Senate encourages clubs to sign up for budget hearings

Budget season is underway and AFB has sent out the Budget and Trip packets to all students. Budget hearings will be held March 19 through 22, and appeals will be held on March 26 and 27. Sign-up sheets for the hearing times have been posted.
Senate has a current budget of $105, 002.75 in unallocated funds. In allocated unspent funds, Senate has a budget of $153, 303.66.
“That’s still quite a bit, but we have eight weeks left,” Vice President of Finance Lukas Klueber said.
In another matter, Senate allocated $350 for stoles for 10 students. Senate also allocated $150 towards the purchase of two more jackets for Senators and $455 toward Laser Tag equipment for St. Patrick’s Day.
“If clubs don’t have a hearing, they won’t get funded,” Lukas Klueber said. “So, get signed up, and hearings will be next week.”
In another matter, petitions for student senate are due by 5 p.m. on Friday to Samantha Merill. If a student is looking to be an Senator at Large, they can get signatures from any full-time student. Those applying for a school senator position can only get signatures from students in that specific school.
“You can find my schedule plastered on the senate door,” Chief Justice Samantha Merill said. “You need 10 signatures to be a senator, and if you’re running for Vice President or President you need 15.”
CAB is hosting Free Movie Night this Sunday at the Eagle Theatre. Doors open at 6:45 p.m., and students should check the Facebook and Twitter pages for the titles being shown. CAB paired with Psychology club to host a Pajama Movie Night which will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, in the Hub. They will be showing Split. Free Bowling Night is on Saturday, March 25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
In another matter, Senate discussed AFB Bylaw Revision, and CAB Bylaw Revision. The voting to finalize these revisions was tabled until next week.
Frank X Walker, former Poet Laureate for the state of Kentucky, will give a public reading at 7 p.m., today, at the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center.
The reading, sponsored by the English and Humanities department, is free and open to the public. Walker is a professor in the department of English and the African American and Africana Studies Program at the University of Kentucky and the founding editor of “Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture.”