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Student Senate Notes

By Meredith Holt

Posted on Oct. 31, 2002, at 12:00 a.m.

The following events took place at the Tuesday, Oct. 29 meeting of the General Student Senate:

Alpha Phi Omega was given $3,500 to attend APO’s National Convention held in New Orleans in December. The convention will help the chapter improve management skills. The money will pay for registration costs and hotel rooms.

The Interfraternity Council was given $2,026 to be used for the North American Interfraternity Conference Alcohol Summit. The event will be held Nov. 8-9 in Bangor and consists of a full curriculum on leadership skills and community ideas.

GSS allocated $1,158.50 to the Student Women’s Association to fund the “Rock for Roe” concert Nov. 9 at Wells Commons. The funding will help pay for renting Wells Commons, Public Safety officers, sound and lighting, advertising and a portion of the catering services.

The Interfraternity Council was given $1,000 to be used for the regular office budget. IFC needed this additional funding because the costs of printing the Greek Brochure were higher than anticipated.

The Equestrian Team was granted $714 to go toward hosting a horse show in March at the East Ridge Stable. The team was also given $391 to pay for entry fees at a horse show at Colby-Sawyer College Oct. 20.

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship received $412 for their fall conference to be held Nov. 1-3. Sixteen members will attend the conference.

GSS allocated $360 to the Maine Peace Action Committee to help fund a presentation and discussion Nov. 3 featuring survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks and the Hiroshima bombing.

The High Angle Rescue Team received $300 to be used for a slide show presentation on Nov. 1 featuring Mark Synnott of the “North Face Team.”

The South Asian Association of Maine received $240 for the Diwali festival on Nov. 9. The event celebrates the cultures of seven South Asian countries.

GSS allocated $235.44 to the Equestrian Team for their regular office budget. Campus Crusade for Christ and the Gamer’s Guild both received $200 for their regular office budget.

GSS gave $200 to the Student Art League for a pumpkin carving contest on Halloween night in Wells Commons. Funding will pay for decorations, paper and pumpkins.

Wilde-Stein received $200 to pay for the cost of the DJ at the Coming Out Week Dance held Oct. 18.

The Senate approved (7-3-4) and swore in the new Vice President of Student Entertainment, Keith Biddle. Biddle is a fifth-year senior, and this is his third year at UMaine. He would like to organize two concerts by the end of this semester.

Gut Reaction, the UMaine paintball club, was given preliminary approval. The group plans to build a paintball site on ten acres of university forest. The purpose of the group is to develop character and leadership through paintball.

GSS granted Upward Bound final approval.

Senior Michael Benson was sworn in as a new senator in the College of Business, Public Policy and Health.

The General Student Senate meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the FFA Room of Memorial Union.

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