I just got a message from the facebook group for students staying at UofC over the summer; I never go, but I still get the messages. Something just seemed wrong with this one:

Subject: Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Party (Open Bar)

SUMMERFEST: benefit for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. There will be everything from:

Free food and drinks (including OPEN BAR)
Games and music
Awesome raffle and silent auction prizes, like gift certificates to high-end restaurants, memberships to museums, tickets to shows at places like Second City and the Metro, airfare and hotel stay at a spa, and so much more.

Maybe is is just the phrasing, but I always think there is something wrong when a disconnect between the charity and the supposed benefactors exist. Sure it’s for college students, but that doesn’t fix it. There is a decent episode of Dilbert that “delves” into this problem:

Really, I just found the message amusing, but something is definitely wrong.