Upgrades coming to Homecoming after SRA vote

Hoco will be loco this year.

The Student Representative Assembly unanimously approved a $25,000 expense to improve Homecoming at McMaster. The $25k is a part of a $226,000 budget that includes contributions from other campus groups like McMaster Alumni and McMaster Association of Part-Time Students.

The main features include two concerts, a beer garden and a pancake breakfast.

Prior to the SRA meeting, there were concerns about the safety of the event. Kathleen Quinn, SRA Social Science, expressed that bringing alcohol on to campus for this kind of event could lead to more sexual assaults. Quinn was unable to attend the meeting.

Vice-President (Finance) Ryan MacDonald addressed these concerns in his presentation, outlining the plan to keep students safe.

An ad-hoc committee on Sexual Violence and Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Response will be created. This group will determine how they can best use approximately $5,000 to design a messaging and support campaign.

The concerts are tentatively scheduled to take place on Friday and Saturday in Faculty Hollow. According to the proposal, $80,000 has been allocated for each concert. Booking artists is a complicated process so the acts are not known right now, but McMaster Students Union officials said it is fair to say that the artist will be “world-class.” Campus Events will name the artists later in September.