SGA - Senate Agenda 4-10-14

04/10/14

Agenda of the Senate Hofstra University Student Government Association

April 10th 2014 Green House, Student Center Call to Order I.

Quorum Call

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Approval of Senate Minutes

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Approval of Cabinet Minutes

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Committee Weekly Reports A. Rules – A. Legnetti

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New Business A. Volunteers Around the World B. Buddhism Club C. Hofstra University Bhangra D. Elections Commission Report E. Budget Appeals

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Executive Board Reports Mid-Semester and Weekly A. President – A. Standrowicz B. Vice President R. Singh C. Comptroller – A. Guarino D. Secretary – S. Ivy

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Committee Weekly Reports A. Academic Affairs – P. Tierney B. Appropriations – M. Atkinson

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C. Club Relations – A. Barkley D. Programming – W. Shepherd E. Public Relations – J. Robertson F. Spirit – M. Perry G. Student Services- J. Lender VIII. IX. X.

For the Good of the Order Announcements Snap Cup

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Adjournment

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Quorum Call: 26 Meeting called to order at 6:12 P.M Approval of Senate Minutes Content amendments: a. Motion to add the time of adjournment for senate meeting b. Motion to add 9:30 pm to senate minutes i. Second ii. Pass c. Clerical amendments i. None Motion to pass senate minutes a. Second b. Pass Approval of cabinet Minutes a. Last night cabinet was an open meeting b. Page 9. Motion to strike every instance that a gender was used. Take out gender and everything with student. Strike confidential terms of the cabinet minutes c. Motion to strike confidential terms of the cabinet minutes i. Second ii. Pass d. Motion to collect the entire agenda at the end of senate. i. Second ii. Pass e. Motion to add starting time of meeting i. Meeting was at 8:13 pm f. Motion to specify cabinet meeting i. Second ii. Pass g. Page 11, subsection k, subsection i. Motion to strike this i. Second

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ii. Pass h. Page 18, section e. Motion to strike a, c and d. reformate d as f. D would change into 2 i. Second ii. Pass i. Motion to amend on page 18. Recommended course on the bulletin will be listed when they are applicable. i. This is seen as friendly j. Point of Information: Renovation of the Greek life cabinet section will go somewhere else (Preserve those) k. Page 13 section 9 subsection c (mark specifies on what he means) Motion to Pass Senate minutes a. Second b. Pass Motion to suspend rules and see appropriation minutes a. Second b. Pass Appropriations a. We will be discussing Budget appeals at next weeks senate meeting b. Appropriation meeting was on April 1st, 2014 c. Aleksey and Aly were present at the meeting d. Adopt a dream wants to bring their dreamers. Young girl and her grandmother will be walking with her grandmother e. HOLI is requesting more powder for their event f. We could not fund HOLI requesting food because it was exclusivly only to those who are going to perform g. We adjourned at 8:00 P.M Mark goes over the policy series (See Policy series) a. Encourage everyone to sit down and go through the policy series b. Appropriation committee does not fund any club with a discriminatory or exclusive attitude with regards to membership c. SGA will not fund any clubs that are not registered on collegiate link. i. Collegiate link shows the growth of a club d. If a item has been destroyed, it can’t be funded for, for at least one year e. Conference, a max of eight registration fees may be funded per semester f. Transportation. You can only be funded for a 300 mile radius around NYC g. Clothing, $250.00 max per year h. Do not fund for prizes/ give-a-ways i. We can’t fund for tipping, taxes, shipping & handling, etc. j. Consistency, we want to be transparent. If we argue for consistency, it is because it is something that is written down concretely in our policy series k. We have more budget proposals than ever before submitted for budget weekend. i. About 110 budget proposals from clubs l. Next week budget appeal is a great day to highlight the relationships we have with the clubs. This is the time to put your money where your mouth is m. Clubs will not be funded if they do not have a quote n. Process of Budget Appeal i. Before the meeting, youwill all get the minutes. ii. The money that we have to appropriate is not SGA’s money. It is the student’s money. o. Anything we can improve on from last year? i. We should try to have more breaks during appeals ii. We have to pay attention and be professional

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iii. Watch for circular conversations iv. We should be familiar with the policy series v. No one will leave and come in while a club is present in room vi. We should pace ourselves vii. Cell phones and side chatter is not acceptable viii. Give clubs your full attention ix. No eating while club is in the room p. Motion to Pass Appropriations Minutes i. Second ii. Pass Election Commission a. Received great feedback about election seminar b. Tevon will reserve the election booths by Monday c. Discussed packets and seminars d. Voting Flyers in Production e. Referendum Questions (Goes at the bottom of ballet) i. What is it? ii. Why is it important President Report a. Brought the voting date. i. We discussed initiatives b. Budget proposal for student activity fee.

Academic affairs a. CTRs i. Billy is emailing Dr. Schmelkin b. Advanced Music Theory i. Hunter will get back in touch with Dr. Rob to see if she spoke to her faculty c. Camera i. Hunter emailed Dean Oppenheim, but she said it would take a few weeks to get back d. “Recommended course” i. Have bulletin list courses that would be beneficial for students to have taken for background knowledge, but not required. (i.e. “Recommended: ECO 002, or equivalent”) e. Meeting adjourned at 7:03 P.M XXIV. Club relations a. Meeting called to order 6:00 P.M b. Present: Alex Barkley (Chair), Ron Bielunas, Forest Gitlin c. Visiting: Ron Singh d. Absent: Jordan Richmond e. Club congress discussion i. Talked about pros and cons ii. Ideas for improvement iii. Have more presence f. Block Party i. Scheduled for April 21st 6pm small clubs ii. Was Luau theme, now Mexican iii. Food, fun, Piñata iv. Set up at 5pm v. Need to help—see sign up sheet going around table vi. Flyers will be sent for printing to Lawrence’s on Friday g. Penpal

