ASG budget funds groups, programs across campus
Bailey McBride
Issue date: 11/19/08 Section: News
Many students may be surprised to know how the fee they pay for the Associated Student Government is spent each year.
In total, the ASG was given around $260,000 at the beginning of this school year. This amount comes from the student government fee all students pay by credit hour, set at 69 cents an hour this year.
This amount is given to the ASG for its budget allocation process over the summer, after a portion has been removed to help fund both the Chancellor's Scholarship and to go toward bad debt.
"I don't really know where our money goes, but I'm sure that it's in good hands," said Daniel Ford, a sophomore journalism and creative writing major.
"Most of our executive budget goes to fund programs we've done for a long time," ASG Treasurer Ben Hale said. "We try to keep an amount of funding that will keep good programs successful and allow them to grow."
Programs such as the Welcome Week Cookout had an increase in funding this year, and as a result, there was a greater turnout at those events, Hale said.
"I think our fee is worth it because we're using that money to better serve the students," said Laura Wolf, a sophomore journalism major.
The majority of the money allocated goes to fund Registered Student Organizations across campus. Almost $210,000 was appropriated at the beginning of this year to be distributed in the three rounds of RSO funding, Hale said.
The next largest portion of the budget goes toward the executive branch, which takes around 16 percent of the total ASG budget.
"For my programs, we didn't just demand more money - we tried to move things around to make it work," ASG Vice President Jong Shin said. "We try to be good stewards of the student funds."
The executive budget is largely comprised of programming costs for events that the ASG sponsors, including Faculty Appreciation, Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, Welcome Week Cookout, homecoming, the ASG retreat, and Fresh H.O.G.S., among other things.
In total, the ASG was given around $260,000 at the beginning of this school year. This amount comes from the student government fee all students pay by credit hour, set at 69 cents an hour this year.
This amount is given to the ASG for its budget allocation process over the summer, after a portion has been removed to help fund both the Chancellor's Scholarship and to go toward bad debt.
"I don't really know where our money goes, but I'm sure that it's in good hands," said Daniel Ford, a sophomore journalism and creative writing major.
"Most of our executive budget goes to fund programs we've done for a long time," ASG Treasurer Ben Hale said. "We try to keep an amount of funding that will keep good programs successful and allow them to grow."
Programs such as the Welcome Week Cookout had an increase in funding this year, and as a result, there was a greater turnout at those events, Hale said.
"I think our fee is worth it because we're using that money to better serve the students," said Laura Wolf, a sophomore journalism major.
The majority of the money allocated goes to fund Registered Student Organizations across campus. Almost $210,000 was appropriated at the beginning of this year to be distributed in the three rounds of RSO funding, Hale said.
The next largest portion of the budget goes toward the executive branch, which takes around 16 percent of the total ASG budget.
"For my programs, we didn't just demand more money - we tried to move things around to make it work," ASG Vice President Jong Shin said. "We try to be good stewards of the student funds."
The executive budget is largely comprised of programming costs for events that the ASG sponsors, including Faculty Appreciation, Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, Welcome Week Cookout, homecoming, the ASG retreat, and Fresh H.O.G.S., among other things.
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Allison
posted 11/19/08 @ 10:35 AM CST
As a UA staff member, as well as a student, I don't understand why ASG executives get their parking permits paid for. Students, staff, and faculty all have to pay extra for their own parking. (Continued…)
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