SA grants special program funding to several student organizations
Student Association voted to fund Habitat for Humanity, 20 Watts magazine and multicultural sorority Delta Sigma Theta through special programming at Tuesday night’s meeting.
SA’s Finance Board had $60,000 dedicated to spring 2010 special programming for organizations that still needed funding for the semester. SA dispursed $21,788.24 of that money among the three organizations.
Syracuse University’s branch of Habitat for Humanity was fully funded $15,030 for a Spring Break trip. The campus music magazine 20 Watts was partially funded $3,046.24 out of the $3,100 it requested to publish its spring publication. Delta Sigma Theta was also partially funded, $3,712 of the $4,212 it requested, for the Eden of Elegance: Nubian King/Queen of 2010.
SA voted not to fund a request from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists because the event lacked a confirmed location. The Entrepreneurship Club was also denied funding for an event because the speaker was not confirmed.
‘Tonight we really set the vision, the agenda and the tone for the rest of the 54th session,’ said Jon Barnhart, the president of SA. ‘With the progress that’s already been made on so many of our initiatives, it’s clear that we are committed to bringing this university back to its students.’
The 54th session is currently electing new Finance Board members following the resignations of two members. Tarell Hoskey, a senior in the College of Human Ecology, resigned due to a heavy schedule and an internship opportunity. Kevin McCarty, a junior in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, resigned due to involvement in the Panasci Business Plan Competition.
Six candidates ran at Tuesday’s meeting for a position on the Finance Board.
Assembly members elected Andrea Rosko, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, Will Evans, a sophomore in Whitman, and Jeremy Zorrilla, a freshman in Whitman.
SA also elected two new assembly representatives: Simin Ding, a junior in Whitman, and Taylor Carr, a sophomore in Human Ecology.
Other business discussed at the meeting:
– SA hopes to institute a medical amnesty program, stating that students can call for help in alcohol-related medical emergencies without fear of penalty, by the end of February.
– The Syracuse Police Department and SU are working together to talk about the medical amnesty proposal and MayFest security.
– The Non-Traditional Student Commission began an online discussion board Jan. 25 to enable students to pose questions to SA. The first meeting will be Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. in Room 228 of Schine Student Center.
Published on January 26, 2010 at 12:00 pm
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