By A Disgusted Student
When I read the proposed club budget I was disgusted. How can SGA justify being one of the only clubs to not only receive their requested allocation, but an additional $10,000 on top of that? Did I miss the point when it became acceptable to not even hide corruption? I also noticed that in the 93 page budget on the Chronicle website the SGA does not break down their spending as other clubs did. In the spirit of budget transparency, perhaps it is time for SGA to print their budget for everyone to see. Maybe it’s time to have someone outside SGA audit their budget and make sure the money they are being handed every year is going to more than poster board and streamers.
I’ve been at this school for two years and for the life of me, I can’t figure out what the hell SGA does. I have never, to my knowledge, received any benefits from the presence of SGA on campus that would have come out of their staggering $84,370 budget. Furthermore, what in the last year has necessitated a budget increase of nearly $10,000?
Congratulations to Luke Meidriech and Jimmy Wells, but they better work on making SGA at least appear like a legitimate organization.