Gresham, Oregon | Februar y 22, 2013 | Volume 48, Issue 18
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Finance Council balances budget, sends to Senate John Tkebuchava The Advocate
Extending their scheduled meeting time by nearly an hour, the co-curricular programs balanced and approved their 2013-14 budget on Tuesday, effectively completing the Student Finance Council segment of the athletic and co-curricular budget approval. The co-curricular budget had faced a $22,000 deficit, eliminated by the newly adopted spending concessions. The Advocate opened discussions by cutting $1,500 from its own program for a proposed advertising manager internship and then offered a $350 cut in a part-time employee salary line item. Following the Advocate’s move, William Miller, the Associated Student Government (ASG) president, made a $10,000 cut to the ASG president’s account. David Sussman, Student Union manager, proposed cutting $5,000 to the ASG programs account. Sussman said that he is unsure where exact cuts would be made, but will meet with several MHCC faculty members and students to determine specific reductions. Next up was Steven Page, senator of finance for the Student Senate, who proposed $2,000 in cuts to the Senate budget. Ryan Rhoades, representing the Forensics program, had previously stated, “My advisors are very concerned with making additional cuts to travel expenses.” But, he proposed trimming about $500 total from travel and supply costs in order to help cover the remaining deficit. In sum, the cuts made by each program by this year’s Student Finance Council: The ASG Administration cut its request to $179,850, down from $219,850; the Student Senate asked for $48,000, down from $55,000; the Student Activities Board (SAB) dropped to $79,450, from $81,450; Forensics went to $35,973, down from $38,900; The Advocate went down to $46,777, from $49,613; Perceptions went to $7,050, down from $7,300; and KMHD2 went down to $18,700, from $21,700. Total reductions were finalized for both athletics and co-curricular programs. The co-curricular programs reduced total requests to $460,400, down from the
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See “Finance” on Page 5
Phishy business
Sound of ‘Rent’
basketball update
See how MHCC Is dealing with tens of thousands of spam emails
Profile on the four jazz musicians playing on the set of ‘rent’
The men’s team sees Its NWAACC berth slip away
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