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Senate
ignores $100 guideline Associate Editor A
Student Senate policy set this summer saw its short lifespan end
Wednesday night. The
Senate voted 16-12 to allocate $1,000 to the Collegiate Middle Level
Association. Only six students are expected to participate in CMLA s
four-day educational conference in Portland, Ore. Andrew
McGowan, treasurer, on Sept. 18 announced the finance committee this
year will only recommend $100 per student per allocation request, not to
exceed $1,000 per group. The finance committee this week recommended a
$600 allocation for CMLA, which was averted in favor of the full $1,000
the group originally requested. John
Smith, student senator and sophomore education major, argued in favor of
the $1,000 allocation, saying the CMLA members must pay an out-of-pocket
average cost of $466-$497. I
don t know about the rest of you, but I know, personally, coming up
with $400 to $600 is not an easy task, said Smith, a first-year
senator. One thousand dollars isn t even going to help [CMLA] that
much, but it s better than $600. McGowan
argued the $100 per student should be enough per student. Each
of you [full-time students] pay a $25 activity fee, he said. If
the Senate allocates $100 for a student, you re already getting back
four times what you put in. After
the decision, the Senate heard a $1,000 allocation request from The
World Issues for Study by Educators. The eight-person group is expected
to participate in a five-day trip to Washington, D.C., where it will
study urban, inner-city schools. The
Senate, however, voted to uphold the finance committee s
recommendation of $800, with only one vote against the allocation. I m
very disappointed in the Senate s decision, said Janet Parker, WISE
representative. It is very disappointing that the CMLA was allowed
$1,000 for six people, and we were allocated less money for more people.
Each student is now going to have to pay $445 out-of-pocket. |