Spring Break
USG pulls SUBOG funds for poster maker
Courtney Hickson and Kavita Tahilani, Daily Campus Staff
Issue date: 10/10/02 Section: News
The Senate also passed legislation to grant the Brundage Precision Drill Team funding for their trip to participate in the Tulane University ROTC 31st Annual National Drill Competition. The team has earned the title of Grand Champions at the regional meets at Rennselear Polytechnic Institute for the past two years.
The Senate did amend the motion slightly.
Senator Derek Olson suggested the amendment provide the team with the initial $2,885 for their deposits and postpone the decision to fund the remaining portion until the first USG meeting of the spring semester.
Another piece of legislation passed regarding funding for the Muslim Student Association's Annual Ramadan Awareness Dinner. Olson, a sponsor of the legislation, said he is strongly in favor of this motion because it is a great cause and the Senate should support it. The dinner will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 14, and will include a movie, exhibitions about Islam and a guest speaker, Mr. el-Sayed, who will give a lecture entitled "Islam: A Way of Life."
USG also supported the amended funding requests of the Chi Phi Fraternity. This fraternity is looking for funds to use to produce calendars to sell around UConn to raise money for the Big Brother/Big Sister Community Outreach Program. This calendar would have pictures of the fraternity brothers and would be sold for $10 each. Chi Phi originally requested $792.50 to print 500 calendars. However, multiple senators brought up the question of sales, and amended the legislation to provide funding for only 300 calendars.
USG did not pass the legislation regarding funding of equipment for the Outing Club, which requested money for a new kayak and pool time. It also did not pass legislation regarding funding for the American Marketing Association. This is a new organization, which was looking for funds to increase awareness around campus about the organization.
Roach expressed his desire for senators to consider who gets funding and how much they should get.
"If we give away too much money now, we'll be forced to make too many cuts later on," said Roach.
Due to the length of the previous senate meeting, Speaker Adam Finkelstein said each piece of legislation would be limited to 30 minutes.
The Senate did amend the motion slightly.
Senator Derek Olson suggested the amendment provide the team with the initial $2,885 for their deposits and postpone the decision to fund the remaining portion until the first USG meeting of the spring semester.
Another piece of legislation passed regarding funding for the Muslim Student Association's Annual Ramadan Awareness Dinner. Olson, a sponsor of the legislation, said he is strongly in favor of this motion because it is a great cause and the Senate should support it. The dinner will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 14, and will include a movie, exhibitions about Islam and a guest speaker, Mr. el-Sayed, who will give a lecture entitled "Islam: A Way of Life."
USG also supported the amended funding requests of the Chi Phi Fraternity. This fraternity is looking for funds to use to produce calendars to sell around UConn to raise money for the Big Brother/Big Sister Community Outreach Program. This calendar would have pictures of the fraternity brothers and would be sold for $10 each. Chi Phi originally requested $792.50 to print 500 calendars. However, multiple senators brought up the question of sales, and amended the legislation to provide funding for only 300 calendars.
USG did not pass the legislation regarding funding of equipment for the Outing Club, which requested money for a new kayak and pool time. It also did not pass legislation regarding funding for the American Marketing Association. This is a new organization, which was looking for funds to increase awareness around campus about the organization.
Roach expressed his desire for senators to consider who gets funding and how much they should get.
"If we give away too much money now, we'll be forced to make too many cuts later on," said Roach.
Due to the length of the previous senate meeting, Speaker Adam Finkelstein said each piece of legislation would be limited to 30 minutes.