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Student Government Association unsure how to distribute funds
Accumulation of $300,000 can only be used for projects in Campus Center.
Joshua Ayers
Issue date: 11/16/05 Section: News
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Approximately $300,000 has accumulated into the SGA's Senate Bill 135 account and has left student government wondering how they plan on using it.
SB 135 passed in 1981 and was implemented in 1982. The account acquires money from students at the time of registration. According to Don Turney, dean of students, each student is charged $1 per unit with a maximum of five units being charged to a student per semester.
Monies generated from the fee go into the SB 135 account and are only to be used on projects that have to do with "financing, constructing, enlarging, remodeling, refurbishing and operating" the Campus Center.
"In my opinion, they haven't done much with it," said Turney.
Some of the money in the account, according to Turney, went into improving the landscaping in the Campus Center area and also toward the Student Lounge, which is still not open to students.
The approximate cost for those projects, Turney said, were $6,000 for the game room and $8,000 for the recent landscaping which leaves a lot of extra money available.
Turney said that some of the ideas that have come up have been to improve sound and visual equipment in the Executive Board Room and Fireside Room. Another proposed project, which has been estimated to cost from $60,000 to $100,000, is to completely refurbish the cafeteria. Turney said that this idea would bring a French café look to the facility. Cobblestone flooring, awnings, and outside café-style tables were among some of the effects mentioned.
Turney said that not very much money has been used out of the account in the past few years and that he would like to see that change.
" [You] can't keep taking money from students and not give them anything," Turney said.
Vice President of Student Services Mildred Lovato echoed the plans of Turney, citing projects such as the Student Lounge and the landscaping. Lovato said that the plan is to have students working in the Student Lounge area to monitor machines and act as a form of fraud prevention.
SB 135 passed in 1981 and was implemented in 1982. The account acquires money from students at the time of registration. According to Don Turney, dean of students, each student is charged $1 per unit with a maximum of five units being charged to a student per semester.
Monies generated from the fee go into the SB 135 account and are only to be used on projects that have to do with "financing, constructing, enlarging, remodeling, refurbishing and operating" the Campus Center.
"In my opinion, they haven't done much with it," said Turney.
Some of the money in the account, according to Turney, went into improving the landscaping in the Campus Center area and also toward the Student Lounge, which is still not open to students.
The approximate cost for those projects, Turney said, were $6,000 for the game room and $8,000 for the recent landscaping which leaves a lot of extra money available.
Turney said that some of the ideas that have come up have been to improve sound and visual equipment in the Executive Board Room and Fireside Room. Another proposed project, which has been estimated to cost from $60,000 to $100,000, is to completely refurbish the cafeteria. Turney said that this idea would bring a French café look to the facility. Cobblestone flooring, awnings, and outside café-style tables were among some of the effects mentioned.
Turney said that not very much money has been used out of the account in the past few years and that he would like to see that change.
" [You] can't keep taking money from students and not give them anything," Turney said.
Vice President of Student Services Mildred Lovato echoed the plans of Turney, citing projects such as the Student Lounge and the landscaping. Lovato said that the plan is to have students working in the Student Lounge area to monitor machines and act as a form of fraud prevention.