A contract with Student Engagement failed 17-5-5 during the last Student Government meeting of the semester on Wednesday.
Student Engagement, as the bill states, is an office within the Memorial Union that provides programs such as ClubFest, Alternate Breaks and Art Mart. Student Engagement has only gotten its funding through the annual allocation process, which includes compiling a budget, presenting it to the finance committee, accepting revisions and receiving the dollars at the beginning of the fiscal year.
Kevin Merrill, the assistant director for Student Organizations, Leadership and Service, spoke and took questions to the Senate during a debate that was extended twice, exceeding an hour in total.
“My ultimate goal is to use the funding that Student Government has given us in the past and merge it into a different version of that funding,” Merrill…
