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SGA juggles money to fund group activities
By: Mallory Skinner
Issue date: 3/1/07 Section: News
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The Student Government Association convened in West Hall's multi-purpose room Feb. 27 to discuss a campus computer virus as well as the budget for Webster's Student Readership Program.
Starting the week of Feb. 18, a virus spread through computers connected to Webster's network.
John Ginsburg, director of the University Center and Campus Activities, said the virus may take more than two weeks to eliminate from the nearly 600 computers on campus. Ginsburg said the Business Office and food services were the first to have computers repaired.
"Information Technology people were here over the weekend from seven in the morning to seven at night," Ginsburg said.
Ginsburg advised students not to open e-mail attachments sent through Connections. He said students whose computers have been infected may receive a warning describing an unknown file uploaded to their computer. Other than the file description, there are no warning signs that a computer has been infected, Ginsburg said.
The meeting progressed with SGA voting to transfer $3,000 from its allocation fund to its student grant fund, creating a larger pool of money for student organizations in need. The transfer allowed SGA to award $1,500 to the Conservatory and an additional $1,500 to the Dance Department. The Conservatory will use the money to send a group of 14 seniors to Los Angeles in May.
In Los Angeles, the students will attend a theater showcase, where they will audition and meet with casting agent. Meanwhile, the dance department will use its funding to send 28 students to the American College Dance Festival in Ohio. The trip will take place in March.
However, borrowing from the allocation fund may have put the readership program in jeopardy. The program provides copies of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and USA Today to students on campus free of charge.
"We have never had enough money in the Readership Fund," Sergeant-at-arms Bailey Barrett said. "We're constantly transferring money from the allocation fund to the Readership Fund, but we've begun to drain the Allocation Fund."
Starting the week of Feb. 18, a virus spread through computers connected to Webster's network.
John Ginsburg, director of the University Center and Campus Activities, said the virus may take more than two weeks to eliminate from the nearly 600 computers on campus. Ginsburg said the Business Office and food services were the first to have computers repaired.
"Information Technology people were here over the weekend from seven in the morning to seven at night," Ginsburg said.
Ginsburg advised students not to open e-mail attachments sent through Connections. He said students whose computers have been infected may receive a warning describing an unknown file uploaded to their computer. Other than the file description, there are no warning signs that a computer has been infected, Ginsburg said.
The meeting progressed with SGA voting to transfer $3,000 from its allocation fund to its student grant fund, creating a larger pool of money for student organizations in need. The transfer allowed SGA to award $1,500 to the Conservatory and an additional $1,500 to the Dance Department. The Conservatory will use the money to send a group of 14 seniors to Los Angeles in May.
In Los Angeles, the students will attend a theater showcase, where they will audition and meet with casting agent. Meanwhile, the dance department will use its funding to send 28 students to the American College Dance Festival in Ohio. The trip will take place in March.
However, borrowing from the allocation fund may have put the readership program in jeopardy. The program provides copies of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and USA Today to students on campus free of charge.
"We have never had enough money in the Readership Fund," Sergeant-at-arms Bailey Barrett said. "We're constantly transferring money from the allocation fund to the Readership Fund, but we've begun to drain the Allocation Fund."
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