The Associated Student Government (ASG) met Tuesday and granted over $350,000 to student organizations, after a 15 percent cutback was applied.
Vice President for Student Organizations Michael Trivelli emphasized the efficiency of student organization committee in funding this year, as more organizations are receiving financial assistance with a smaller cutback than last year.
"We funded 40 more organizations this year than last year, which is really good to hear," Trivelli said. "We were a little bit more stringent in the requests that we did approve. We approved 13 percent less capital than last year."
By approving less capital, the organization committee is preserving more money for use during second semester.
Later in the meeting, Student Body President John Stefanski discussed the restructuring of ASG as a whole, and suggested abolishing the executive order for the restructuring passed last year by former Student Body President Nick Huber. Stefanski said the executive order was too vague and ambiguous. Stefanski proposed a new four-year plan be adopted, that clearly outlines the goals, expectations and actions of ASG on a day-to-day basis.
Stefanski further called for reform of student body election protocols.
He said the election rules will be solidified so that students can have a clear understanding of election procedures.
"This culture and this pattern of constantly opening and closing loopholes for other people to run for positions is not sustainable for our student body," he said. "I want to end the uncertainty that lies within the election process."
Stefanski also said primary elections for senate president and vice president should be eliminated. He discussed the impracticality of primary elections, as not one presidential candidate who lost a primary went on to win the presidency.
Subsequently, during his report, Secretary for On-Campus Affairs Cole Tyman said the university's physical facilities department resolved the issue of mice getting into Erickson Dining Hall within a few hours.
"Physical facilities came out and apparently there was a space between the door and the step at Erickson, and that's how the mice got in," Tyman said. "They fixed the space, and no more mice should be able to get in."
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The meeting concluded with a review of the ASG budget by Senate Treasurer Alex Busuam.
He said ASG currently holds $111,000 in income. The budget will be voted upon at next week's meeting.
In addition, ASG will host voting registration Oct. 1 and 2 at the Shriver Center.
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