The QC, Vol. 103, No. 06 • October 13, 2016

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October 13,2016
SEFA: Senate
votes green
Hannah Ellett
SPORTS EDITOR
During the ASWC Senate
meeting on Monday, Oct. 10, the
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SEFA act that was passed in April
2015. "The original bill focused
solely on water conservation on
campus," ASWC Senate Environmental Advocate and junior Maddie McMurray said. "The purpose
of the extension bill was to expand
   SEFA to be
'The purpose of the extension bill
was to expand SEFA to be more
inclusive and aware of other natural
resources used on campus,"
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Advocate
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in the hopes
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Dean of Students Dr. Joel Perez,
among others.
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more inclusive and
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other natural resources used on
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not limited
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COURTESY OF ADRIAN DELGADO
Student Proposes Equal Funding Bill
Jewels Mesa
NEWS EDITOR
On Oct. 10, a member of the
student body wrote and presented a
bill to the ASWC Senate with hopes
of amending the Funding Policy to
allow all clubs and organizations
up to $150 for recruitment events.
President of the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes (FCA) and senior
Amy Buck wrote the amendment.
From her experience juggling paperwork and administrative duties,
she noticed an inequality in ASWC
recruitment funding. According to
Senate's Funding Policy, social societies may be allotted up to $150 for
open houses or rushes, and honor
societies maybe allotted up to $150
to go toward their initiation dinners.
"What didn't seem fair to me was
that my club or organization does
not receive any money for an open
house," Buck said.
The ASWC Senate's Funding
Policy is used to guide senators'
votes on every funding request. The
Policy therefore suggests recommended amounts of funding and
suggests die best practices for it.
However, it does not dictate how
much organizations are allocated
without the vote of the Senate.
After tweeting at ASWC Senate
about her discontent, Buck made
moves to try and change the Funding Policy. She spoke with Senate's
Advocacy Committee and drew
up a proposed amendment. From
there, senators guided her through
the process of drafting a bill and
submittingit for consideration. She
dubbed it the Equal Funding Bill.
Her proposal is a rewrite of section F of the Funding Policy from
"Social Societies/Honor Societies" to replace it with "Clubs and
Organizations." If the bill were to
pass, the funding code would recommend that every organization
receive $150 for their new member
orientation events on a first-come,
first-served basis.
"I like the bill, to be frank," senior and President of ASWC Senate Amer Rashid said. "There are
certain parts of Senate and the way
that the ASWC is run that privilege
certain groups over others. We've
diminished that to a great extent
over the past couple of years, but
there are still things that we can do
to increase equality."
Rashid emphasized that the
bill would put every organization
on the same playing field. "That
doesn't mean just taking away certain privileges from societies but
also holding other organizations
accountable the same way that we
hold societies accountable for their
events," Rashid said.
Buck presented the bill at Senate's weekly meeting where she
answered questions and listened to
the senators' dialogue. During this
time, members of Senate pointed
out that honor and social societies
are not necessarily guaranteed this
allocation, as the table reserves the
right to deny these requests. "Any
event can come in and request any
amount of money," Rashid said.
However, he conceded that an
amendment to clear up any dissension about allocations might be in
order. "The question becomes to
what extent is the [Senate] privileging certain groups over others if,
even in our Funding Policy, we give
certain privileges to certain groups
and not others?"
As noted on ASWC Senate's
Twitter account, one member
of the public expressed that they
were unhappy with the funding
actions, stating that social societies
are treated, or at least seem to be
treated, more favorably.
Rashid addressed this person,
pointing out that Senate has certain
standards that all organizations'
fundingrequcsts mustmect. "There
is something to be said about rhetoric surrounding [social] societies on
our campus and this rhetoric is not
just by students — it's by faculty, it's
by staff, and it's by administration,"
Rashid said. "The rhetoric around
societies is extremely negative. Yes,
I agree that certain parts of ASWC,
like this part of the Funding Policy,
privilege societies. However, I think
it's important to remember that
these are student groups just like
everyone else and they shouldn't be
treated by the institution and then-
peers negatively because of perceived assumptions." Inter-Society
Council Representatives declined
to make a comment on the matter
as of now.
While Buck states that she does
not stand against societies, she is
advocating for an equal chance for
Senate's funding. "I think that any
way that anyone on campus finds
their family is fantastic; I just want
to make sure that the school itself is
treating us all fairly," Buck said. Currently, she feels societies dominate
much of the funding allocated out
from Senate, especially in regards
to recruitment events.
At the Monday night meeting,
several Senators brought up the
requirements that societies must
complete to be active members,
such as a 2.5 GPA requirement,
educational events, and community
service hours. "There is such a separation and it shouldn't be that way,"
Buck said. "Really, it shouldn't matter that societies have these different
standards that they're held to. What
matters is that they're considered an
organization just like my club is."
Member of the Kinesiology Club
and Phi Epsilon Kappa Treasurer
senior Caitlin Bronzan is in favor of
the bill. "I think it's a good idea,"
Bronzan said. "I'm in both an honor
society and a club. As an honor
society, we were never made aware
of this money, so we had no idea
that we could utilize it. And as a club
member, we struggle with money
because it's all fundraiser-based
and we have a hard time generating
support from the Whittier College
community. If societies get money,
1 don't see why clubs shouldn't."
The bill's second reading will be
this coming Monday at ASWC Senate's weekly meeting and Buck will
be meeting with senior and ASWC
Vice President Sofia Duenas as
well as other senators throughout
the week. In the meantime, she's
rallying people who are ready to
see a change. "I love the idea of
speaking out for people who don't
get to speak up."
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