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i. Write letter from one club to another about purpose and nice things ii. Not happening this semester iii. Maybe for future CR chair iv. Shadow program v. Forrest making brochure vi. Jordan filling in vii. Streamline and perfect program viii. Hand out to clubs all the time h. Club Tour i. Have clubs have 30 seconds to talk about self and then pan to program ii. Being set up with portfolio, for future CR to use iii. Tap production orgs such as HEAT or HFC iv. Alex and Rob v. Work with spirit? i. Club hello video i. Club saying hi from club to first years ii. Show during orientation iii. Starting now iv. Working with spirit j. Chabad Investigation i. Figuring out what recommendation is and if to bring to hearing k. Fun video of the week: William’s Beatdown episode 8 l. Meeting adjourned at 7:40 pm XXV. Programming a. Finalized T-shirt design ordering shirts on Friday b. Build a bear is this Friday at 6pm in the Multipurpose room!! c. Candy bar event is next Wednesday, April 9th at 12pm in the student center atrium. FREE CANDY!! d. Arabian Nights contract is being sent in to the OSLA by the end of the week e. Also, Khizar has a meeting with Shaun at the fitness canter about sweat U on Friday f. We also have found someone for promotions!!

XXVI. Public relations a. Called to Order at 6:30 pm b. Present: J. Sam Robertson (Chair), Forrest Gitlin, Edgar Diaz, Nicole Olson c. State of SGA i. Room booked 4/15 ii. Ron borrowing camera equipment d. PR committee waiting to edit presidents speech, which will be sent to us by tomorrow e. Brainstorming i. How PR can collaborate with club relations next semester to expand club congress f. Concise informational booklet about SGA resources available to clubs i. Good way to promote our featured events program g. Adjourned at 7:00 pm XXVII. Rules a. Meeting called to order at 6:48pm b. Present: Alyssa Legnetti (Chair), Tevon Hyman (Senator), Nicole Olson (Senator), David Caputo (Senator) c. Legislation d. The oversight committee Act from Tevon

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i. This would be an ad-hoc committee that would be responsible for ensuring that policies, operations, and procedures are being upheld ii. If for any reason, 1/3 of senate thinks that something is going wrong at any time in the year, there will be a hearing process iii. The hearing process will last for about a five week period iv. Will consist of one senator from each committee. The oversight committee will not be weekly v. Will only meet when a hearing is being conducted. The chair will not be a member of cabinet vi. Chair would be elected at turnover. Then, each committee rep would be elected but there would be no rep from the committee that the chair belongs to. e. Motion to Pass i. Second f. Vote on passing i. For: 3 ii. Against: 0 iii. Abstentions: 0 g. Legislation passes and will be seen at senate h. Archiving i. Legislation: Tevon ii. Resolutions: David iii. Agendas: Nicole iv. Club Elections: Alyssa i. How to start a club Booklet i. Alyssa ii. Taking the information on it (from last semester) and adding it to the brochure template that the Public Relations Committee made j. Miscellaneous i. Going through mid-semester reports to get list of resolutions, legislation, etc. k. Motion to adjourn i. Second l. Meeting adjourned at 7:11 pm XXVIII. Spirit a. Meeting called to order 5:18 pm b. Tailgate i. This week’s promotions ii. Staffing the event c. Sarah’s motivational event i. Moving to finals time d. Lion’s Den i. Waiting for the final word on the banner hanging ii. Want to have real support of it at the April 12th game iii. Will contact Karl in OSLA about getting mascots to attend e. Baseball and softball i. Contacted potential – Kristina ii. Need concrete plan – who else wants to help? iii. Will be meeting with Lawrence about developing plan f. Final thoughts i. How is everyone feeling? ii. Anything else they want to be doing before the year is up? iii. Meeting adjourned at 6:01 pm XXIX. Student services

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a. This meeting took place in the small clubs office b. Meeting called to order at 5:10 pm c. Present: Chairman Jesse Lender, Senator Manuel, Senator Analiz Valderrama, Senator Jenna Wyatt d. CS Rep/Senator Christian Rudolph e. IFSC Rep/Senator Kristin Marzullo f. Visitors: Comptroller Aly Guarino g. Word Puzzles h. Suggestions@Hofstra i. Chairman Jesse Lender ii. Thought process: Students would like to see a Red box-type machine here on campus iii. Update:Spoke with DVD Express yesterday. Waiting to hear back about details.

However, they did say it is unusual for them to be one a college campus i. Lackmann/Dining Services: i. Senator Analiz Valderrama ii. Update: Met with Crystal on Monday. Combos are working well iii. Food Committee Meeting: Monday at 3pm in Student center 218 iv. Events are ongoing through April and May. Can talk to Analiz j. Shuttle Times i. IFSC Rep/Senator Kristin Marzullo ii. Thought process: Students would like to see a more effective Mineola Shuttle time k. Update: l. Plan of action: Will contact Registrars office to ask for class foot traffic m. Vending Machines i. Hofstra Card ii. Senator Jenna Wyatt iii. Thought process: Look into the possibility of the vending machines taking meal plan iv. Update: Emailed Mike Ogazon v. Plan of action: n. ATM i. Senator Mikio Manuel ii. Thought process: Students would find if helpful if there was an ATM at Dutch Treats iii. Update iv. Plan of action: Will email to see date of when it will be put in Dutch o. Commuting Student Lounge Board i. CS Rep/Senator Christian Rudolph ii. Thought Process: To better engage commuting students with campus life, bulletin board will be placed in the lounge in which events will be posted. p. Update: Is going to happen q. Plan of action: Waiting to Anita to come back so we can order it through a department r. Representative Update i. IFSC a.

