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Thursday, Jonuory 29, 1970
The Red and Black
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TEAAT PRESIDENT'S HOUSE
GAF Finances Special Projects
CAMPUS POLL
By Joel Blackwell
Stoff Writer
(Second in a Series)
Would you like to contribute
some money toward a trip for
the livestock judging team?
How about givips a little so new
students can have a tea at
President Fred C Davison's
house’
If you are a student at the
University, you did You fi
nanced not only those two pro
jects, but also many others
through the student activity fee
every student must pay
THESE PROJECTS were
paid for out of the General Ac
tivity Fund, a subsidiary part of
the Student Activity Fund This
year the GAF got $15,000 out of
a total SAF budget of $435,000
The SAF is allocated to clubs
and organizations on campus
each year, but some clubs are
not eligible to get funds in this
way Usually this is because the
organization is so specialized
that its membership is limited
to a small number of students.
Although these organizations
are not eligible for a yearly al
location, they can apply for
money from the GAF to finance
special projects Any group or
person wishing to get money
from the GAF must submit a
letter to the Student Senate's
SAF committee explaining hov
the project will benefit the
campus.
THE COMMITTEE has wide
discretion in how it spends the
money, the only limitations
being those set by the Senate
To be eligible, a project must
substantially benefit a large
portion of the student body
Robert Fortson. Senate
treasurer and chairman of the
committee, says that when the
committee allocated the origi
nal budget, it drew a distinction
between organizations too
small to get money annually,
and projects which such organi
zations might undertake
Thus Phi Kappa literary so
ciety did not qualify for funds
under the allocated budget, but
did get a grant from the GAF to
pay for a speaking engagement
by U S Senator Diaries Good-
ell, a New York Republican and
outspoken critic of the Vietnam
war
"We (the committee I thought
it was a worthwhile project,
that a lot of people would be
interested, so we gave them the
money," Fortson said "Atten
dance at the speech justified
the expense "
THE GAF has spent about
$3200 to date and roughly half of
it sent students to national con
ventions
“It means a lot for the Uni
versity to be represented at
national functions," said Fort
son. "but state funds cannot
legally be used for that type
thing."
The GAF has also been used
extensively to send University
groups to competitive events
For example, a group of agri
cultural economics students
represented the University at a
debate tournament at the
American Agricultural Eco
nomics Association convention
last fall
IN ADDITION to the debate,
the students showed a Universi
ty of Georgia exhibit and made
efforts to recruit new students
Out of a total of nearly $3200
spent to date, more than $1500
has gone to agriculture-related
projects such as the ag econ
debate team, the livestock
judging team and the dairy
products judging team
The GAF has paid travel
lodging and food in varying
degrees for such groups
IT ALSO PAID part of the
expenses for some student gov
ernment officers to attend na
tional and regional student
government-related functions.
The GAF committee normal
ly meets every two weeks, but
if a request for money needs to
be acted on in a hurry. Fortson
calls a special meeting
" The scheduled meetings
are usually brief.” he said
"We usually have two or three
requests for money, and it
doesn't take a lot of discussion
to decide on those.”
THE COMMITTEE makes
sure the requesting organiza
tion is recognized by the Uni
versity and the money will not
be spent contrary to Senate
guidelines for regular alloca
tions.
"If a project is worthwhle
and will substantially benefit a
large segment of the student
body, we try to fund it." Fort
son said
The GAF committee has
recommended that the Senate
pass two additional guidelines
for spend Student Activity
funds One would authorize
spending for travel and the
other would set up a fund for
small clubs and organizations
THE COMMITTEE already
authorizes funds for travel
from the GAF but this means
each request must be consi
dered separately by the com
mittee. If the new guideline is
passed, organizations will be
able to request funds for travel
for each fiscal year The Senate
would pass on such requests
This would relieve the com
mittee of many time-consum
ing routine requests it now
handles, but the committee
would still have funds to dis
pense for special travel and
would administer the small
clubs fund
The small clubs fund would
be used about the same as the
GAF. but would be specially for
small groups
"Taken singly, many of the
specialized clubs do not benefit
many students," Fortson said.
" but taken altogether they in
volve a lot The committee
thinks they should have the £
benefit of financing to carry out
some of their projects ''
FORTSON CITED an exam
ple of a small club which want ij:
ed $75 last yeai to sponsor sev- £
eral speakers "It was worth-
while," he said, "but under the
current rules, we couldn't give £
them anything Seventy-five
dollars isn't much in the face of :|
our total budget and we hope |
the Senate will pass this new Ijl:
rule to help situations like :£
that"
Although the GAF commit-
tee handles large amounts of
student money, the only re-
cords it keeps of its meetings
are letters Fortson sends to ij:
those who request money Such
letters usually ask for clarifica-
tion of a request or tell the re- £:
questing party whether the
request has been granted.
No records have been kept as Si
to votes on money requests or :•!;
committee discussions
Commentng on the situation.
Fortson said, "This committee
does not have a secretary, and
it's all I can do to handle the
large amount of corres
pondence we have without re
cording minutes."
The Student Government
Association secretary is often
too busy to handle the GAF
committee correspondence.
Fortson said, and he has had to
rely on the good will of several
University offices to take care
of it.
i 4
SKIERS McCONNELl LAWSON WATSON WHITE
MIKE MCCONNELL, senior,
political science: ' They definitely
ought to delay. It could disrupt class
es by shifting so abruptly "
CONNIE LAWSON, senior, elemen
tary education: "The shift should
have been done over the past 15 years.
Now it creates a difficult situation
for all students and teachers But I'm
in favor of shifting them as soon as
Dossibh."
