Syracuse University’s Student Association voted on funding for six campus organizations in a supplemental meeting Wednesday evening that lasted less than five minutes.

The meeting, which was in the Hall of Languages, was held to pass budgets that weren’t passed during Monday night’s meeting.

SA provided $3,946.50 of funding in total, more than 86 percent of which went to the Entrepreneurship Club and First Year Players. SA elected to fully fund the Entrepreneurship Club’s conference for $1,912, FYP’s fall cabaret for $1,504.50 and two of the American Barrister Club’s invitationals, which totaled $350.

Partial funding for the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity’s national convention fee was approved. SA did not fund for their hotel fee.

Delta Sigma Theta’s “Delta Week” funding was denied because SA does not fund for supplies.

Funding for the American Barristers Club licensing fee was denied because the Finance Board opposed paying for membership dues, according to a finance board document.

SU’s Merging Expression and Scholarship through High Schools event was denied funding because the Finance Board believed the rise in attendance was inflated to compensate for cost per student, according to the document.

Comptroller Ambrose Gonzalez explained the reasons for the Finance Board’s decision to the assembly members in attendance. SA voted to package all of the motions into one vote, which was passed unanimously.

Most SA assembly members filled Hall of Languages room 207 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting adjourned before 7:35 p.m.

Assembly Speaker Will Pritchett called it “the shortest SA meeting ever.”

Published on October 3, 2018 at 9:24 pm

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