Senate Update 3/13/13

At this week’s Student Senate meeting, the senate heard updates from University Program Council Leadership Education Action Fund and Organization Funding Board. The majority of the meeting was focused on hearing groups present for allocation increases through the Student Fee Allocation Process.

            The senate heard from three different organizations wanting to increase their allocation money from the previous year. The groups included Club Sports, Asian/Pacific American Student Services and Student Radio.

            Mallory Jordan, Coordinator of Club Sports, presented to the senate asking for $93,430, this is a $26,000 increase from the money they received last year during the allocation process.  Jordan explained how the 17 different clubs impacted student life at UNC, and clubs continue to reach out to the Greeley community. If Club Sports was to receive it’s requested amount, it would make UNC Ice Hockey games free for students to attend compared to $5 for students and $7 for non-students.

            “While being student lead and student funded, club sport teams represent UNC in competitions and in tournaments both regionally and nationally. It is the combination of both of these aspects that makes our clubs continue to be successful from year to year,” Jordan said.

Ice Hockey is one of Club Sports most popular sports on campus, but their hard-hitting action has not been able to fill the seats at the Greeley Ice Haus this past season and Jordan wants to bring more students to support the team night in and night out.

“From a broke college student perspective, and having attended a lot of hockey games, I think the $5 admission fee can be a deterrent from students attending games. I can understand why students are not coming,” Said director of legislative affairs Becca Hoy. 

The next presentation Student Senate heard was by Asian/Pacific American Student Services, represented by Director Alethea Stovall. Stovall requested an additional $3,000 from last year’s allocation in order to provide more help for UNC students that are coming from overseas.

The last group to present was UNC Student Radio. General Manager Sam Wood represented Student Radio and asked for an increase of $5,000 from last year’s allocated money. Wood emphasized that he would be graduating this spring and was worried that no one would be able to fill his volunteer position. Wood explained how the radio would be better off if his position was to become a paid position instead of volunteer.

“I have a hand in almost everything the radio does, and it is a serious time commitment to be a general manager,” Wood said.

The Student Senate will take all presentation into account, and they will hear from more organizations after spring break. The final decision on how much each organization is allocated does not take place until mid-April.

The next Student Senate meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. March 28 in the University Center Council Room. For more information about Student Senate visit their website at www.unco.edu/senate/.