The Student Government Senate discussed the spring semester’s budget and possible long-term plans for the Student Union during their meeting Wednesday evening.
The SG budget is funded through student fees and is used to help fund student organizations, SG initiatives and other projects. Each student pays $2.20 toward the SG fund. The budget for the spring semester of 2014 is $24,134 and has increased from the expected $23,634 because of a higher enrollment.
SG President John Woodard’s pay was originally $4,300 but is now $3,100 because of a miscommunication between Woodard and the financial coordinator. Woodard can’t access the $1,200, so the money will move to the Presidential Contingency account, which goes toward Woodard’s initiatives.
SG also created the first Academic Major Fair to be held on March 24 on election day. The fair will have senior advisers of all colleges discussing different academic programs, majors and minors offered within their colleges.
A student internship database is also in progress. There will be a link on each senior college website where students can look at multiple internship opportunities.
Future plans for the Student Union were also discussed. Senator William Baumgardner discussed having more movie nights held in the Union Theater. There will also be an electronic wayfinder device that will be located on the second and third floors of the Union. The wayfinder is a touch screen panel that will show students how to get to a particular room in the Union.
Another SG idea that’s currently being worked on is a tap shield app that students can use if they feel unsafe and want to contact the police. After students tap their phone, their GPS location will be sent out to the LSUPD. The app is currently being worked on in conjunction with LSUPD.
SG discusses budget, new Student Union features
February 20, 2014
Lauren Duhon
Student Government Speaker of the Senate Alex Grashoff leads the meeting Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 in the Student Union.
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