HERRIANNE. W ATSON, freshman,
social work They should wait till
September rather than shift students
and teachers during the year "
MARTIN WHITE, junior, pre-med:
T think they ought to shift right now
Integration has been put off too long "
In efforts to achieve radical deseg
regation in Georgia public schools
should teachers and students be shift
ed immediately lie.. in many areas
at the end of the current school quart
er in March)? Or should such mea
sures be delayed till the new school
term starts next September ,’ Why?
RICK GEORGE, senior, journal
ism: "I don't think they should be
shifted at all They're pushing inte
gration too hard But if they must
shift, they might as well do it now."
KENDALL SELLERS, junior, ele
mentary education; “They ought to
wait until next September. Parents
and school officials should have more
time to plan the shift "
Constitution Commission Revises Senate Branch
By BECKY PARTAIN
SGA Pre»» Secretary
Oianges involving a reduc
tion in the number of student
senators, among other things,
have appeared in the legislative
branch of student government
as proposed by the SGA's con
stitutional revision commis
sion
The commission, appointed
last quarter by the student body
and Student Senate presidents,
last week announced proposed
changes in the executive
branch.
COMPLETION this week of
work on the legislaUve branch,
plus articles dealing wth adop
tion and amendment and other
details, leaves only the judicial
branch untouched by the com
mittee. The committee is
'Stillpoint' Plans
Spring Edition
awaiting recommendations
from the Student Judiciary on
how the present judicial section
ought to be changed, according
to commission spokesman Bob
Hurley, minister to student af
fairs.
The commission's latest
proposals call for reduction of
the Student Senate to about half
its present size, bringing its
membership to about 46
There would be one senator
for every 400 students, rather
than one for every 200. as is the
present allotment Representa
tion would continue to be by
academic schools and colleges,
with each school or college get
ting at least one representa
tive
"One of the reasons for the
reduction." said Hurley, "was
the opinions of many SGA offi
cials who think fewer senators
would increase the effective
ness of the Senate Fewer peo
ple work together more effi-
cientlv and effectivelv ee
IMPEACHMENT proce
dures also were revised
"As it presently stands, the
president of the student body
can be impeached and removed
from office by merely a three-
fourths majority of the entire
Senate." Hurley explained
We have revised the eonsti-
tubon so that a two-thirds vote
of the entire Senate would be
required to bring charges of
imparement against any jus
tice or any elected student body
officer A thee-fourths vote of
the entire Senate at a subse
quent meeting would be neces
sary for removal from office "
"Stillpoint." an annual liter
ary magazine sponsored by the
University Department of Eng
lish. will appear for the third
time next spring.
This bilateral magazine - it
includes both art and written
work — has switched from a
multi-editor staff to a single
editor Bebe Herring is current
editor
Under the advisement of Dr
George B Martin, assistant
professor of English, the staff
strives to publish the original
work of any undergraduate who
attends the University, accord
ing to Miss Herring
Anyone who wishes to con
tribute may deposit his short
story, play, poetry or musical
lyric in box 35. Park Hall, or
contact Bebe Herring. 549-5366
Anyone will cover ideas,
sketches or other original art
work should contact the art
director, Ellen Gentry, 549-
0143.
According to Miss Herring, a
contributor's remuneration
having his work published
"Stillpoint" is distributed at
no cost. The English depart
ment provides all funds neces
sary to publish the magazine
Due to shortage of funds, the
magazine must limit itself to
that department, the editor
said.
NEWS BRIEFS
Students interested in help
ing develop and minister ques
tionnaires for faculty-course
evaluation have been asked to
contact MaureenMcLaughlin at
the student government office
Miss McLaughlin is chairman
of the Student Senate subeomit-
tee on faculty-course evalua
tion
• • •
The United party will make
preparauons for its nominating
convention in a meeting to
night. beginning at 7:30 in the
Memorial Hall ballroom
• • •
Persons invited to the first
annual student leadership ban
quet scheduled for Friday night
at ’he Georgia Center may pick
up their tickets for $3 25 each at
the student activities office,
Dean William Tate's office, or
Alumni Society headquarters
Former Gov. Carl Sanders,
Alumni Society president, will
speak for the banquet, spon
sored by Omicron Delta Kappa
and Mortar Board
• ••
Applications for tryouts for
Belle Corps. Army-ROTC-
sponsored precision drill team,
must be turned in Friday. Jan
30. at the Military Building
The forms can be picked up
from Belle Corps members or
from Maj Roan at the Milita."y
Building The tryouts will be
held Tuesday night. Feb ?. at
the Military Building
CURTAIN
CALL’70
Ninth Annual College Auditions tor SIX FLAGS
Your talent could win you a
star-spangled season at SIX FLAGS,
performing for the world's most
enthusiastic audiencesl
SIX FLAGS needs: VOCALISTS
(popular, classical, country
and western, rock, barbershop
quartettes, folk soloists and groups);
DANCERS (tap, ballet, modern, jazz,
acrobatic); INSTRUMENTALISTS
(pianists, marimba players, banjo
players, jug bands, blue grass
groups, harpists, Dixieland bands);
VARIETY ACTS (comics, magicians,
baton and saber twirlers,
ventriloquists, tumblers, trampoline
and trampolette artists). ALL
KINDS OF TALENT Will BE
CONSIDERED.
SIX FLAGS' many original variety
extravaganzas or specialty shows
featured throughout the Parks.
And you'll have the time of your life
as a star member of the famous
SIX FLAGS family of performers.
For complete information pick up a
copy of SIX FLAGS' "Curtain
Call ’70" brochure in your Student
Services Office.
AREA AUDITIONS
Tuesday, February 3 — 3:30 p.m.
Student Union Building —
Main Ballroom
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
(registration Is 30 minutes
prior to audition time.)
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