Spring Break
Student Senate looks at the money
Chris Walden/Student Government Reporter
Issue date: 11/14/07 Section: News
The Student Senate has several proposals on its plate for approval at tonight's meeting. The combined costs of all the bills amounts to more than $10,000.
Approximately $3,500 of the costs comes from the proposed Student Film Festival in April approved at the Apportionment Board meeting last Thursday, but over $7,000 amounts to next semester's University Board Mainstage event.
The Mainstage event will be following the same theme as, the Coffee House Series held earlier this semester. The bill attributes its recurring theme because of the success and popularity of the previous Coffee House Series, which cost $6,384.
The new event is planned to take place in the spring.
The $7,000 bill was not mentioned at last Thursday's Apportionment Board meeting because of a miscommunication in the timing of the budget, said Leah Pietraszewski, student vice president for business affairs.
"Because the artist's contract would expire during Thanksgiving break, we wouldn't want to have to cancel the whole event because we got mixed up on the timing," Pietraszewski said.
The additional allocation to pay for the event will be presented at the Apportionment Board meeting on Thursday. It will be discussed and tabled at tonight's senate meeting.
The Mainstage proposal will be voted on at the next senate meeting on Nov. 28, only if the Apportionment Board approves it.
Student Senate is also paying out nearly $57 to Levi Bulgar student executive vice president for supplying voter registration prizes with money out of his own pocket.
Bulgar held a voter registration drive on Halloween and provided DVD movies as prizes in a raffle.
The senate will also be approving two allocations for the Suicide Awareness Initiative Committee, both of which were tabled from last Wednesday's senate meeting.
Approximately $125 is what the committee needs to pay for the hot chocolate stands on campus on Dec. 3, and the committee's request for an additional $425 for supplies and copies will also be approved. The whole proposal, which from other costs amounts to $555, was approved at last Thursday's Apportionment Board meeting.
Additionally, the senate's Shuttle Bus Committee will announce the shuttle bus schedule for Thanksgiving Break.
The Student Senate meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the Arcola/Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Approximately $3,500 of the costs comes from the proposed Student Film Festival in April approved at the Apportionment Board meeting last Thursday, but over $7,000 amounts to next semester's University Board Mainstage event.
The Mainstage event will be following the same theme as, the Coffee House Series held earlier this semester. The bill attributes its recurring theme because of the success and popularity of the previous Coffee House Series, which cost $6,384.
The new event is planned to take place in the spring.
The $7,000 bill was not mentioned at last Thursday's Apportionment Board meeting because of a miscommunication in the timing of the budget, said Leah Pietraszewski, student vice president for business affairs.
"Because the artist's contract would expire during Thanksgiving break, we wouldn't want to have to cancel the whole event because we got mixed up on the timing," Pietraszewski said.
The additional allocation to pay for the event will be presented at the Apportionment Board meeting on Thursday. It will be discussed and tabled at tonight's senate meeting.
The Mainstage proposal will be voted on at the next senate meeting on Nov. 28, only if the Apportionment Board approves it.
Student Senate is also paying out nearly $57 to Levi Bulgar student executive vice president for supplying voter registration prizes with money out of his own pocket.
Bulgar held a voter registration drive on Halloween and provided DVD movies as prizes in a raffle.
The senate will also be approving two allocations for the Suicide Awareness Initiative Committee, both of which were tabled from last Wednesday's senate meeting.
Approximately $125 is what the committee needs to pay for the hot chocolate stands on campus on Dec. 3, and the committee's request for an additional $425 for supplies and copies will also be approved. The whole proposal, which from other costs amounts to $555, was approved at last Thursday's Apportionment Board meeting.
Additionally, the senate's Shuttle Bus Committee will announce the shuttle bus schedule for Thanksgiving Break.
The Student Senate meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the Arcola/Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
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