Andrew Casso
I’m running for President of College Council (CC) to help students save on textbooks. CC currently possesses $200,000 in savings, plus $130,000 allocated to the Executive Board and over $400,000 preserved for club operations and programming.
While preserving the funds specifically allocated to student organizations, I will reprioritize surplus spending to create a new “Student Savings Account.” After $100,000 is saved, CC will distribute Barnes & Noble vouchers to all Emory undergraduates to spend at the bookstore and use its massive purchasing power to negotiate low prices. For example, if we collectively spend a total of $100,000 on vouchers, this would bring so much profit to B&N that they would have an incentive to give back an even greater sum – say $130,000 in returns. Students who purchase their textbooks online will be eligible to apply for Eagle Dollars in substitution. As President, my priority will be putting students first!
The Emory Wheel was founded in 1919 and is currently the only independent, student-run newspaper of Emory University. The Wheel publishes weekly on Wednesdays during the academic year, except during University holidays and scheduled publication intermissions.
The Wheel is financially and editorially independent from the University. All of its content is generated by the Wheel’s more than 100 student staff members and contributing writers, and its printing costs are covered by profits from self-generated advertising sales.
This is ridiculous.