The Student Government Association met Wednesday, Sept. 26, for its fourth meeting of the school year. The Senate considered three spot-funding bills, all of which inspired vigorous debate.
Katie Bak, president of Women’s Club Soccer, spoke on behalf of her organization, requesting spot-funding for a charter bus to drive to a Colorado tournament. They originally had received funds to take SLU vans to the tournament but, due to concerns about driving through the night, they decided to book a charter bus instead.
Many SGA members were concerned that the team was asking to be reimbursed for an expense that had already been incurred-a breach of SGA funding norms.
After a debate, SGA voted not to compensate Women’s Club Soccer for the cost of the charter bus. As a result, the group may have to forfeit a tournament later this year in Ohio.
The Parks College Society of Women Engineers also came before the Senate and requested $575 in spot-funding to send four members to a conference in Nashville, Tenn.
Many senators challenged the Society’s reasoning for asking for funding now rather than last year during the annual funding process.
Sean Flanagan, a business school senator, eventually proposed a compromise amendment that would grant the group only $407.50. After a long debate, the amendment passed. The bill itself, however, failed, leaving the group without SGA funding for the trip.
The Finance Society asked the senate for $223.30 of spotfunding so that some members of the group could register to use Stock-Track, a program that simulates financial markets.
Despite some debate, the bill passed with the support of all but one senator.
The Senate unanimously approved an amendment to SGA’s constitution and bylaws. Proposed by Flanagan, the amendment intended to recreate an amendment that had passed last semester but whose precise wording was lost in a computer-server crash during the summer. Senators passed the amendment without debate.
Also during the meeting, Chris Wintrode was seated as a graduate-school senator, and Tyson Mutrux was seated as a first-year law-school senator.
