Vis Lupi Est Grex

Some would argue it is not because people find the law inconvenient. I believe there are several very plain examples of where this is the case:

    • Eli Reilly and the budget,
    • Jeff Champagne, Sarah Ragsdale, and Eli Reilly with a bookswap,
    • Priscilla Acosta and Gracie Geremia with posting locations,
    • Making sure minutes (more generally records of the association) are up to date (e.g., minutes, reports, legislative history).

However, if you disagree with me that the above alleged violations occurred because it was too difficult or too burdensome to follow the law, then I would ask that you prove violations don’t occur for the second reason.

But, let me take the argument from the side of those who say that the people violating the law are people who just want to do good (ignoring the resume whores), and they haven't gotten their heads around all the laws and rules (you’ll notice that this argument puts violators in my second category).  

OK. That's fine. Vis Lupi, among others, exists partly to point out the failures we are aware of. Often, the individuals targeted admit the mistake. Sometimes they don't.

Sometimes they stonewall. Sometimes they ignore the point. Sometimes they indicate we should go fuck ourselves.

But if we aren't saying, you can't do this. Or look at this law please. Or are you aware of this? Who will? If you believe one of our contributors, ASUN committed an act of age discrimination while an advisor was in the room (and even if it wasn’t illegal it was definitely poor practice). Corinna Cohn has filed 11+ lawsuits alleging violations of the law. Obviously there is a failure in the system. I've spoken to close to a dozen senators over the past two years who believe their advising was inadequate (including two incumbents this year). Part of the mission of this blog, as it has evolved, is to attempt to fill a serious performance deficiency on the part of the advisors.

To make my argument very clear: you don’t get to argue these people are trying to learn and then say we are petty for trying to help them learn.

On a side issue. I’ve personally spoken to both Speaker Geremia and Senator Hostmeyer about some of the issues this blog has brought up. I laid out a very clear strategy, to both of them, for addressing many of the minor points that both Vis Lupi and Corinna have raised. I set up a meeting between Corinna and Gracie in hopes of trying to establish a rapport, with the goal a mutually agreeable resolution to many of Corinna’s complaints. Nothing was done about the complaints. So, to make another thing clear: the authors of this blog have talked to people and have suggested solutions and have been ignored.