SAE candle lighting—TBD b.

Greek Week Starts this Sunday c.

Yankee Candle fundraising event ii. RSA a.

Casino Night – Thursday at 7 in the Multipurpose room iii. CSR

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s. Meeting adjourned at 6:00pm XXX. The Good of the Order XXXI. Meeting Adjourned at 9: 00 PM

Cabinet Minutes April 9, 2014 I. II.

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Meeting: 8:23pm Spirit a. Gave out tickets b. Saturday was the last home game c. Will be giving out tickets for the baseball game d. Had meeting with Lawrence about spirit Rock i. Lawrence suggested something bigger ii. Have concrete tiles, only of clubs. Each club would have a application process to get a rock iii. Whitney and my committee will be meeting to see how realistic this is e. Lion’s Den banner Club Relations a. Working on proposal with Sarah b. Food is being finalized for tomorrow c. Balloon pit will be in the Small Club’s office. Will need help from senate to fill the Balloons d. Still working on brochures e. Rob will be present at an event doing the recording f. Chabad investigation i. Will not be sending them to hearing. Instead, I will meet with Sarah ii. Suggestion: Send in a “Hi From” suggestions video (two weeks from now). We can keep club updated on all the things we have done all throughout the semester iii. The video will come from where we are doing filming Comptroller a. Idea of “SGA budget Q and A”. It will be mandatory for club leaders to go, but they can choose which of the 4 pre-set dates they want to attend i. Students will be able to ask questions ii. We can teach them how to make proposals iii. Aly will start planning dates for next semester

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iv. (Model United Nations) Sarah brought up good points that we should be tracking where the other portion of the student activity fee is going to, if not SGA a.

Brought up concerns about hotel max not being high enough b.

Another alternative - instead of increasing student activity fee, why not increase the percentage that SGA receives? b. Mark and I reached out to clubs, and now only 11 clubs want to appeal i. Someone from concert said they emailed Mark to appeal, but he did not receive it a.

They feel it is difficult to get an artist without funding up front, due to all of the contracts b.

Can we fund a compromise? We can’t fund both events c.

The deadline to submit appeal requests was shorter this year, about a day and half d.

Mark will be having a meeting with concerts. Can we try to help find a way to fund more for them? i. Can we be more active with this proposal? ii. Can’t compromise with someone when they are set on their ideas only. ii. A club reached out to us- “Pride Pals” a.

After they became SGA recognized, no one reached out to the Club saying welcome to SGA. b.

How can we fix the issue, so that this club gets a welcome packet? iii. New club packets. Give club packet when they are at senate, we can give them a packet in person and send one to their emails a. Alex will make packets and hand it tomorrow for clubs at senate Rules a. Doing the archiving. i. Tevon has all the legislations ii. Nicole is doing the agendas iii. I will be doing club election forms iv. Will forward election forms to clubs v. Alex: try to invite club advisors to meetings. For next year, we should try to execute this so they can be aware of what’s going on Student Services a. Rent Box, not sure how much will be left over for next semester b. Vending machine i. There is nothing that can be done for the swipe because it is under a different contract ii. For the ones in the dome, there are a list of alternatives c. No update on the blue beetle d. ATM will be going in within the next two weeks i. Re-wiring Dutch treats Programming a. Build a bear went great i. Stuffing was limited ii. Next time, we will ask for extra stuffing iii. Sweat U, April 19th a.

We have someone for promotions, she was present at our meeting iv. Arabian Night a.

Cory bought two tickets for Aladdin. That will be used as a raffle b.

People have to be present at event to win v. Have to speak to programming board about going to events b. Will have a talk about being assertive at meetings Public Relations

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a. Edited the speech at the last meeting b. Had journalism visitors c. Created one unified featured event for FB d. We want to come up with a social media campaign e. Trying to find a atrium event that is successful Appropriations a. We have 10 clubs b. Budget appeal meetings c. Clubs that will be coming i. Pride Pals ii. Masquerade iii. National society of black engineers iv. HAMA v. English society vi. HUABJ vii. BSU viii. SLHA ix. IMA x. IMANI xi. Get Global d. Try to streamline process so we can be quick and effective e. Try to have clubs follow the standards set in place for them so they can grow.

Meeting adjourned at 10:47 pm

Elections Commission Report April 9th, 2014 Attendance: Alex Barkley Tevon Hyman Alyssa Legnetti Jesse Lender Melanie Perry Ron Singh Items: -

Verified Signatures, #700s and candidate’s eligibility.

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Discussed upcoming election, specifically, the prospect of not having a ticket.

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Motion made to extend deadline of submitting ticket packets to

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this Friday, April 10th 2014 by 3 pm a. Second b. By a vote of 4-2, that motion passed.

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Please read over emails! If anyone has any questions, now is a good time to ask them!

Appropriations Budget Weekend Minutes March 4th Meeting called to order: 1pm-6pm Break 6pm-7pm (build-a-bear was awesome!!)

