November 10, 2006 The Clarion
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This Week in SGA
NEWS
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SGA faces budget crises, clubs asked to cut items
by Jamie Michaels
Opinion Editor
This week’s meeting of the
House of Club Representatives
focused primarily on the recent
budget crises facing the SGA. Vice-
President Kody Kinsley opened
the meeting by explaining the bud
get problems.
Essentially, at the beginning of
the semester the Senate (the
elected body which, among other
things, approves the budget) set a
limit on the amount of money al
located to the House for club bud
by Tom Cowan
News Editor
On Friday Oct. 20, a man chased
two BC students out of the Ingles
parking lot for unknown reasons.
Molly Carlson says that around
12:30 a.m., she and Katherine
Berube were walking toward the
trail connecting the Ingles parking
lot to campus, when they were
spotted by an irate, shirtless white
male standing near the Ingles gas
station a short distance away.
Carlson describes the man as
mid-thirties, bald, potbellied, and
gets at 60% of the operating bud
get. The House has now spent
59.94% of the operating budget,
and 8 clubs still have not been ap
proved for budgets, and therefore
have no money to spend for the
year
Part of the reason for this bud
get crisis is that this year has seen
an influx of clubs requesting new
capital requests for startup. These
clubs will presumably request sig
nificantly less money in the fu
ture.
Clubs have been asked to cut
from their budgets any items which
they do not intend to spend by
glistening with sweat despite the
cold weather. She says the man
suddenly began running after them
without saying a word. Carlson
and Berube ran from the man who
came within about 30 feet of them,
but did not pursue them into
North Village.
Berube reported the incident to
Campus Security from her dorm.
According to Head of Security
Stan Jacobsen, the Security officer
on duty reported the incident to
Brevard Police who searched the
area that morning, but did not iden
tify any suspects.
the end of the semester. This
money would go back to the gen
eral SGA fund and be available for
immediate allocation to clubs who
are yet without funds.
Jason DeCristofaro of the
Brevard Percussion Society re
turned to the House over $1,000
in light of the fact that they will
not be attending a conference they
had originally planned to attend.
BC Recycles also returned $530
to the general budget, and the De
bate Society returned $300.
Clubs yet without a budget in
clude the Business Club, the BC
Paranormal Research Society, Cy
Elderly woman
injured in layers
Dining Hall slip
by Tom Cowan
News Editor
Around 1:00p.m., Friday Nov.
3, an elderly woman tripped in the
BC cafeteria while carrying her
tray to the dish room. Witnesses
say the woman hit her face on the
edge of a table, causing a small cut
on the bridge of her nose.
The woman remained on the
ground, awaiting the prompt ar
rival of EMS which a cafeteria staff
member had immediately called.
The woman was not found to have
suffered serious injury, and was
able to leave the cafeteria with her
husband.
cling. Pastimes, MENC (Music
Educators National Conference),
Paddling, Climbing, Peer Educa
tors, and Dimensions Math Club
(which has yet to be approved as
a club this year).
The meeting concluded with
House members suggesting proce
dures for preventing future bud
get crises and turning these issues
over to the budget committee for
resolution.
On the Record
"Democrats are ready
to lead, prepared to
govern and absolutely
willing to work in a
bipartisan way."
-Nancy Pelosi on becoming
first female Speaker of the
House
"Don Rumsfeld has
been a superb leader
during a time of
change. Yet he also
appreciates the value
of bringing in a fresh
perspective during a
critical period in tnis
- President Bush on the
resignation of Secretary of
Defense, Donald Rumsfeld
"You're useless, you're
a nobody]
-Pop star Britney Spears to
(now ex-husnand) Kevin
Federline at launch of
Federline's album.
Security Report
Oct. 31. Pain medication was allegedly stolen from a dorm room; the
incident was turned over to Campus Life.
Nov. 03-05. Student to student threats, several students involved; the
incident was turned over to Campus Life.
Nov. 7. Marijuana and a bong were recovered from Beam Residence
Hall; the incident was turned over to Campus Life.
Shirtless man runs after two
female students near Ingles