I'll spare you the rant, here] I must be going crazy to even write an article about a fictional [blashphmer! Stone him! Stone him!] character who has more money than me [got that right, Pink-Boy].
I had addressed the assembly after giving "Bob" or "Aaron" (whoever) [oh, boy! He's trying to be cute again!] the $30. I told them that it made no sense that we gave "him" money because I can go our and make an organization entitled "Campus Crusde for Me." [why don't you do that-- but it won't work because we have "Bob" and you don't] In fact I'm going to do that and get $30 so I can make copies of my resume [oh, what else shall we expect from you?]. CSA received no funding that day but "Bob" did, that was ridiculous [no, what's ridiculous is that your get $420 to pay for something you could do for FREE and call CC"B" a waste of money!].
"Bob" did win his funding. But I'm starting to wonder if "Bob" is Aaron or if Aaron is "Bob" [neither, just one of his footsoldiers]. In any case "Campus Crusade for Bob" [sic] is a mockery of the student fee [is there rules against that? Nope] and what the student fee represents [raises for everybody, then!]. Try again Aaron, we'll see what happens [you bet! See ya next semester when we try to have it reconsidered!]
Anthony Otero
Public Relations Chairman
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Brother Aaron Propes
Campus Crusade for "Bob"
[Reply posted to alt.slack by Modemac]
Now THIS is Slack in action! You've put "Bob's" name into the newspaper, and you ticked off those mind-slaves to the Conspiracy who are actually dumb enough to believe that student government on campus MEANS something, other than the school saying "Let's give these kids a place where they can pretend to be politicians - that way they can grow up to be real politicians, just like us."