Spring Break
University Board reviews funds with Apportionment Board
Four presentations for UB, line item for student government also presented
Heather Holm/Student Government Editor
Issue date: 11/21/08 Section: News
|
Apportionment Board allocated money for at least one University Board event.
University Board asked for $43,000 at Thursday night's Apportionment Board meeting.
UB received $4,500 for Up All Night Blue and Beige Extreme Sports was on Jan. 14.
The other three event allocations were tabled.
The other events are Up All Night Casino Royale on Feb. 27, Rush Hour Lucky Charm on March 11 and Spring Fling Wild Safari on April 30.
Those dates are only tentative, however.
The other cost for the events are $8,275 for Up All Night Casino Royale, $3, 200 for Rush Hour Lucky Charm and $9,025 for Spring Fling Wild Safari.
When asked if he wanted to cut anything, Otis Seawood, Jr. Coordinator for UB Special Events, said he would rather not do that.
"I'm not going to sit here and take out prizes and giveaways," Seawood said.
Seawood thinks cutting back would be a disappointment to people who look forward to these events.
The activities for the upcoming Up All Night on Jan., 14, Up All Night Blue and Beige Extreme Sports include human bowling, bouncy boxing, a bungee challenge and a Wheaties cereal box photo.
For the Up All Night Casino Royale, some of the events are a cash cube and magician Peter Boie. The cash cube is a tube where people can step into and grab money from.
"We are trying to make it different than other events like Chuck Vegas because people might be like 'I've already been to this, I don't want to go,'" Seawood said.
Apportionment Board member Mike Mulvaney said he tabled the three events to take time to get some feedback about the events to make a more informed decision.
"I think it was a good idea (to table these)," Apportionment Boardmember Tiffany Turner said. "During Apportionment Board interviews, I made the point that members should go out and talk to students because it affects them just as much as it does the voting AB members."
At Rush Hour Lucky Charm, UB wants to have root beer floats and a mini-production in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. At Spring Fling Wild Safari, UB is looking into bringing in animals from the zoo.
"We want to have things such as snakes or a monkey with a diaper on," Seawood said. "We will get a list of 20 animals and then go to pick 10 of those, and the students can take photos with the animals."
Also at the meeting, additional allocations for UB Homecoming is for $2,350; UB Mainstage for $10,460; UB Comedy for $4,500 and UB Productions for $5,235 passed through AB unanimously.
UB Homecoming needed the money for money toward the $100 deficit from last year and the spring retreat in 2009 where UB gets ideas for Homecoming.
"We start planning in January, which is about six months before Homecoming actually takes place," said Alyssa Anderson, Coordinator for UB Homecoming.
UB Productions needed $5,235 for a new power mixer, two more floor monitors, cables and accessories, headphones and training and repair on equipment plus a rack for all the equipment.
"It's basically for any organization that wants us to do lights and sounds," said Orion Buckingham, Coordinator for UB Productions. "We have two floor monitors and are asking for two more so everyone can hear themselves in case of a big rock show. We don't do big concerts on campus, though, because we don't have the resources."
UB Comedy came for $4,500 for try and get famous comedian Aries Spears on campus.
"We want to give students a bigger name comedian and that requires higher prices," said Matt Caponera, Coordinator for UB Comedy.
UB Mainstage needed money for events such as open mic and spoken word.
At Pantherstock last year, Beatles cover band American English played along with the winner of Battle of the Bands.
This year, they want a Sublime/Bob Marley cover band called Wrong Way and the winner of Battle of the Bands will play again as well.
"I want students to be inspired to perform," said Lauren Phillips, Coordinator for UB Mainstage.
A $300 line item transfer for student government also passed at the meeting on Thursday night for moving funds from student payroll to copy service.
Heather Holm can be reached at 581-7942 or haholm@eiu.edu.
The Daily Eastern News encourages on-topic, civil discussion on its articles posted online. It is our policy not to screen comments before they are posted or edit them after they are posted. However, we reserve the right to remove comments that are off-topic, malicious, libelous or include excessive foul language. The DEN also reserves the right to turn off all comments on any story it deems necessary.
Comments violating copyright law will also be removed.
Users who repeatedly violate this policy will be banned from commenting.
If you have any questions on our comment policy or wish to report a comment that you feel violates these standards, please e-mail a link to the article to our Online Editor at DENNews.com@gmail.com.
Be the first to comment on this story