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BALCONIES NO MORE? GPSC abuses
executive powers, funds
One city councilman aims to stop the construction of new balconies amid multiple misconducts from nearby student residents, p. 2
BY LAUREN RENTERIA
WHAT’S INSIDE
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UA graduate students will take to the polls and vote for the next executive officers and representatives of the Graduate and Professional Student Council on Tuesday. Among those running for this spring’s election, three current executive board members up for reelection are involved in an internal controversy. During the past academic year, the current members of the GPSC executive board allocated council monies for a travel grant in addition to the existing grant for professional travel. This fund was only available to members of the executive board and was not immediately disclosed to the general council. While the fund was not used, members supplied themselves with an exclusive fund without the discretion of the general council members and their constituents.
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THE HUB ON CAMPUS Tucson 2, an apartment building under construction geared toward UA students, stands adjacent to the Hub At Tucson, another student-focused high-rise apartment complex, on Sunday, March 27. A series of incidents involving students throwing trash and bottles from apartment balconies has made the Hub and other complexes near it centers of controversy during the past years.
The fund’s conception The GPSC is given a budget every year to spend according to the council’s needs, not unlike how students involved with the Associated Students of the University of Arizona create a yearly budget. Since the total monies spent for 2014-2015 academic year yielded leftover funds, the GPSC executive board used them for travel grants, according to Senior Assistant Dean of Students Chris Hargraves. “[Left over money] gets rolled over into a fund balance,” Hargraves said. “[GPSC] did have a positive fund balance at the end of the last fiscal that carried over into this academic year.” Travel grants are awarded on a per-need basis and may be awarded in a monetary value up to $750, which is limited to one trip per grant. A candidate must first apply for the award money in order to obtain a travel grant. The candidate is also required to go through a process in which
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