The ASUO Student Senate depleted the surplus budget for winter term and had to dip into the spring term surplus budget by $1,925 in order to honor a parade of special requests from student groups that lasted more than two hours.
A representative for the Vietnamese Student Association appeared before the senate to ask for aid in funding the group’s cultural event on Sunday. The senate transferred $1,362 from surplus to VSA’s food account, $676 from surplus to the winter event line item, and transferred $30 from the group’s AV set-up line item to its winter event.
The Multicultural Center received $999 out of surplus for the Taiko Drum Ensemble event on March 11.
The senate voted to create a new line item in University radio station KWVA’s budget that would allow the program to buy music and funded the line item at $100.
A representative for DELTA-GSO presented a special request to the senate, asking senators to pay for the group’s deficit in a telephone line item, but the senate decided not to honor the request.
The senate voted to transfer $7,300 from various line items within the Coalition Against Environmental Racism’s budget, to the group’s speaker line item so CAER can pay speaker honorariums for an upcoming conference.
The senate transferred $500 from the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation’s food holding account into the program’s symposium line item.
The senate transferred $450 from different line items within the Black Women of Achievement’s budget to the group’s food account.
The senate approved the Athletic Department Finance Committee’s budget at $1,280,229 for 2003-04, which adhered to the allowed 9.5 percent benchmark increase.

— Jennifer Bear