MAC SLAVIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Student Senate has re-evaluated the readership program on campus and new forms of funding will be available to students.
The readership program is the $10 per term fee students pay for access to newspapers on campus.
“It builds up this really big surplus; it’s a lot of money that just sits around and no one has ever used it because no one really knew what you could use it for,” Justin Erickson, student body treasurer, said.
Erickson said due to the surplus, Senate decided to allow organizations to apply for the funding similar to supplemental funding requests.
“Supplemental funding comes from the general account and is limited,” he said.
Senate allows students to apply for funding in six different categories: campus improvement, sustainability, student-wide events, organizational improvements and large event funding.
Along with these six categories, each of the four residence hall councils will get money to help improve residence halls.
Campus improvements and organizational improvements can be anything from campus projects to technology to keep organizations relevant.
Funding for sustainability can be used if an organization is holding an event and using green materials. Student-wide events include events like Outfly.
When groups are using the Lyceum or Neumann and charged for labor, they can request funding from the readership fund.
Students and organizations can apply for the funding by submitting a form to Student Senate.
“We hope this will allow for some bigger things on campus,” Erickson said.
He said it would be similar to a applying for supplemental funding. Once the application is in, it will be put before the budget committee and then voted on by the full senate.