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Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 VOLUME LXXXV ISSUE III SINCE 1935 www.oswegonian.com
SA announces new budget plans Club sports significantly affected, can lose half of funding
Hannah Leonard Asst. News Editor hleonard@oswegonian.com After a tense address from Student Association President Takeena Strachan, focusing on fiscal responsibility and positive change, the SA senators were tasked with deciding upon a special order bill resulting in cutting over half of last year’s club sports budget. Senators voted to approve Director of Finance, Ryan Green’s, bill to restrict funding for club sports. After a lengthy debate, the senators passed the final
amendment to cap club sports budgets at $135,000, including championship funds. This newly approved bill is an approximate 54% cut to all club sports, not including intramurals, compared to their budgets last year. The senate was deeply divided on this issue as they debated the bill and all its amendments for upwards of an hour. The starting figure proposed by Green was $115,000 and fluctuated up and down until reaching the final compromise of $135,000. During the debate, Senator Isaiah Borges motioned to cut the budget down to $100,000, Nathaniel Goldstein motioned to amend
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the budget to $140,000 and finally, Senator Anna Constantini’s amendment to make the budget a range with a cap set $135,000, including the championship fund, was passed by general consent as was the bill as a whole. “If President Stanely comes and says the exact same thing Ryan says, are you guys going to change the way you felt about it?” Strachan said. Oswego State takes great pride in their variety and vast selection of club sports as it is often a major selling point in recruitment of new, prospective students. Green stated that SA is currently responsible for funding 23
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Photo provided by Takeena Strachan SA President Takeena Strachan used her address to say how vital it is for SA to cut spending.
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The SA senators debated and voted on a bill to cut club sports’ budgets by around 54%, with Director of Finance Ryan Green’s guidance.
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Beginning the second part of the State of the Association address, SA President Takeena Strachan reminded the senators that the organization is deeply in debt and urged them to make sustainable, fiscally responsible decisions. “The current state of the Student Association is not doing OK. We are at the point now that if we do not make change we are going to struggle and crumble the governing body,” Strachan said. “Our organizations are going to face severe hardships, and the student body of our school will never be the same again.” Tension rose as the senators feel not only economic pressure from over 150 clubs on the Oswego State campus that they support, but the
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pressure to reduce spending from financial advisors and the president of the organization herself. “Our organization has experienced years of fiscal irresponsibility and administrative neglect,” Strachan said. As a result of multiple meetings with the 63 presidents of the SUNY campuses, Strachan expressed her responsibility to ensure the sustainability of the non-profit organization that is the Student Association. “I am asking for all student associations to understand that lack of transparency on this issue is not from the current administration but dating all the way back to 2014.” Strachan said. “This year’s administration has not done what past administrations have chosen to do which was to ignore the underlying issues. We solved problems, we hit the ground running, expressing that
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