GT Day at the Capitol The Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) unanimously voted over winter break to enter a special email session to pass an emergency bill funding bus transportation to GT Day at the [...]
Men’s Volleyball Club The men’s volleyball club asked for a reallocation of funds to pay for other upcoming competitions that were not listed on their original budget. However, because some of those tournaments were for [...]
Water Ski and Cycling Clubs The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) denied multiple requests for competition funding by both the Water Ski and Cycling clubs. The limit of requests for competition funding is six per budgetary [...]
SPS Paintball The Society of Physics Students presented a bill requesting $1000 to fund a paintball social for undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors. Leaders of the organization are seeking to revive the club, which [...]
Student Death James Black, Graduate Student Body President, introduced a Joint Resolution to Express Condolences last Tuesday in order to formally recognize the suicide of a PhD candidate last week. Nimrod Rooz was an AE [...]
Both legislative bodies decided to uphold the veto of a bill by Graduate Student Body President James Black and Undergraduate Student Body President Elle Creel. During their Oct. 4 meetings, GSS and UHR considered a bill requesting funding for the Airsoft Club in order to purchase guns and other equipment for practice and tournament play. While some members brought up concerns regarding the danger associated with airsoft activities, both bodies passed the bill for a total amount of $1320.46.
JFC Stipend Policy Following last week’s discussion of proposed JFC cuts to stipends and subsequent discussion of the level of communication involved in this decision-making process, the UHR version of the bill struck the stipend [...]
Equestrian Team Equestrian Team President Jessica Solana came before SGA Tuesday night to submit a replacement budget request. After amending the bill so that it was compliant with JFC policy requirements, the total of the [...]
Executive Order A Joint Executive Order, proposed by SGA Undergraduate Student Body President Elle Creel and Graduate Student Body President James Black and presented to UHR members Tuesday night, detailed new plans to streamline accounting [...]
The UHR and GSS both voted upon and passed a bill to allocate more funds to WRECK Racing. After allocating $7,645.65 last week to the organization as a replacement annual budget, WRECK Racing received another $9,146.63 to “provide tools that will benefit WRECK Racing,” according to the bill which was submitted by ME Rep. Priya Patel.
WRECK Racing SGA passed a bill allocating $7,645.65 to WRECK Racing as a replacement to their annual budget, due to internal issues in submitting their annual 2011 budget. This bill is intended to help fund [...]