President Roth apparently lifted the Eclectic social event hosting ban last night.
The Eclectic society is on probation for the rest of the year and Reslife penalties will remain, but as far as we can tell the previously canceled shows once again have a venue and the Sound Co-op is back in action.
Good decision! More details [...]
The “Overturn Eclectic Housing Restriction” online petition is now closed after having received 721 signatures. Here’s a message from Eclectic:
Thank you so much for your support.Unfortunately, due to spam, the petition is now closed. We strongly urge you to contact Assistant Director of Student Affairs Scott Backer (sbacker@wes) or President Michael Roth (mroth@wes) to vocalize [...]
March 23, 2009 – 12:49 PM
Eclectic has posted an open letter to the Wesleyan community on their website.
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Open Letter from Eclectic:
First, we want to thank you for your support so far. There are almost 700 signatures on the petition to overturn the House Hosting Ban. Musicians, event organizers, WSA members, faculty, enthusiastic students, and alums have [...]
March 23, 2009 – 10:39 AM
This post is a call for information about anybody who is losing student group money due to contracting issues and the Eclectic House Hosting Restriction.
There has been a severe lack of balanced information regarding this whole controversy; the only public statements are being issued by members of the Eclectic society, while the SJB are most [...]
This is its letter to the student body in full:
In light of the decisions made by Scott Backer and the SJB, and the subsequent appeal that was denied by Michael Roth (read here: wesleying.blogspot.com/2009/03/sjb-shuts-down-all-eclectic-events-for.html), I have decided that the Wesleyan Sound Cooperative will cease functioning as of Sunday March 29th until the Eclectic event-hosting ban [...]
So probably the most contentious thing about Eclectic being banned from hosting any more events this semester is that one exception in particular was made: a concert on WesFest weekend.
From the WesFest event catalogue:
09:00 PM – 01:00 AM
Alumni Music Extravaganza ft. Francis and the Lights, Das Racist, Acrylics, and See/Saw!
This will be a dance party [...]
An online petition to lift the ban on social events at Eclectic is up. Here’s what you’re signing for:
The Eclectic Society has recently been informed by Scott Backer and the Student Judicial Board that all events, lectures, gatherings, and shows taking place at 200 High St. this semester – including those already scheduled – must [...]
Wesleying just received the following e-mail from Alex Chaves ‘12 on behalf of Eclectic Society:
Recently Scott Backer and the Student Judicial Board has informed the Eclectic Society that all events, lectures, gatherings, and shows will be canceled and prohibited at Eclectic due to a “House Hosting Restriction” through April 30th, with the exception of the [...]
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