The AUSA Elections Committee has decided that the president and vice president slate in next week’s election can spend $600 on its campaign. Students running for any other position are allowed a limit of $250.
Tonight, a candidate forum in the Pub in Driscoll North on the first floor will precede the May 13, 14 and 15 elections.
The results of the Senate elections will be announced May 15 at 5 p.m. The winners will be invited to the May 20 meeting, the last meeting that the current Senate will preside over.
Following the end of the meeting at 6:45 p.m., a celebration with food will be set up in Pioneer Place, which will be open to everyone.
There will be a public transitioning ceremony May 27 in Mary Reed, which will include the new senators being sworn in and a formal goodbye for the current Senate.
Petraitis will present each senator with a gift and will give a short speech about what each contributed. He has asked that each current senator write a description about their position as a guide for the person taking his or her place.
DCB Senator Andrew Petraitis said that the Senate needs a cash cushion to meet expenses that come in during the summer. The Senate currently has $9,000. By next fall, however, $230,000 will be available for allocation, and $40-50,000 will be available for distribution next year to student organizations funding.
“We barely have enough to cover expenses,” Petraitis, head of the committee, said. “In summer, the comptroller’s office will be in debt. All money in any student organization account will be emptied.”
Last Friday, the committee reviewed all the finance applications to make a decision about how much money fundable organizations will be given next year. Chair of Finance Mike Piciulo said approximately $8,000 of the $9,000 will be left after the AUSA election.
In a 16-0-0 vote, the quarterly Campus Collaborative Luncheon was canceled in favor of an open house.
“Part of the problem with the fall quarter is nobody knows what’s happening then,” he said.
In a 16-0-0 vote, the DU Humanity and Science Club was re-licensed.
Sophomore Senator Tyler DeWeese announced that the Senate’s Board of Contingency had decided to allocate $2,000 to the Student Media Board.
Student Media Board Chair Ana Nedergaard said, “I asked for $4,000, but they gave me $2,000 because they wanted to make sure there was money for other clubs for the rest of the year.
We needed it for some software, a scanner and programming.”
Executive Director of Up ‘Til Dawn Hilton Cohen announced that the organization has made $22,000 dollars, twice as much as last year.
As the current Senate finishes their term, its members are trying to leave a lasting impression on the students.
Vice President Will Ford said, “We should let them know we represent them.”
Petraitis, who has been on the Senate Executive Board said, “I will greatly miss serving on Senate. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences that I have had at DU.”
He said his biggest accomplishment at DU was a proposal concerning the business school’s advising system and the Council of Undergraduate Business Students.
