DCGA cracks down on misspending
Michael Chung
Issue date: 9/29/09 Section: The DCGA Dish
You want to start a lemonade stand in front of Slayter Union. I give you ten dollars, and strictly expect you to spend five dollars on lemons, and five dollars on sugar. The stand goes very well, and the students go wild for your lemonade. There's a problem. You run out of lemons, and your lemon money fund is dry. What would you do? Will you use money from the sugar fund to buy lemons?
This little scenario actually mirrors a very big problem many organizations and the DCGA have to deal with. It is another unexpected and reoccurring issue with which the DCGA has been fighting for the past two weeks. Every organization on campus goes through a budgeting process, where they get not only their funds, but allocations on how the budget should be spent. As you can see from the scenario above, some organizations use money not allocated for certain actions, and that causes problems not only with the organization but with the DCGA as well.
"Recent organization misspending is a concern for DCGA because it belittles the hard work of our finance committee and finance chair, Sibylle Freiermuth. They spend hours at budget hearings and going over budgets and it is disheartening to come across abuse of student funds. Senate is aware of this, and Rules committee is working on an amendment that will address this concern in hopes that those organizations that blatantly misspend will go through mandatory audit processes. It is a step that we are taking to ensure accountability," said vice president Shavely Peralta, when asked how the DCGA felt about misspending and what steps they are going to take.
"It is highly hypocritical of the DCGA to be so hard on other organizations who misspend. They don't even follow their own guidelines themselves nor have any repercussions on their own actions. The campus should take notice," said Cortez Hicks, minister of finance at the BSU.
As you can see, the DCGA is cracking down on misspending. While organizations, such as Hillel, women's rugby and ice hockey have been unfrozen, there is no guarantee the DCGA will be as lenient next time this problem arises.
On a lighter but equally important note, the BSU seats have been reopened and filled by Raymond Wilson and Sakeenah Chapman.
"I plan to actively engage in creating positive change within DCGA and the black community in order to achieve the overarching goal of an all-inclusive Denison community," Sakeenah Chapman, sophomore communication and education double major, said.
DCGA Senate Meetings are open to all students. They are held at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday in Burton Morgan. Information can also be found on DCGA's website: http://student-orgs.denison.edu/dcga/.
This little scenario actually mirrors a very big problem many organizations and the DCGA have to deal with. It is another unexpected and reoccurring issue with which the DCGA has been fighting for the past two weeks. Every organization on campus goes through a budgeting process, where they get not only their funds, but allocations on how the budget should be spent. As you can see from the scenario above, some organizations use money not allocated for certain actions, and that causes problems not only with the organization but with the DCGA as well.
"Recent organization misspending is a concern for DCGA because it belittles the hard work of our finance committee and finance chair, Sibylle Freiermuth. They spend hours at budget hearings and going over budgets and it is disheartening to come across abuse of student funds. Senate is aware of this, and Rules committee is working on an amendment that will address this concern in hopes that those organizations that blatantly misspend will go through mandatory audit processes. It is a step that we are taking to ensure accountability," said vice president Shavely Peralta, when asked how the DCGA felt about misspending and what steps they are going to take.
"It is highly hypocritical of the DCGA to be so hard on other organizations who misspend. They don't even follow their own guidelines themselves nor have any repercussions on their own actions. The campus should take notice," said Cortez Hicks, minister of finance at the BSU.
As you can see, the DCGA is cracking down on misspending. While organizations, such as Hillel, women's rugby and ice hockey have been unfrozen, there is no guarantee the DCGA will be as lenient next time this problem arises.
On a lighter but equally important note, the BSU seats have been reopened and filled by Raymond Wilson and Sakeenah Chapman.
"I plan to actively engage in creating positive change within DCGA and the black community in order to achieve the overarching goal of an all-inclusive Denison community," Sakeenah Chapman, sophomore communication and education double major, said.
DCGA Senate Meetings are open to all students. They are held at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday in Burton Morgan. Information can also be found on DCGA's website: http://student-orgs.denison.edu/dcga/.
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