Senate allocates $4,700 for student government travel

CSC Student Senate allocated $4,700 from student activity fees during last week’s meeting.

Senate approved the money through two separate allocations.

The first amount is $700 dollars and was allocated for a Sept. 27, day-trip to the Scottsbluff YMCA, where-in 32 individuals; 22 from Senate and 10 from the Campus Activity Board, will attend a “ropes course.”

Jacob Rissler, Senate President, said in an interview Friday that the intent of the course is team building and to help foster a stronger connection between CAB and Senate.

The second allocation, $4,000 dollars, is for a Senate delegation to attend the State Colleges Conference at Peru State College, Oct. 17—19. Rissler said that the original allocation was supposed to be $2,000, but that Senate doubled the amount after more Senators expressed interest.

Eighteen senators are on the list to attend the State Colleges Conference, but Aaron Prestwich, senior director for student affairs, said Monday that it will probably be cut to 13 or 14 students due to transportation limits.

Prestwich said that allocated funds not expended would be returned to the Student Activity Fee account.