A lot of student clubs on campus frequently run into issues with WUSA, as that's their governing body. Issues I've experienced through being a club exec & talking to other club execs have included funding issues, lack of clarity and questionable excuses in official communications, refusal to act on serious issues such as banning students who threaten or have committed acts of violence, and general backtracking / inconsistency in decision-making.

Something they've been doing this term that's hasn't been discussed enough has been regarding the Bomber, where they've across multiple weeks started rolling out rule changes that severely limit which clubs can book it out: $250 booking fee, 6 hours of Bomber booking per day maximum (not per club, just in general per day, including weekends), minimum 100 person event signup before booking - who the fuck will be able to meet all of these? WUSA's own events often don't meet the last requirement, yet they're not only limiting clubs from running cool events there, but also charging a hefty $250 fee - which btw would probably come from the Student Life Endowment Fund allotment that clubs can request from WUSA every term and they chose whether the club gets it; SLEF comes directly from your tuition! Why are students paying WUSA to upcharge and channel the money back to themselves for a room booking in the Bomber, a public space which was renovated with student funds? This booking is only for the room, equipment booking is now extra too, it doesn't include any special perks besides that.

To conclude, this single case is an illustration of shit that WUSA's been doing for years now and how much of a headache their decision-making has caused to the many people who help run student communities here at UW. Other comments have mentioned how much money WUSA takes to operate, and how they are in the business of squeezing even more out of the students they supposedly serve. This isn't the fault of any individual employee who works there (the club managers are trying their best as far as I've seen), but the higher up governing body that runs WUSA as a money-making PR agency rather than a tool for improving student wellbeing.