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THEVISTA
MARCH 11, 1999
President says UCOSA manipulative A few steps back in time... Rachel Fabiu performs a Flamenco dance at the Hispanic Heritage Reception Monday March 8th. Flamenco is the dance of Spanish Gypsies. Several entertaining groups performed at the reception in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Week (March 8th12th).
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THEVISTA Vol. 100, No. 41 (USPS 661-700) ISSN: 1084-9149 Editor in chief Mark A. Schneberger Editor Stephanie J. Eggeling Editor Katie Hawk Managing Editor Julie Jordan Advertising Mgr Wendy Werber Ad Sales Jarrett Davis Ad Sales Maria Crane Writer Trent Dugas Entertainment Editor Dustin Pyeatt Writer Jarrod Briley
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Math Club cries foul at funding loss By Trent Dugas Staffilfriter UCO might see it's 40 yearold organization, Mathematics Club, disband because semester funds were withheld from the organization. The math club will not receive their requested $500 from the Student Activity Fund budget for the 1999/2000 year. The University of Central Oklahoma Student Associations (UCOSA) decided not to allocate funds to the club because, UCOSA claims, they filled out the application incorrect. Jason Vaughn, senator appropriations chair, said there are instructions on the application on how to fill it out with additional information requested that would require attachments of paper. "They didn't say why they needed money, they didn't say how much money they received in the past, they didn't say how much money they raised on their own, they said nothing," Vaughn said. "Just the top copy was turned in signed. They've in fact signed it saying 'yes. we've looked over it completely' and obviously it is not." Vaughn was disturbed that the group did not receive their money but strongly believes it is the organizations responsibility to submit a correct application, not UCOSA's "If we start doing that with everybody than we have a mess," Vaughn said. "There are sixty-sOme organizations that
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Mock said they had big plans to organization They stamped the use the money was not thing saying it was and promote correct. For received and now they UCO. He said future reasons they were eager are trying to say they we cannot sit to get started with there and just never received our this semester's kind of baby application but that is activities. organizations just not true... "One of the through the things we were process." —Shane Mock, going to do this Shan e Math Club president spring, and I Mock don't even know president of if we are going to the math club, do it now, is maintains that the math club attend a big math conference," followed the correct procedures Mock said. "We were going to when filling out the application advertise UCO as a good math form. school. UCO has the best math A copy of the application students and there are some neat produced by Mock, UCOSA things about UCO's math stamped the form Sept. 12, school that we would have 1998, almost a month before the advertised." Nov. 2 deadline. Also attached Mock, also a former senator to the form is the second part of UCOSA, said his experience which outlines the rules stated with UCOSA as a senator was on the application. not always worthwhile. He said The organization requesting he does not agree with their money must explain in writing practices and treatment toward the scope of the organization's senate members, organizations purpose, the organization's and students. budget purpose and the "They have all these rules organization's previous years and little tricks," Mock said, " report. and they manipulate people and Mock said even if the if they don't want to hear from application is wrong they held it you, they won't hear from you. for three months without "I don't have a very high notifying them. opinion of them and maybe "They stamped the thing some people do so I don't want saying it was received and now to bash them but I was there, I they are trying to say they never am speaking from experience. I received our application but that am not just making this stuff up is just not true," Mock said. "I or reading it in a newspaper, I don't know if this is a personal was there and there is a reason vendetta against the math club why I got out, I hated it and but last year we did not receive didn't want to be there. It was a funds either." waste of my time."
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services, said. People can come and gather and "He is coming up with great have that kind of companionship, ideas: he has so many ideas up and at the same time be able to his sleeve and they are all good." break away and get onto the Internet." Officials working on the "This is Dr. Webb's project agreed President Webb was instrumental in establishing idea and he is doing the cafe and bringing it to reality. more than I have seen "This is Dr. Webb's idea and in many years," he is doing more than I have —A.K. Rahman, seen in many years," A.K. director of auxiliary Rahman, director of auxiliary services
