Mekosh By Jen Dell'Alba SGA President Pete Mekosh has labeled SGA funding to campus clubs "chicken feed." Current problems in the funding of student activites here have raised a question about the ability of the Stu dent Government Association (SGA) to adequately fund student activities and organizations John Shaw, SGA finance committee officer, said that "legitimate clubs and organizations" can't ac complish worthwhile projects becuase of a lack of funding for SGA. For example, the campus baseball team recently had problems financing a trip to Maryland. The team just supply all its own equipment and renovation services. Last year, the team created a Baseball Club in order to receive help from SGA. The club was originated by Mike Gedz, president, and Barry Richards, vice-president. The club drew up a proposed budget for the year 1984-1985 and applied to SGA for money. 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Nonetheless, Richards maintained that "it would be a lot easier for sports clubs with more financial sup port." For the year 1984-'B5, Capitol Campus was allocated $25,300, Mekosh stated. Shaw, however, said the yearly budget runs around $30,000. Each year, University Park reviews the budgets submit ted by the branch campuses and grants funds accordingly. SGA's funding is used to support student clubs, ac tivities and organizations. Capitol Campus organiza- tions and clubs turn in budget applications. SGA then provides a "base figure" to each club, estimated by Mekosh at $2OO. Money given after that is allotted according to a for mula devised by SGA, he said. Shaw emphasized that these awards depend on how much money remains. Of the organizations, SUBOG (The Student Union Board of Governors) receives the most money, according to Mekosh. SUBOG re quested $11,285 for 1984-'B5 and was allowed $B,lOO. Shaw said that SGA gives SUBOG a lot of money because it is a club for all students, not specialized into majors or interests. Mekosh says SUBOG is an entertain ment club. In addition to its money from SGA, SUBOG generates its own money from fund raisisng. Mekosh also said that SGA must retain funds for its own "operating expen ditures." A current expense is sup plying the furnishings for the Gundel leaves CC (continued from pg. 1) a "one-on-one basis" between Admissions and students. Young worked closely in the decision process with Gundel in a "team effort." "The individual is para mount," Young said commen ting on the tremendous "pride in students" in the Admissions Office. "She has tremendous pride in Penn State and her en thusiasm for her work is outstanding," said James D. South, Assistant Provost for Student Affairs. South believes that Gundel has been effective in the recruiting efforts at Capitol. William Mahar, Humanities Division Head, agrees that Gundel has been effective in her directorial role. "Mary Gundel gave the Liberal Arts new recruiting strategies, she was a profes sional recruiter," Mahar said. A national search is current ly being done by the ad ministration to replace Gundel. This new position will head Graduate and Undergraduate Admissions. A decision will be forthcoming. Upon leaving Capitol, Gundel will engage in various activites such as playing golf, reading refurbishing her house and traveling. Thursday, February 28, 1985 The Capitol Times Page new sutdent organization of fices, but in that case, SGA took advantage of University Park's "mini-grant" pro gram. Mekosh described mini-grants as "a one-time award of funds for branch campuses as a matching system." SGA doesn't raise its own funds becuase it is "an administration organiza- tion to administer over clubs," Mekosh explained. However, SGA does get a percentage of the profits from parking fines and the game rooms on campus, he said. Shaw claimed that many clubs presume that SGA has a "bottomless pit of money." Clubs lack knowledge of resources, he said. He suggested "alter native routes, fund raising, and pressure on facutly." Mekosh referred to Penn State as "the poor brother" Guralnick, Price support porn movie (continued from pg. 1) "For the university to begin in any way to preclude the showing of movies like this by setting standards or stipulating rules by which movies like this have to be approved would constitute what's known as prior restraint," he said. "Prior restraint has been outlawed by the First Amendment for many years now." The third point, according to Guralmick, is that "an out moded movie being shown on a Friday night in a student center to an adults-only crowd where alcohol is prohibited and on a strictly voluntary (atten dance) basis, the potential burden, the potential danger, the potential victimization that could grow out of that event is so remote and to suggest that the remoteness of somebody becoming 'criminally horny' as a result of a movie like that is simply outweighed by the com pelling First Amendment in terest." Laura Myers, a business ma jor and Business Club presi dent, was the fourth member to speak. Opposing the film's showing, Myers claimed to find "that type of material to be of fensive to women." "Pornography is not about sex, it is about an imbalance in male-female power that allows or even requires that sex be us ed as a form of aggression," Myers said. "What I am objecting to," said Myers, "is that an organization on campus is sponsoring the event, they are among other state colltges. Shaw suggested that one of the reasons for low funding from University Park is a way of keeping control over SGA. He also said that bet ween the University of Pitt sburgh, Temple University and Penn State, Penn STate receives the lowest amount of funding. COBSC (Council of Branch Campus Student Governments) considered a student activities fee, accor ding to Mekosh, but rejected the idea because "some beleived it would result in a tuition increase." At present, the only ready solutions are for clubs to realize that "SGA doesn't have an unlimited supply of money," said Shaw. Mekosh said SGA has "broke even" so far, but he is worried about future posting signs and promoting such an activity and I feel that its inappropriate." Representing the Capitol Christian Fellowship was Joe Dezamits, an engineering stu dent and president of the CCF. Dezamits opposed the film claiming that "the body is not meant for 'sexual immorality' but for the Lord." "We as Christians most stand up for our righteousness," Dezamits said. "I feel that such a movie doesn't belong here." The last member to voice an opinion was Thelma Price, Assistant Vice-President for Academic Services, agreed with Guralnick regarding the Ist Amendment issue. Price said, "the average age at Capitol Campus is 27 years of age; we are talking about an adult population here." Price said that "the funds for `Debbie Does Dallas' were not taxpayers' money, they were funds raised by the group who showed the film (SUBOG)." "How you view it is your own personal opinion and you are entitled to that," Price said. "I am concerned about whether any group has the right to say to another group, 'you can not or you will not.' If we exert that kind of control over one's freedom of choice in an issue like this, where will the control stop?" The movie itself was attend ed by approximately 125 students and administrative personnel. Other than one of the projectors malfunctioning, the screening was without incident.
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