Meeting called back to order: 7:10pm Meeting adjourned 12:30am March 5th Meeting called to order: 1:30pm-6pm Break 6pm-7pm (dinner) Meeting called back to order 7:10pm Meeting adjourned 4:00am Total number of proposals reviewed: 110 Total amount requested: $696,811.63 Total amount allocated (before appeals): $310, 786.46

SOCIAL CLUBS Entertainment Unlimited (EU) Requested: $52,491.71 Movies, On campus events, Free Trips, Paid Trips, Thanksgiving Dinner Allocated: $44,134.40 Movies; $11,000.00 11

Movies continued; $0 On campus events; $10,000.00 Free Trips; $5,000.00 Paid Trips; $7,000.00 Thanksgiving Dinner; $2,134.40 Hofstra Concerts Requested: $41,659.40 Freak Formal, Coffee house, Lighting Equipment Allocated: 22,824.40 Freak formal; $10,000.00 Coffee House; $1,000.00 Lighting Equipment; $1,824.40 Hofstra University Chess Club Requested: $1,600.00 Marshall Wednesday, Marshall Monday Allocated: $1,600.00 SCAFFU Requested: $250.00 T-shirts Allocated: 250.00 T-shirts Hofstra University Links Robotics Requested: $3,390.98 T-shirts, Banners, Food, Quadcopter kits (4), Electronics Kits (2), Motors Allocated: $1,108.15 T-shirts; $243.18 Banners;$0 Food; $0 Quadcopter kits (1); $564.99 Electronics Kits (1); $199.98 Motors(10); $100.00

Hofstra Versus Zombies; Requested: $705.37 T-shirts, Bandanas, Banner, Zombie ball, Makeup Allocated: $692.58 T-shirts; $201.60 Bandanas; $40.00 Banner; $53.44 Zombie ball (food); $309.65 Makeup; $87.89 12

ACADEMIC CLUBS Hofstra Anthropology Club Requested: $3661.00 Club T-shirts, Natural History Museum Trip, Food and Ecology Tour, Museum of the American Gangster, New York Renaissance Fair Allocated: $994 Club T-Shirts: $250 Natural History Museum Trip: $0 Food and Ecology Tour: $0 Museum of the American Gangster: $744 -Tickets: $240 -LIRR Tickets: $384 -New York Metro Ticket: $120 New York Renaissance Fair: $0 The Astronomical Society of Hofstra Requested: $465 Cradle of Aviation, The intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Allocated: $465 CSI: Hofstra Requested: $2,539.91 NEAFS Annual Meeting, Halloween Fundraiser Allocated: $1,138.76 NEAFS Annual Meeting: $1,138.76 Hotel room for 3 nights: 0 Gas: $58.76 Registration: $135/person (8 people) Economics Association Requested: $629.65 Apparel, Manhattan Trip, Speaker Allocated: $379.65 Apparel: 154.65 Manhattan Trip (15 tickets): $225 Speaker: $0 Hofstra English Society- appealing Requested: $979.40 Font Magazine, Fall Semester Showcase, Books for the Literature Committee, Hofstra English Society Pens Allocated: $0 13

Hofstra Geology club Requested: $2,596.82 GSA Vancouver, AMNH Trip, Stokes State Forest Trip, Battle Row Trip Allocated: $1,282.22 GSA Vancouver Registration (4 people): $600 AMNH Trip: $525.00 -$120 LIRR Tickets -$75 Metro Card -$330 Museum Admission (15 passes) Stokes State Forest Trip: $111.00 -$59.25 registration & camping fee -$51.75 travel cost Battle Row Trip: $46.22 -$40 camping fee for 2 nights -$6.22 travel costs Hofstra History Club Requested: $21.57 Poster Board, Permanent Markers, Crayons Allocated: $21.57 Poster Board: $6.29 Permanent Markers: $6.49 Crayons: $8.79 Sigma Alpha Pi Requested: $520 Recruitment Event #1, Recruitment Event #2, Eboard Hoodies, Induction Ceremony Allocated: $337.75 Recruitment Event #1: $74 -Food: $74 Recruitment Event #2: $74 -Food: $74 Eboard Hoodies: 189.75 Induction Ceremony: $0 Sustainability Studies Club Requested: $4,487,96 AASHE Conference, Field Trips, Garden Supplies, Growing Power Workshop, Three-Bin Compost Turning Unit Allocated: $1,268.97 AASHE Conference: $1,048 -Hotel Rooms: $448 -Registration: $600 -Taxi: $0 Field Trips: $98.83 14

-Travel to Energy Park: $13.90 -Travel to Management Treatment Plant: $8.40 -Travel to Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge: $21.70 -Travel to Sagamore Hill Historic Site: $22.40 -Travel to Covanta Waste-To-Energy Plant: $4.07 -Travel to Caumsett State Park: $28.36 Garden Supplies: $22.14 -Soil Test Kit: $9.19 -Vegetable Garden Seed Set: $12.95 Growing Power Workshop: $0 Three-Bin Compost Turning Unit: $100 (Flat Fee)

PRE-PROFESSIONAL CLUBS The Accounting Society Requested: $702.00 T-shirts, surgent kolar CPA review speaker(food), table throw, park avenue CPA review speaker(food), service event- card making Allocated: $702.00 T-shirts: $250 Table Throw (banner): $160 American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Requested: $2,159.60 First meeting with speaker, second meeting with speaker, third meeting with speaker, ACDA Conference, Pieces for choral music library Allocated: $1960 First meeting with speaker (Speaker): $150 Second meeting with speaker (Speaker): $100 Third meeting with speaker (speaker): $150 ACDA Conference (8ppl): $1560 ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting) Requested: $3,928.03 Recruiting event, alternative investment, finance office visit, corporate America comes to Hofstra, Financial Simulation, banner, flyers, t-shirts, poster boards Allocated: $1771.79 Recruiting Event (food): $150.00 Alternative Investment (food): $260.45 Corporate America Comes to Hofstra (food): $405.25 Financial Simulation (food): $381.10 Banner: $129.99 Flyers: $195.00 T-shirts: $250.00 15

