Finance Committee
Passes Club Budgets
By Tina Sickler
Capital Times Staff Writer
On Sept. 28 the Student
Government Association (SGA)
held their weekly meeting and
voted on the recommended allo
cations for club and organization
budgets, which were passed by
the Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee, com
posed of student representatives
from various majors, voted on
the proposed budget allocations
after thorough consideration.
Their recommendations for the
budgets were given to SGA for
final approval.
SGA Treasurer and Finance
Committee member Michele
Myers stated, “We try to make
everything as fair as possible.
This process can be long and
frustrating, but the Finance
Committee usually votes unani-
mously.”
“The budgets are carefully
looked over by the Committee
before SGA votes. Each club or
organization is given equal
opportunity and awarded accord
ingly for their needs,” Myers
added.
CLUB
ACM
ASL
ASME
ASQC
BSU
CCF
DSU
Finance
Hockey
IMASC
lAA
lEEE
Integration
Kappa
Lion Amb.
Pre-Law
PSPEC
PSU
Photo
Psi Chi
Psych
RCC
SEE
SIE
VSA
WPSH
XGI
The criteria for a budget to be
approved must include a detailed
account of how the money will
be used. The Finance Committee
takes into consideration the club
or organizations needs, and
decides exactly how much will
be given.
Some clubs may notice that
due to University Policy Rules
and Procedures, certain areas of
the budget cannot be approved.
University Policy prohibits
SGA from funding for items such
as food expenses solely on behalf
of the organization’s member
ship such as an “End of the Year
Party” or a similar closed func
tion.
Such expenses must be paid
from the club’s unrestricted
account. Any copying or printing
will be funded through SGA.
Clothing items that will remain
the property of individual stu
dents also must be paid from the
club’s unrestricted account.
Brad Moist, WPSH Club
Prfesident and Station Music
Director, stated, “Overall I was
happy about the money we
received, but the remaining
REQUESTED ALLOCATED
$1,050 we asked for but didn’t
get was going to be used for the
students.”
Moist continued, “We wanted
to give T-shirts and Stickers to
students on campus during func
tions we disc jockey. I don’t have
a problem with the Finance
Committee, but I .do not agree
with University Policy at all. We
wanted to be able to give back to
the students who help support the
radio station.”
Moist added, “If the other
clubs are going to use the major
ity of their money for the stu
dents, great. We need to use the
money for the student’s benefit,
not just the club’s benefit.”
The Finance Committe will
use the remaining amount of
money in the Funds Available for
Allocation (FAA) for new budget
proposals or when clubs must
remit their budgets. This allows
clubs another chance to recieve
more allocated funds.
Jason Lynch, Treasurer of
Penn State Professional
Engineers and Contractors
(PSPEC) said, “I was suprised at
the amount of money we
received. We asked for the same
amount last year and got about
$l,OOO less. This was the first
time the Finance Committee let
us talk to them about our budget
proposals, maybe that is why we
got more.”
Lynch commented, “We
knew we would never get what
we asked for, but it was a nice
suprise to receive what we did.”
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only 107 of the over 3,000 stu
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By Bryan Kapschull
Capital Times Staff Writer
The- winners of the election
are: Jeanine Betaudier - Junior
Senator-at-Large, Fatima
Siddiqui - Junior Senator
Behavioral Sciences and
Education, Michael Allardyce -
Junior Senator Public Affairs,
Chris Wood - Junior Senator
Science, Engineering and
Technology, and Jon Smith -
Graduate Senator.
The positions of Junior
Senator Business Administration
and Junior Senator Humanities
remain unfilled.
Lee reported that students
should be appointed to these
positions during SGA’s Oct. 5
meeting,
This meeting took place after
the Times’ press deadline.
Additional information and pho
tographs about the appointed
members and the induction cere
mony will be published in the
next issue.