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Game changer Gorgui Dieng gives Louisville a dominant force in the low post, and has helped the Cardinals earn a No. 1 ranking.
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SGA: former president siphoned funds SGA President Allison Gordon on Monday night accused her predecessor of embezzling more that $3,000 from the student fee. Gordon said at the Student Government Associationâs weekly assembly meeting that Smith took $3,314 from profit made on the freshman directory in 1989. That profit is normally returned to the student fee account of SGA. Smith served as president from February 1989 to February 1990. Gordon made the announcement two days before she was contacted by The Daily Orange regarding the incident. The newspaperâs investigation did not influence her decision to announce the alleged misuse of funds, she said. Gordon said she has known about the missing funds since September. Brad Brokaw, SGA executive assistant, said Peter Baigent, director of student affairs, has been aware of the incident for months as well. Brokawâs comments were made after the meeting. âWe have been in constant contact with Legal Services, Baigent and Barbara Lynch,â he said. Lynch was SGAâs bookkeeper during Smithâs tenure. Gordon gave her explanation to the assembly about how the money disappeared from SGA.
Each year, SGA receives money from the company that publishes the freshman guide, titled âWhoâs Newâ. The royalty is generally 25 cents a book, Gordon said. When Gordon talked to a representative of the publishing company this year, she was told that a royalty check for $5,000 was made out to Smith in 1989. The check was mailed directly to Smithâs home instead of the SGA office, Gordon said. âThe check never should have been made out to someone personally,â Gordon said. Walsworth Publishing Co., location in Marceline, Mo, publishes âWhoâs Newâ. No one from the company could be reached for comment before press time Tuesday morning. Smith later turned over $1,866 to SGA. The organization never received the balance of the check. âNo one imagined it was short $3,134,â Gordon said. Because previous guides had brought in about that much money, no one questioned the amount Smith turned over. After learning about the $5,000 transaction, Gordon telephoned Smith and asked him what he had done with the rest of the money. Smith told her he had used the money to pay for typing and layout expenses, he said. âCompiled by Meredith Newman, asst. news editor, mhnewman@syr.edu