APHOS (Association of Pre-Health Orientated Students) Requested: $1220 Apparel, Office supplies, hofstra rope course, Hofstra flyers, posters, food for special events Allocated: $0 (No description, blank page) ASCD (Association of supervision and curriculum development) Requested: $1370.51 Google conference, refreshments for meeting, t-shirts, publicity materials, custom banner Allocated: $940.51 Google Conference(4): $600.00 T-shirts: $240.92 Publicity Materials: $74.11 Custom banner: $25.48 Rhythmix (Tap club) Requested: $800 Apparel, banner, master class with Ryan Casey Allocated: $350 Master class with Ryan Casey: $350 Ed2010 Hofstra Requested: $564.25 Banner, T-shirts for club, “Show your style� event, alumni panel Allocated: $520.24 Banner: $77.99 T-shirt: $250.00 Show Your Style Event(Food): $99.25 Alumni Panel (Food): $93 Financial Management Association (FMA) Requested: $980.00 Career Workshop, Meet the Grads, Guest Lecture/Networking Event, FMA T-shirts Allocated: $277.80 Career Workshop(food): $110 Meet the Grads(food): $218.30 FMA T-shirts: $149.50 Get Global- appealing Requested: $526.30 Fair Trade Chocolate Fundraiser, United Nations Field Trip Allocated: $0.00 (No description, inaccurate quote, has budget for Fair Trade Chocolate this semester) Hofstra American marketing Association -appealing Requested: $4,649.88 First HAMA meeting, sales competition flyers, 1 st general HAMA meeting flyers, ice cream 16

social recruitment event, etiquette dinner, day of marketing week(one, two, three, four, five), networking dinner, non-profit week, non-profit city tour, alumni night.

Allocated: $1,502.04 First HAMA meeting/WELCOME WEEK t-shirts: $207.74 Ice Cream Social- Recruitment Event: $150.00 Day one of marketing week(food): $279.45 Day two of marketing week(food): $250.80 Day five of marketing week(food): $40.00 Networking Dinner: $574.85 Hofstra Advertising Club Requested: $1520.00 Apparel, AWNY Conference November 2014(8), Banner, Trip Transportation NYC, Recruitment Event Allocated: $858.98 AWNY Conference (8): $680.00 Banner: $50.98 Trip Transportation NYC(15): $128.00 Hofstra Health & Wellness Requested: $70.27 E-board office supplies, fundraising Allocated: $70.27 E-board office supplies: $12.25 Fundraising: $58.02 Hofstra USITT Requested: $964.29 T-shirts, candy for sales, supplies for Dept design studio, club banner, books for USITT/Design Dept. bookself Allocated: $635.10 T-shirts,: $246.60 Candy for sales: $13.10 Supplies for Dept design studio: $100 Club banner: $180 Books for USITT/Design Dept. bookshelf: $95.40 Hofstra University Association of Black Journalists (HUABJ)-appealing Requested: $5918.00 Speaker Fee- Kim Osorio, Esther Armah, Donovan Grannum, Fundraising Allocated: $3833.90 Speaker Fee – Kim Osorio : $1750.00 Speaker Fee- Esther Armah : $2000 Fundraising $83.90 Hofstra University Start Ups (HUSU) Requested: $2123.04 17

Registration to remain a recognized Chapter of CEO, HUSU Club shirts, Food for on campus conference, hotel for national ceo conference, recruitment event Allocated: $531.24 Registration to be a recognized chapter of CEO: $285 T-shirts: $246.24 IMA (Institute of Management Accountants)- appealing Requested: $4164.00 Annual Conference, hotel, film and viewing rights, IMA Dinner meeting 1,2,3,4, IMA dues, Apparel, banner Allocated: $295.20 Apparel: $250.00 Banner: $45.20 The Institute of Legal studies in Business (ILSB) Requested: $1212.47 Banner and Pens, Trip to NYC (LIRR), topic: LSAT/GMAT, T-shirts Allocated: $502.49 Banner: $139.99 Pen(fundraiser): $112.50 T-shirts: $250 Hofstra Model UN Requested: $3836 UPMUNC, Apparel Allocated: $1152 Registration(one group): $70 Delegate fee(8 ppl): $210 Hotel(2 rooms, 4 people per room, 3 nights): $600 Mega bus(8 tickets): $272 National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Requested: $3778.90 Recruiting event, club apparel, big 4 audit professional panel, big 4 advisory career panel, how to master an interview presented by Goldman Sachs, Backpack to Briefcase from NABA Alumni, Dress for Success Workshop, Time Management in Corporate America, Forensic Accounting with the FBI and others, the small accounting firm experience panel, careers in the finance world portfolio management, the importance of financial statement analysis professional session, back rock presents: The mechanics of ETF, The studying ethics: How to prepare for the CPA exam? The structure of the CFA Exam and others, finding your passion in the finance: fixed income and derivatives, the difference between hedge fund vs. banking Allocated: $250.00 Club Apparel: $250 National Society of Black Engineers- appealing Requested: $1724.58 Welcome back to NSBE, Intro to Engineers, regional zone, fall bake off, spoken word night 18

