Budget
by Vicky Snyder
The Collegian
The Student Government
Association's budget committee's
recommended allocations have
been announced after a month
long evaluation.
The nine member budget
committee is made up of of six
students, two administrators, and
one faculty member.
The committee is chaired by
Chris Hilden, Student
Organization Council president,
Greg Geibel/Tfce Collegian
For a good cause: Brian Canty, an eighth semester political science major,
relaxes as a nurse prepares to draw blood. Delta Phi Epsilon won this year’s
blood drive competition with a 108 percent donation.
SGA held today, tomorrow
Elections held today and
tomorrow will determine who
will fill Student Government
positions next year.
Students can vote today
from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in
front of the Wiiitergreen Cafe
on the second floor of the Reed
Union Building, or tomorrow
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
Behrend Science Building
lobby.
Thirty-two candidates are
vying for SGA positions
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who does not vote unless there is
a lie. The faculty member and
administrators also do not vote;
they simply oversee the process
and ensure that the guidelines arc
followed.
Each organization must
complete an Initial Budget
Request Form in order to be
considered for funds. This form is
submitted to SGA on a specific
date set by the committee. It is
then reviewed by the budget
committee who, in turn,
recommends to SGA the
ranging from president and
vice-president to commuter and
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allocation of funds according to
certain criteria.
After the committee completes
it's review, clubs are then able to
submit a Revised Budget form to
SGA. This must be done in a
timely fashion in order to ensure
that it is considered at SGA’s
next meeting.
"In the past, the students, clubs
and organizations had a real
misunderstanding of what the
Budget Committees role was,"
explained Maureen Finn,
coordinator of student
Mack/Jacob Sherosky and
Joseph Mycka/Gregory Farrell
are competing for SGA
president and vice-president
positions.
James Ruhlman and Randy
Schmoyer are running for
Student Organization Council
president
The race for Student
Programming Council pits
incumbent president, Mark
Johnson, against former
president, Christopher Hilden.
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organizations and program
development and a member of the
committee. Finn added that clubs
and organizations were not fully
aware of their rights.
Last year the committee began
an educational program
consisting of meetings which
took place a month before the
budget process took place.
"We explained to them that
inflating the numbers on your
budget is not going to mean
you're going to get more money,
if anything it makes you look
Blood Drive nets
111 pints of blood
Delta Phi Epsilon takes title
from Tau Kappa Epsilon
by Loretta Russ
The Collegian
Over 111 pints of blood were
donated during Penn State-
Behrend's annual spring blood
drive, sponsored by Tau Kappa
Epsilon and Delta Phi Epsilon.
Delta Phi Epsilon also won
the spring competition, upsetting
the long winning streak held by
Tau Kappa Epsilon.
"We want to thank Tau Kappa
Epsilon and Delta Phi Epsilon,"
said Cathy Eck, health and
wellness coordinator, "but
especially the people who
n We want to thank Tau Kappa Epsilon
and Delta Phi Epsilon ...but especially
the people who donated; we want them to
know that their commitment is very
appreciated."
donated; we want them to know
that their commitment is very
much appreciated."
Bchrend also competes with
other colleges in the area
throughout the year for the
highest percentage of donors.
The competition is mainly
based on the fall drive but spring
is also considered. Eck said the
results of the drives should be in
less credible," said Finn.
According to Finn, a greater
percentage of the money requested
was given out to the clubs this
year. "In 1990 the total dollar
request was approximately
$120,000. We only allocated less
than half of that amount."
This year the Budget
Committee had $60,000 to
allocate and had $BO,OOO in
requests.
"We were able to meet a greater
percentage of the need because
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toward the end of April.
The blood drive annually
invokes competition between
many of Behrend's organizations.
According to Eck, Tau Kappa
Epsilon usually brings in the
most donations. However this
spring Delta Phi Epsilon took
the honor with a total of 108
percent of their membership
donating in their name.
In two days a total of 111
pints of blood were donated,
according to the Community
Blood Bank of Erie County.
During the fall drive in
October the same amount of
- Cathy Eck,
Health and Wellness Coordinator
blood was also donated.
According to the Blood Bank
there has been greater
participation in past years at
Bchrend.
"The number of spring donors
tends to be lower than the fall
drive," said Eck. "There was a
lot of activity and participation
this spring."