Sentate approves funding for various campus groups

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In one of its last meetings of the semester, the General Student Senate gave final approval to a student organization and allocated several thousand dollars to clubs around campus Tuesday night.

R.E.A.C.H., an organization that plans on increasing awareness around campus and the community about global issues, was given final approval. A spokesperson for the group told the Senate that R.E.A.C.H. is a non-profit organization that works with Sustainable Harvest. They are currently raising money to go to Honduras to provide Sustainable Harvest education to the people there.

Student Heritage Alliance Center was allocated $1,100 to be used for a world dance event they will sponsor. Three student groups under SHAC will perform traditional dances. The event marks the first time SHAC has sponsored an event this year.

The Senate also gave the American Society of Civil Engineers $1,000 to purchase construction materials to make new furniture for their lounge. As of now, the group’s lounge reportedly needs a lot of work and upgrading, so the group has decided to build several tables and shelves for the area. ASCE has been working with Home Depot to get discounted building materials, and the engineering department has agreed to match any funds the group gains through GSS.

Fifteen members of the Dance Club will attend the American College Dance Festival in February at Smith College in Massachusetts. They were awarded $1,600 to pay for hotels and registration fees. The four-day festival will offer classes and performances taught by teachers of all ability levels for participants to take part in.

The final group to obtain funding from the Senate was the women’s lacrosse team. Although the team bought new uniforms last year, recent changes to the national regulation of the uniforms make the ones the team has inappropriate to wear. Two members of the team came before the Senate Tuesday night as the senators discussed, and ultimately approved, $1,350 to help pay for 30 new uniforms for the 2004 season. The team will fundraise for the remainder of the costs.

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