Allocated: $132.61 Intro to Engineers: $100.88 Fall bake off: $31.73 National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA)- appealing Requested: $4975.45 Resume Writing Workshop, Game night, therapy dog workshop, grad school info session, recruitment funds, apparel, ASHA Convention Allocated: $394.90 Recruitment Fund(Pens and stress Balls): $144.90 Apparel: $250.00 Phi Alpha Delta, Pre Law Requested: $1739.25 Conference, fundraising materials, t-shirts Allocated: $1735.63 Pre-Law Conference – Mock Trial and Law school expo (4ppl): $1510 -Cost of attendance, registration fee, hotel three nights ($300), conference tshirts($60) Fundraising Materials: $35.63 T-shirts: $190 Society of Physics Students Requested: $1036.00 Trip to Brookhaven National Laboratory museum of national hist. metropolitan museum Allocated: $0.00 (Exclusive events) Tax Society Requested: $1672.30 Recruiting event, club apparel, representative banner, tax professional career panel, professional software interaction workshop, tax leadership collaboration, the importance of VITA information session Allocated: $450 Club Apparel: $250 Banner: $200

MEDIA CLUBS Hofstra Entertainment Access Television (HEAT) Requested: $851.26 Thursday Nite Live, Sports Beat, Directors Cut Allocated: $0 Thursday Nite Live; $0 Sports Beat; $0 Directors Cut; $0 19

Hofstra Filmmaker’s Club Requested: $4,508.67 Camera Equipment, Light Equipment, Sound Equipment, Props Allocated: $432.23 Camera Equipment; $232.24 Light Equipment; $0 Sound Equipment; $199.99 Props; $0 Nexus Yearbook Requested: $29,304.00 Yearbook contract Allocated: 29,304.00 Yearbook Contract: $29,304.00 Nonsense Requested: $6,490.03 Magazine printing (3), Apparel, Nonicle printing (3), Recruitment event, Markers, Paint Allocated: $2,859.16 Magazine printing (1); $2,000.00 Apparel; $250.00 Nonicle printing (1);$417.00 Recruitment event; $150.00 Markers and paint ; $42.16 The Hofstra Chronicle Requested: $19,082.00 Richner printing, Nikon D 3200 Cameras, Kahuna Host Web hosting fees, 4- 32 GB SD Memory Cards, Camera Bags, Voice Recorder, 5 Clipboards, 2- Flash drives, Notepads, Pens Allocated: $10,946.41 Richner printing; $10,476.00 Nikon D 3200 Cameras, $0 Kahuna Host Web hosting fees; $300.00 4- 32 GB SD Memory Cards; $80.00 Camera Bags; $16.95 Voice Recorder; $39.96 5 Clipboards; $23.50 2- Flash drives; $0 12, Notepads; $10 60 Pens; $0

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Requested: $2,800 Posters/Flyers/Banners, Photographer, Videographer, Adam’s Playhouse, Lighting Designer, Stage Manager Allocated: $1,500 Posters/Flyers/Banners: $0 Photographer: $100 Videographer: $400 Adam’s Playhouse: $0 Lighting Designer: $600 Stage Manager: $400 Imani Dance Ensemble- appealing Requested: $1,736.25 Fitness Event, Arts and Crafts, Colored Lights Allocated: $31.05 Fitness Event: $0 Arts and Crafts: $31.05 -Paint: $19.18 -Paint Brushes: $7.99 -Markers: $3.88 Colored Lights: $0 Masquerade Musical Theatre - appealing Requested: $6,000 Musical Revue, Musical Workshop, Costume Reorganization Allocated: $99.00 Musical Revue: $0 Musical Workshop: $0 Costume Reorganization: $99.00 -Clothing Racks: $99.00 Strictly Steppin’ Requested: $1,191.15 (Fall)oween Fair/Reveal, Competition, Apparel, History of Step Event, Miscellaneous Allocated: $862.17 (Fall)oween Fair/Reveal: $281.60 -Food: $181.60 -Fair Items: $100 (Flat Fee) Competition: $0 Apparel: $247.92 History of Step Event: $332.65 -Food: $332.65 Miscellaneous: $0 T’DAA 21

Requested: $2,859.20 Hyatt Regency McCormick, NDEO Conference Fee, Apparel for Conference Allocated: $2,145.20 Hyatt Regency McCormick (Hotel): $1,000 NDEO Conference Fee: $1,000 Apparel for Conference: $145.20 Transcendance Requested: $423.12 Custom Ink Hoodie, Table Drape Allocated: $432.12 Custom Ink Hoodie: $243.12 Table Drape: $180.00

POLITICALLY/ SOLCIALLY ACTIVE Active Minds Requested: Speaker (No Quote) Allocated: $0.00 Adopt A Dream Requested: $1148.77 Bake Sales, Miscellaneous Atrium Table, Zumba, Food from Lackmann, Tshirts, Homecoming float building, scrapbook supplies Allocated: 931.69 Bake Sales: $207.08 -Food tray, frosting, cake mixes flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla, food coloring, sprinkles, butter, plastic table cloths, brownie mixes Miscellaneous Atrium Table: $111.44 -Roulette Wheel: $58.53 - Colored Paper: 6.98 - Poster Board: 9.98 - Markers: 11.97 - Poster paint: 23.98 Zumba: $78.39 - Event Posters, Stamp Ink Pad, Tickets.

