The board members of Breakout Entertainment have been reformed as the University’s programmers for the rest of the semester.
According to former Breakout President Daniel Trevett he and his former board will be planning events for the rest of the spring and have had full access to their former budget restored.
He said Amber Ramos is no longer the group’s adviser and Director of Sam Rayburn Student Center Rick Miller has taken over as the programming boards primary adviser. Former Vice President of Breakout Entertainment Laurel Flores said currently Ramos and Breakout are not talking.
“The board has closed that chapter of our lives,” Flores said.
According to Flores Breakout Entertainment adviser Connie Kercher is still considered an adviser of Breakout, but will not be working directly with the programming board.
Although the former board members of Breakout are working as the current board, they are still not considered part of Breakout Entertainment.
In addition to event planning, the current board is writing a new constitution to be utilized by Breakout entertainment. Breakout was disbanded on Monday Feb. 2 for operating outside of their constitution. The dismissal of Breakout’s board caused concern among many students, prompting two town hall style meetings.
During both meetings concerns of racial injustice were brought up as questions regarding the groups disbandment.
“Three members of Breakout’s board and three different campus leaders will help in writing the constitution,” Trevett said.
According to Trevett there will be a member of the Greek community and the Student Government Association who will help in writing the constitution as well.
Flores said currently the programming board is working on closing out contracts, which will bring a few different acts to the campus.
“We just want to show the student body how much we appreciate their support,” Flores said.
She said working as a student programmer is worth it, but because of the issues it came with a struggle.
“If we had not fought for it we would not be where are,” she said. “We were not ready to take this lying down.”
She stressed the importance of this event, saying it was for all organizations and this sort of thing could happen to any group.
The Breakout fiasco has had a trickle down effect according to Flores who was handed the job of publicizing Zack Nichols’ concert in the Sam Rayburn Student Center on Feb. 12, the day before the concert.
“We tried to cancel it, but he already had bought a plane ticket,” she said.
Even though Flores found out about the event late, the money for the concert came out of Breakout Entertainment’s budget. Despite the challenges, Flores said she was able to get the word out and get between 40 and 50 people to show up for the concert.
Trevett said he hopes to move quickly and have an active Breakout Entertainment by the end of the semester. He said communication was a major reason why the situation revolving around his group went on.