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GUSA Approves Final Club Budget, Delays Empowerment Fund Allocation

GUSA Approves Final Club Budget, Delays Empowerment Fund Allocation

By Liana Hardy April 3, 2020

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate unanimously passed the final club budget for the 2021 fiscal year at its online meeting, approving funding cuts to the Student Activities Commission,...

GUSA Cuts SAC Budget, Triggers Club Response

GUSA Cuts SAC Budget, Triggers Club Response

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo and Liana Hardy March 6, 2020

More than a dozen clubs have signed a letter criticizing a cut to student activities funding, worrying the money squeeze will derail event planning and stymie club activity. The Georgetown University...

ILLUSTRATION BY SAMUEL NELSON/THE HOYA The GUSA senate FinApp Committee allocated $1,092,000 in March to nine bodies, including SAC and 6 other advisory boards.

SAC Holds Fall 2019 Budget Summit, Allocates $300,000

By Sana Rahman and Ashley Zhao November 8, 2019

The Student Activities Commission held its semesterly Budget Summit last weekend to allocate approximately $300,000 to over 130 clubs for spring 2020. SAC is a funding and advisory board that distributes...

SUBUL MALIK/THE HOYA | From left, GUSA Senators Harrison Nugent (SFS 20) and Samuel Dubke (SFS 21) hold opposing views on whether or not to maintain the GUSA Fund.

GUSA Weighs Eliminating Fund for Additional Club Support

By Ashley Zhao September 13, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association senate is considering proposals to abolish the GUSA Fund, which reallocates part of the student activities fee to clubs requesting additional funding.  The...

MARGARET FOUBERG/THE HOYA | The Georgetown University Student Association senate, headed by GUSA senate speaker Eliza Lafferty (COL ’21), right, and vice speaker Patrick Walsh (SFS ’21), left, reallocated an additional $1,222.39 to GUSA before approving the 2019-2020 fiscal year student activities budget March 24.

GUSA Senate Approves Student Activities Budget

By Cady Stanton March 28, 2019

The full Georgetown University Student Association senate voted unanimously to approve the 2019-20 fiscal year student activities budget March 24, after passing an amendment to change the budget previously...

GUSA | Outdoor Education, the performing arts advisory council, Students Activities Commission and the Georgetown University Student Association executive experienced the largest budget cuts at the conclusion of the appeals process March 17.

Appeals Process Ends; Student Groups See Significant Budget Cuts

By Max Levine March 21, 2019

Student group Outdoor Education appealed for $3,800 more in funds after expressing safety concerns over training during the Georgetown University Student Association Finance and Appropriations Committee’s...

FILE PHOTO: ANNE STONECIPHER/THE HOYA |  Requested budget allocations for student activities were cut by $229,040.80 in the Feb. 26 draft.

GUSA Releases Draft Budget; Club Sports and CSJ Face Largest Cuts

By Afua Nyantakyi March 5, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association finance and appropriations committee released its draft budget allocating $1,092,000 in student activities funds Feb. 26. While the overall budget for the...

FILE PHOTO: ASHLEY CHEN/THE HOYA Student organizations urge the Georgetown University Police Department to reduce security fees for club-hosted events.

GUPD Security Costs Present Obstacles, Student Leaders Say

By Connor Thomas November 16, 2018

Student leaders are continuing to push for the Georgetown University Policy Department to lower security costs for club-organized events on campus. GUPD unilaterally determines whether an event...

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Commissioners for the Student Activities Commission have expressed confusion over ambiguity and lax enforcement of bylaws relating to conflicts of interest — especially as they pertain to the International Relations Club.

Conflicts of Interest Spotlight Ambiguity in SAC Bylaws

By Christian Paz April 27, 2018

When representatives from the International Relations Club faced the Student Activities Commission on Monday, March 19, to explain why IRC members had travelled to Panama City earlier that month without...

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GUPD Security Fees Siphon Club Funds, Student Leaders Say

By Katrina Schmidt April 19, 2018

A Georgetown University policy requiring student groups to hire campus police for certain on-campus events constitutes a burdensome misuse of Student Activity Fee funds, according to some student leaders. Current...

EDITORIAL: Recognize H*yas for Choice

By Editorial Board March 16, 2018

Georgetown University should prioritize free speech over religious policy by recognizing H*yas for Choice, a pro-reproductive rights student group. As a university, Georgetown must commit to the free...

EDITORIAL: Reveal Foreign Government Ties

By Editorial Board February 23, 2018

When Georgetown University student groups work with foreign governments, the wider community should not find out from national news. Last week, by obtaining private documents, Foreign Policy magazine...

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