Food From Lackmann(Luncheon for Dreamer): $254.00 T-shirts: $247.20 Scrapbook Supplies: $33.58 - photo paper, scrapbook pages, stickers, glue, tape Be Kind, Step Up! Requested: $1692.74 Welcome Back event, random acts of kindness, Hofstra compliments, thanks and Giving, 22

Apparel, Ben’s bells, Bake Sale Fundraiser Allocated: $819.65 Welcome Back event food: $165.85 Random Acts of Kindness: 50.76 -Sticky notes, Markers Apparel: 250.00 Bake Sale Fundraiser: $42.94 Democrats of Hofstra University Requested: $557.97 T-shirts, Recruitment Event 1, Debate, film screening, recruitment event 2 Allocated :$445.32 T-shirts: $208.87 Recruitment event #1 food : $110.00 Debate food : $94.70 Recruitment event #2 food: $31.75 Give Hope Requested: $1249.71 (No description/paperwork) General recruitment supplies, bake sale, table date, recruitment breakfast, apparel, give hope banner, table date recipe book Allocated: $0.00 Student for a Greener Hofstra Requested: $1885.50 America recycles day, vegetarian day, food day, campaign against disposable water bottles, natural history museum, club advertisement, bake sale, liberty science center, member appreciation, art supplies, solar panel, educational movies, pins, tote bay fundraiser, club business cards, leadership camping retreat, off campus mixer.

Allocated: $645.16 Campaign Against Disposable Water Bottles: $54.19 - Posters and clipboard Natural History Museum: $127 - Car gas ($25), Tickets ($102) Club Advertisement Posters: $51.30 Bake Sale: $16.17 Liberty Science Center: $158.00 -Gas ($40), tickets ($118) Tote bag Fundraiser: 231.50 Club Business Cards: $7.00 Hofstra Rotaract Requested: $215.91 Clean water project, fundraising, E-board office supplies Allocated :$47.91 Fundraising: $33.63 E-board office supplies: $14.28 23

Hofstra Student for Liberty Requested: $842.00 New York student for liberty regional conference, Washington D.C. speaker, Greg Gutfeld at Hofstra University Allocated: $200.00 Washington D.C. Speaker Hotel 1 night : $100 Greg Gutfeld at Hofstra University Hotel 1 night: $100 Hofstra University’s Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter (HHH) Requested: $1746.84 Campus Chapter Fee, Fall festival, T-shirts, gas for Builds, Chapter supplies, baking supplies for fundraiser, Gingerbread house fundraiser Allocated: $1396.84 Campus Chapter Fee: $100 T-shirts: $250.00 Gas for Builds: $599.66 Chapter supplies: $266.98 Baking supplies for fundraiser: $100.80 Gingerbread house fundraiser: $79.40 Paw Pals Requested: $1783.83 Aquarium, Tie Dye Event, Central park zoo, bake sale, pennies for Pets coin collection Allocated: $1093 Aquarium( Tickets): $435 Tie Dye Event( Tie dye kit, white t-shirts): $191.92 Central Park Zoo(tickets): $450 Pennies for Pets coin collection(Dog bowls): $16.08 Pride Pals appealing Requested: $13,735 Pantene Beautiful Lengths Campaign, wheelchair basketball, food for guest speakers, supplies for disability awareness tabling Allocated: $250 Supplies for Disability Awareness Tabling(T-shirts): $250 American Red Cross Club at Hofstra University Requested: $809.19 Measles Initiative, Atrium table materials, t-shirts, banner Allocated: 680.73 Measles Initiative: $215.23 Atrium Table Materials (Display boards): $100.00 T-shirts: $250.00 Banner: $115.50 College Republicans 24

Requested: $646.00 Debate with College Democrats and Libertarians, political mixer Allocated: $285.60 Debate with College Democrats and Libertarians (food): $285.60 Roosevelt Institute Campus Network (RICN) Hofstra University Chapter Requested: $595.50 September Fireside Chat, October Fireside Chat, November Fireside Chat Allocated: $0.00 (only have four members on CollegiateLink) She’s the First Requested: $240.93 Cupcake Bake-Off Week, Table Drape Allocated: $69.56 Table Drape: $69.56 Stand Up Speak Up Requested: $199.80 Club Banner & Stickers. Catering for Bullying Awareness Event Allocated: $196.79 Club Banner & Stickers: $73.99 Catering for Bully Awareness Event: $122.80 Student Advocates of Safe Sex Requested: $121.88 Tabling, Fundraiser for SASS Allocated: $100.00 Tabling: $38.88 -Glitter Shaker, Glue Sticks, Stencils, Poster board, Bingo Marker Fundraiser for SASS: $61.12 -Prize wheel, dry erase markers UNICEF @ Hofstra club Requested: $744.27 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, Trip to United Nations, Trip to the Danny Kaye Visitors Center at UNICEF House, Film event1, film event2.

Allocated: $23.52 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF: $23.52 -Plastic Donation Can Women of Action Requested: $95.42 Chisel Tip Sharpies, Dry Erase Markers, Dry Erase Eraser, Scotch tape, Poster board, duct tape, scissors Allocated: $86.94 Chisel Tip sharpies: $6.49 25

Scotch Tape: $27.98 Poster Board: $5.99 Duct Tape: $39.99 Scissors: $6.49

CLUB SPORTS Woman’s Club Soccer Requested: $2,400.00 Coaching salary, Referee Fees, League Fees, Transportation, Apparel-Jerseys Allocated: $250.00 Apparel-Jerseys; $250.00 Bowling Club Requested: $3,120.00 Lane usage reimbursement Allocated: 0 Hofstra Rock Climbing Club Requested: $6,839.50 Brooklyn Boulders gym, Cliffs climbing gym, Shawangunks trip (bus), T-shirts Allocated: $6,839.50 Brooklyn Boulders gym; $2,760.00 Cliffs climbing gym; $2,820.00 Shawangunks trip (bus); $1,017.00 T-shirts; $242.50 Club Baseball Requested: $12,088.90 2015 League Dues, Umpire fees, Field fees, Rich Fiore Coach Salary, NCBA Game Balls Allocated: $9,588.90 2015 League Dues; $1,900.00 Umpire fees; $5,730.00 Field fees; $1,512.00 Rich Fiore Coach Salary; $0 NCBA Game Balls; $446.90 Hofstra University Equestrian Team Requested: $26,091.00 Lessons, 7 Intercollegiate Horse Shows, IHSA Show Fees, IHSA individual Membership fees, Coach’s pay, Hofstra Home Horse Show, IHSA Team Membership Fee Allocated: $19,311.00 Lessons; $6,300.00 5 Intercollegiate Horse Shows; $4,760.00 26

