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Blimpie delays, club funding discussed at SGA meeting
By: Alexandra Smith
Issue date: 10/12/06 Section: News
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For students anxiously awaiting the reopening of Blimpie in the University Center, Ted Hoef, dean of students, was the bearer of bad news at the Oct. 10 Student Government Association meeting.
In his adviser report, Hoef announced that due to construction estimates that need to be approved, Blimpie will not reopen until mid-December. With finals and the closing of the university in December, this could mean no Blimpie until the beginning of the spring semester, Hoef said.
The SGA meeting continued with the approving of club allocation requests from the Student Grant Fund.
At the adjournment of the meeting, over $4,000 had been allocated to four different clubs and an inline hockey team was recognized as a new funded student organization.
After the most recent allocations, the Student Grant Fund has $7,747 left in it. Vice President Kendra Davis said, though there may not be a lot of money in the fund for next semester, she is not worried.
"I'm excited that everyone's using this," Davis said. "Next semester the Student Grant Fund can request more money from the SGA Allocation Fund, and there's absolutely no reason why we wouldn't get it."
Because of the confusion that has been associated with the budget process this school year, Arts and Sciences Senator Mac Ingram has been working with club officers and SGA to create what he called Budget System Overviews to make the process more efficient and effective.
"As a treasurer, the budget system became hard to work with," Ingram said. "I became concerned because the more student organizations we approve, the less money they all get."
Ingram said he hopes the Budget System Overviews will alleviate some of the confusion recently associated with the budget process. The overview will be presented to the SGA Budget Committee before the end of the semester, he said.
Also concerning the budget, SGA adviser John Ginsburg announced that clubs should soon expect greater scrutiny for groups requesting checks for large amounts. He said clubs should be prepared to have proof of purchase or cost in order to receive the money they request, and because of this, may need to take care in planning budget requests in advance.
Additional funds allocated at the meeting included $400 from SGA's Allocation Fund to the SGA Recycling Fund. There is a monthly fee of $55 for pickup of plastic bottles for recycling on campus. Before the allocation, the fund had about $62.
Currently, the SGA Recycling Committee is trying to convince the university to give facilities the funds to pay for plastic bottle recycling, rather than having it funded by a student organization. Fine Arts Senator Janele Moore said because recycling services are so widely utilized on campus, it makes sense for the university to take over the fee.
"Instead of having a student organization fund this, we want to see the university pick up some of the slack," Moore said.
Comptroller Patrick Vacek said members of the SGA Recycling Committee will soon give a presentation to the school's budget committee and start circulating a petition students can sign regarding funds for recycling on campus.
In his adviser report, Hoef announced that due to construction estimates that need to be approved, Blimpie will not reopen until mid-December. With finals and the closing of the university in December, this could mean no Blimpie until the beginning of the spring semester, Hoef said.
The SGA meeting continued with the approving of club allocation requests from the Student Grant Fund.
At the adjournment of the meeting, over $4,000 had been allocated to four different clubs and an inline hockey team was recognized as a new funded student organization.
After the most recent allocations, the Student Grant Fund has $7,747 left in it. Vice President Kendra Davis said, though there may not be a lot of money in the fund for next semester, she is not worried.
"I'm excited that everyone's using this," Davis said. "Next semester the Student Grant Fund can request more money from the SGA Allocation Fund, and there's absolutely no reason why we wouldn't get it."
Because of the confusion that has been associated with the budget process this school year, Arts and Sciences Senator Mac Ingram has been working with club officers and SGA to create what he called Budget System Overviews to make the process more efficient and effective.
"As a treasurer, the budget system became hard to work with," Ingram said. "I became concerned because the more student organizations we approve, the less money they all get."
Ingram said he hopes the Budget System Overviews will alleviate some of the confusion recently associated with the budget process. The overview will be presented to the SGA Budget Committee before the end of the semester, he said.
Also concerning the budget, SGA adviser John Ginsburg announced that clubs should soon expect greater scrutiny for groups requesting checks for large amounts. He said clubs should be prepared to have proof of purchase or cost in order to receive the money they request, and because of this, may need to take care in planning budget requests in advance.
Additional funds allocated at the meeting included $400 from SGA's Allocation Fund to the SGA Recycling Fund. There is a monthly fee of $55 for pickup of plastic bottles for recycling on campus. Before the allocation, the fund had about $62.
Currently, the SGA Recycling Committee is trying to convince the university to give facilities the funds to pay for plastic bottle recycling, rather than having it funded by a student organization. Fine Arts Senator Janele Moore said because recycling services are so widely utilized on campus, it makes sense for the university to take over the fee.
"Instead of having a student organization fund this, we want to see the university pick up some of the slack," Moore said.
Comptroller Patrick Vacek said members of the SGA Recycling Committee will soon give a presentation to the school's budget committee and start circulating a petition students can sign regarding funds for recycling on campus.
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