The leader of next year's Student Association Senate said he wants to continue a trend of the Senate spending a limited amount of money, but still has plans to pursue potentially costly campaign promises.
Executive Vice President-elect Brand Kroeger said he will limit next year's Senate budget to the $1,000 currently allocated to the body. In comparison, last year's budget was $10,000. The money saved will be directed toward student activities outside the SA, he and President-elect Nicole Capp say.
"We realize student organizations are the most important things on campus," said Kroeger, a sophomore. "We are not spending a dime of money from student orgs."
Despite keeping internal Senate spending in check, Kroeger wants to pursue many of his campaign initiatives, such as the reinstatement of a free newspaper program and Colonial Invasion, the basketball-season-kickoff pep rally. Administrators cut these events because of a $900,000 cut in the Student and Academic Support Services budget.
Robert Chernak, senior vice president for SASS, declined to comment on Kroeger's plans of bringing back programs formerly funded by his department.
"No one felt the newspaper program was not a good program," Chernak said at the time of the cuts in October 2006. "This was just something that ranked as a lesser priority than others."
The EVP-elect said he is not certain how he will fund the program and is looking for assistance from the University. He said he is meeting with representatives from The New York Times and USA Today to discuss having free or discounted newspapers.
"We recognize it is an uphill battle. But I think the University is genuinely interested in (helping us)," Kroeger said.
In October, Chernak said Colonial Invasion was "an embellishment that could be curtailed" but did not say how much the event cost in previous years. Instead of Colonial Invasion this fall, the University sponsored "Spirit of the Night" which cost the GW $10,000.
Executive Vice President-elect Brand Kroeger said he will limit next year's Senate budget to the $1,000 currently allocated to the body. In comparison, last year's budget was $10,000. The money saved will be directed toward student activities outside the SA, he and President-elect Nicole Capp say.
"We realize student organizations are the most important things on campus," said Kroeger, a sophomore. "We are not spending a dime of money from student orgs."
Despite keeping internal Senate spending in check, Kroeger wants to pursue many of his campaign initiatives, such as the reinstatement of a free newspaper program and Colonial Invasion, the basketball-season-kickoff pep rally. Administrators cut these events because of a $900,000 cut in the Student and Academic Support Services budget.
Robert Chernak, senior vice president for SASS, declined to comment on Kroeger's plans of bringing back programs formerly funded by his department.
"No one felt the newspaper program was not a good program," Chernak said at the time of the cuts in October 2006. "This was just something that ranked as a lesser priority than others."
The EVP-elect said he is not certain how he will fund the program and is looking for assistance from the University. He said he is meeting with representatives from The New York Times and USA Today to discuss having free or discounted newspapers.
"We recognize it is an uphill battle. But I think the University is genuinely interested in (helping us)," Kroeger said.
In October, Chernak said Colonial Invasion was "an embellishment that could be curtailed" but did not say how much the event cost in previous years. Instead of Colonial Invasion this fall, the University sponsored "Spirit of the Night" which cost the GW $10,000.
