Senate to vote on allotments, bill at meeting

By Nathan Hatcher, Editor-in-Chief

Senators will vote to approve allotments for the Fall semester and will vote on one piece of legislation at their weekly Senate meeting.

The meeting will be hosted in at 8 p.m. April 5 in Room 104 in Sarkeys Law Center.

Organizations requested more than $65,000 in allotments from Student Government Association.

The allotment committee met last week and made recommendations to the requests which would reduce the allotments down to about $11,000.

The Gamma Phi Beta sorority requested the largest amount in allotments asking for more than $24,000.

The committee’s recommendations to cut that number down to $460.

Senators will also vote on Senate Bill 055, authored by Sen. Edwards Ayo-Odugbesan (international), at the meeting.

The bill requests $900 to fund an annual graduation party hosted by Indian Student Association, the bill states.

The $900 will cover expenses for a disc jockey, decorations, invitations, T-shirts, and food.

New Senator-elects will be present at the meeting.