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SGA OKs funding for weeklong celebration

Written by Joe Adgie

 

The SGA gave $5,000 to themselves on Monday for their upcoming SGA Week– the largest donation they have given an organization this year.

The money will be used to plan an entire week of events to take place April 8 through 12, according to SGA Election Chair Desiray Ward.

“The $5,000 was to cover the cookout, refreshments at the town hall meeting and the debate, and to pay for various items like pens, water bottles and sunglasses that SGA plans to give away during SGA week,” Ward wrote in an email on Wednesday night. “We do not plan on using all $5,000, but whatever is not used can go back into our SGA account.”

Ward stated that the difference between this donation and donations to other organizations is that in most cases, funds do not go back into the SGA account.

Ward had originally requested $4,500, but the amount was -increased at the suggestion of SGA Comptroller Hassanat Oshodi.

“Why not five?” Oshodi asked.

Discussion from the debate centered on spending the money for refreshments.

“You should make sure that you should get more Cokes than you did last year,” Senator Jacqui Robinson, said. “I was one of the people who did the sodas last year, and you had an unruly crowd last year because you had run out of Sprite and Cokes, and all you had left were Diet Cokes. I’m doing the sodas again this year, but I’m not going to get run over by some kid that’s mad because all that’s left is Diet Coke.”

The request for the money passed unanimously.

The SGA week is intended to bring attention to their upcoming senatorial and executive elections. Around 30 hopefuls turned in their letters of intent for the senatorial elections, after the deadline was extended to Monday.

There are seven hopefuls for executive seats. Ryan Baerwalde is running for re-election in the Presidential race against William Jimerson. Hassanat Oshodi is running unopposed in the Vice Presidential race and Kara Fountain is running unopposed in the race for Secretary. There are three candidates running for Comptroller: William Mast, Micah Howell, and Erica Adams.

Next week’s Spectator will feature interviews from all of the executive candidates.

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