University of Central Oklahoma
THURSDAY April 9, 1998
The Student Voice Since 1903
Committee elects to trim budget; The Vista, others may be slashed By Penny Hubbard StaffWriter
Greek omelet... UCO freshman Summer Ridgeway catches an egg during the egg toss competition of the Greek Olympics. The Olmpics were held on the south lawn of the residence halls Tuesday and are a part of this week's Greek Week activities. (Staff photo by Bryan Terry)
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recommendation has been made from the Student Activity Fund Budget Committee (SAFBC) to reduce, and •in some cases, eliminate funds for many student organizations at UCO in order to maintain the $1.2 million estimated budget for the 1999 fiscal year. The SAFBC met March 31 through April 2 to prepare funding recommendations to be submitted to the University Budget Review Committee. The committee was comprised of two student representatives, two faculty representatives and the Dean of Students, Dr., Deanna Land Faculty members on the committee are Dr. Gayle Kearns, associate professor of occupational and technology Education, and Doug Getzoff, associate professor of theatre arts. According to Land, faculty representatives on the committee are chosen by the president of Faculty Senate, Dr. Roberta Sloan, theatre department chairperson. Invitations were sent out to 14 students to participate in the meeting. The two student representatives who accepted were Derrek Belase, Presidentelect of UCOSA House of Representatives and Dale
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Archer, Speaker of UCOSA House of Representatives. Damita Kennedy, from the Office of the Budget, also sits on the committee as student activity budget manager. The committee, charged with recommending the distribution of $1.2 million among student organizations, reviewed requests from student groups that totaled $1.5 million, said Kennedy. To compensate for the $300,000 shortfall, the committee recommended cuts to most organizations. Under the heading of Student Organizations, the UCO Christian Outreach Center, the Broncho ROTC Program and the UCO Student Association Supreme Court were among those whose request for funds was denied. Under the heading of Student Entertainment /Education Organizations, The Vista, Applied Mathematics, High School Scholastic Tournament/Special Events and the Science Fair were eliminated from the budget. Under the heading Student University-Wide Programs, it was recommended that Prospective Student Services and Business Administration-Career Day activities not receive funding from the student activity fee. Belase said that the recommendation to remove certain organizations from the
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budget, was done on an individual basis. No student organization was singled out for elimination According to the recommendations, student activity funds, which come from a $4 per credit fee, should not be used to fund recruitment related activites of Prospective Student Services. A few student organizations received a budget increase, and some student organizations were restructured. According to recommendations from the SAFBC, the following parameters were used in the decision making process. • Requests for funds were not recognized if the organization did not meet the university requirements, such as the organization is not active or their constitution is not complete. • Requests for budget increases were not funded if detailed justification for the increase was not provided. • Student organizations afiliated with a department were funded $500. • Student organizations affiliated with a state organization were funded $1,000. • Student organizations affiliated with a national organization were funded $1,500.
See BUDGET , Page 3
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