President Book attended her first SGA meeting last night, addressing student and staff concerns on campus. At the meeting, she listened to student concerns about social life, mental health and diversity.
Some students had concerns about the academics on campus. Others were concerned that people from all sorts of backgrounds were not able to attend Elon and this needed to change.
SGA passed its new budget last night, voting and debating on how much money each student organization would receive.
Due to miscalculations made by SGA, an extra $1,080 was set to be allocated to government organizations. The government total was $9,580 with College Republicans gaining $3,500 and College Democrats receiving $2,200. This section of the bill did not pass because of the discrepancies and is the only section of the SGA budget that has not been passed.
Greek organizations receive a total of $13,000, and professional organizations receive $25,040.
Programming organizations receive $213,831 for the next year. The Student Union Board gained the most — $138,391 — with an emphasis on their program Phoenix Phanatics.
Religious organizations on campus obtained $48,578. Elon's Gospel Choir was funded the most with $13,800.
Service organizations were allocated $52,749, with Elon Volunteers! receiving the most funds at $24,902.
$22,000 has yet to be allocated in the 2018-2019 school year.