Drag ball nearly canceled

3/13/08

By Andrew R. Koch
Critic Staff

The Campus Activities Board (CAB) has offered their services to the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) group to put on their annual Drag Ball.

With their numbers dwindling, GSA was nearly forced to cancel their annual Drag Ball, easily their most popular event each year. The GSA is still looking to get some of its members to help out with the event, specifically with setting up and breaking down. However, getting members to show up to their meetings has been a problem this semester.

“Last semester, some of our old members dropped out due to personal issues,” said GSA President Khristina Jaborek, adding that one of the former members was about to be placed on academic probation.

Jaborek admits that the group’s meeting time isn’t the most convenient for its members. On Wednesday, only five members showed up to the meeting as they prepared for the most recent Student Government budget meeting later that night.

“We have 30 members. We’re trying to set up a second meeting time during the week so more of our members can attend,” Jaborek said. She also said that some of the group’s members just couldn’t be depended on to attend the meetings.

Jaborek says that the GSA hasn’t received a good name or reputation in the past.

“People don’t really know what it is,” said the club’s advisor, Hope Abarno. She says that a lot of people simply assume that the group is for gays only. It turns out, however, that this isn’t actually the case.

“Most of our members are straight or bi (sexual),” Abarno said.

It is unknown at this time when the Drag Ball will be held.