The Oswegonian 10-11-19

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Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 VOLUME LXXXIV ISSUE XV SINCE 1935 www.oswegonian.com

Clubs left without budgets

Revamped 2019-2020 SA budget omits some organizations Julia Tilley Asst. News Editor jtilley@oswegonian.com

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Since the beginning of the semester, multiple organizations have asked Student Association for additional funding, all citing the same reason: their clubs were budgeted no money, despite last year’s e-boards submitting budgets. Last year, former SA Director of Finance Miranda Kryskow revamped the way student organizations requested budgets. According to the current SA Director of Finance, Ryan Green, she met with the various clubs and organizations to explain the new online process and how they could request their budget for the 2019 - 2020 school year. “Last year, Miranda did it on Google Sheets, and she’d share it with the president and treasurer, and they would get together and fill it out, and because it’s Google Sheets and they shared it with the SA account, it will reflect when it had been edited, who touched it, what changes had been made. That way it’s not as flunky with paper and can’t get lost,” Green said. He also explained he may readd the paper element to the Google Sheets budget, as a backup to be stamped with the date and filed, so there will be no confusion for the next year. With Outdoors Club, however, their budget seemed to be lost in the process, meaning they had only a few hours to submit a budget. It was a coincidence that the president was at the meeting when it happened. “We submitted our budget on time, but I think it got lost in the process. We were not included in the final budget. I happened to be at the senate meeting where they were confirming the budget, because I was kind of on SA cabinet, and I noticed the Outdoors Club was not on the final budget,” Outdoors Club president Linden Merrill said. “The Director of Finance at the time made the executive decision to decide our budget and have the senate

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University Police to use parking boots in reserved spots, for excessive tickets Peter Wendler Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com

Oswego State University Police have a new tool to enforce campus parking regulations and it could save students money. Since Oct. 1, 2019, any vehicle found “parked in spaces marked Reserved and/or Handicapped,” may have a parking boot applied to one of its wheels by University Police, said Oswego Today. Parking boots may also be applied to, “vehicles where the driver has acquired 10 or more violations in a given year. The boot will remain on the offending vehicle until the owner pays their fines, at which time the University Police will remove the parking boot.” The other option would be for the University Police to have the violating vehicle towed away. The University Police believe parking boots will make students’ lives easier. UP Assistant Chief Kevin Velzy said, that when it comes

to parking boots, “There are actually benefits to the parking violator.” Velzy said parking violators who are booted, “will not have to find some way to retrieve their vehicle from a tow company. Instead simply call University Police.” Velzy said after a student pays their parking ticket online the University Police will come and remove the parking boot from their vehicle. Velzy said parking violators will save money because they, “will not have to pay the hefty charges associated with towing.” Velzy sees the parking boots as “another tool that may be used in lieu of towing.” According to the University Police, areas that are “towable” include fire lanes, handicapped spots and the reserved spaces located in front of residence halls, dining facilities and administration buildings. “It is our hope that this, along with our present policies, will act as a deterrent to vehicles being parked in those sensitive areas,” Velzy said.

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approve it on the spot, as the budget had to be finalized that day.” Outdoors Club was not able to properly consider what costs they would need for this upcoming year, resulting in them asking the senate for additional funding. They asked for $1,000, and were given $500 out of the $20,000 contingency fund. “Despite our budget decrease, we are still going to have an awesome time and send out as many trips as possible. That being said, we will not be able to upgrade gear as we wanted to. Members will also now have to pay 100% of the apparel costs, with the club subsidizing none,” Merrill said. “I thought the process was thought out and wellmanicured. I appreciate SA’s attention and diligence when it comes to

fixing the issue.” Outdoors Club is not the only organization on campus with the same issue. Bowling Club presented in front of SA as well, since they were given no funds for this academic year, despite the club members saying their previous e-board submitted their budget on time. “The president of Bowling Club last year came to me and the new e-board for this year and essentially, he [said], ‘There was a problem with the budget,’ and Student Association had emailed him and, apparently, we were just left out of the budget,” Bowling Club President Matt Poteralski said.

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