Ron Paul event raises some concerns

Did anyone notice anything strange at the Ron Paul speech Monday night?

Although I appreciate Accent for bringing the former congressman to UF, I am a little concerned about the way the event was structured.

I admit that I havent attended too many Accent events during my time at UF, being a graduate student and all, and Ive never attended one in the Stephen C. OConnell Center.

However, I have a few questions I would like to ask Accent about this event.

Whats up with the exclusivity?

There was plenty of room for more chairs on the floor of the OConnell Center, yet it seemed only members of Accent, Student Government and what I assume was Florida Blue Key sat at ground-level for the event.

Yes, because Accent sponsored the event, they should have had seats closer to Paul. But its not like they worked extremely hard to raise all of the money necessary to bring him to UF we paid the fees Accent used to pay Paul to come.

They could have fit at least 50 to 100 more chairs on the floor instead of making all of us lowly, regular (unconnected) students sit in the stands. Of course, not everyone would be able to sit on the floor for the event, but it should have been first come, first served.

Admittedly, I probably would not have been able to sit on the floor given the time I arrived, but I would have rather seen more enthusiastic students who actually wanted to see Paul speak seated there.

Instead, many of the students sitting on the floor appeared to be disinterested in what the speaker had to say. A few even left before the Q-and-A portion of the event.

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