IHSA Show Fees; $336.00 IHSA individual Membership fees; $0 Coach’s pay; $2,500.00 Hofstra Home Horse Show; $0 IHSA Team Membership Fee; $250.00 Hofstra Crew Requested: $5,179.00 Race Entry, Equipment, Coaching Allocated: 4,679.00 Race Entry; $1,280.00 Equipment; $899.00 Coaching; $2,500.00 Hofstra Men’s Club Soccer Requested: $1,907.41 Equipment, Referee Fees Allocated: $1,827.61 Equipment; $627.61 Referee Fees; $1,200.00 Woman’s Rugby Football Club Requested: $8,969.05 Equipment, Gear for playing, Medical supplies, Referee/Trainer fee, Conference Dues/Registration, Coach Fee, Gas Reimbursement Allocated: $4,728.70 Equipment; $293.93 Gear for playing; $999.85 Medical supplies; $34.92 Referee/Trainer fee; $400.00 Conference Dues/Registration; $500.00 Coach Fee; $2,500.00 Gas Reimbursement; $0 Ice Hockey Requested: $28,240.00 8 game slots, 18 practice slots, Acha Fee, MCHC Fee; $5,200.00, Coaches fee Allocated: $19,190.00 8 game slots; $10,100.00 18 practice slots; $9,090.00 Men’s Club Lacrosse Requested: $7,000.00 Coaches Fee, Referee Fee 27

Allocated: $3,700.00 Coaches Fee; 2,000.00 Referee Fee; $1,200.00 Hofstra Powerlifting Requested: $2,452.86 Powerlifting Meet, Texas Dead lift Bar, Safety, Accessories Allocated: 0 Pride Fitness Club Requested: $714.45 Banner, Sandwich platter, Trap Bar, Weightlifting Bands Allocated: $0 Only 3 members on Collegiate Link Hofstra Quidditch Requested: $4,475.21 U.S Quidditch Dues, University of Maryland Tournament, Northeast Regional championship, Equipment, Coach payment Allocated: $3,134.17 U.S Quidditch Dues; $150.00 University of Maryland Tournament; $807.76 Northeast Regional championship; $840.00 Equipment; $86.41 Coach payment; $1,250.00 Roller Hockey Requested: $19,844.36 Columbus day weekend tournament, Feasterville tournament Hotels, Sewell Tournament Hotels, Coach’s Fee, ECRHA fee, Practice time Allocated: $12,900.00 Columbus day weekend tournament; $1,400.00 Feasterville tournament Hotels; $1,400.00 Sewell Tournament Hotels; $1,400.00 Coach’s Fee; $1,250.00 ECRHA fee; $4,250.00 Practice time; $3,200.00 Hofstra University Ski and Snowboard club Requested: $7,777.88 Windham mountain student pass (30 students), Banner, T-shirt Allocated: $277.88 28

Windham mountain student pass (30 students) $0 Banner; $27.88 T-shirt; $250.00 Swim Club Requested: $646.40 Kickboards, Goggles, Pull buoy, Deck container, Master lock, Power Paddles Allocated: $640.99 Kickboards; $143.40 Goggles; $58.08 Pull buoy; $78.05 Deck container; $193.80 Master lock; $7.74 Power Paddles; $159.92 Club Tennis Requested: $2,259.80 Indoor court, Tennis ball (24pack) Allocated: $2,259.80 Indoor court; $1,980.00 Tennis ball (24pack) $279.80 Hofstra Club Volleyball Requested: $3,010.00 Tournaments, Coach fee, T-shirts, Transportation, Equipment Allocated: $1,547.08 Tournaments; $180.00 Coach fee; $880.00 T-shirt; $250.00 Transportation; $24.36 Equipment; $212.72 Woman’s Club Lacrosse Requested: $8,160.50 Officials, Bus transportation, League dues, Lacrosse balls, Goalie equipment, Supplies, Portable goal cages, Salary for volunteer coach Allocated: $1,560.63 Officials; $625.00 Bus transportation; $0 League dues; $575.00 Lacrosse balls; $101.94 Goalie equipment; $0 Supplies; $258.69 29

Portable goal cages; $0 Salary for volunteer coach; $0 Hofstra Women’s Ultimate Frisbee Requested: $4,214.24 Tournament fee (4), Pigglyfest, Fall brawl, Hotel costs, Coaches’ fee Allocated: $3,886.66 Tournament fee; $1,225.00 Hotel costs; $1,411.66 Coach’s fee; $1,250.00 Yoga Club Requested: $2,430.03 Semiannual trip (retreat), Banner, T-shirts, Yoga day trip, Guest instructor/coach; Allocated: $1,780.03 Semiannual trip (retreat) $0 Banner; $75.03 t-shirts; $250.00 Yoga day trip; $280.00 Guest instructor/coach; $1,175.00

RELIGIOUS Chabad Requested: $12,465.57 Café Chabad, Shabbat on Campus, Shabbat 100, Chanukah Program, Chabad Shabbaton, Welcome back BBQ, Simchat Torah Event, Rosh Hashanah dinner & speaker, Sushi in the Sukkah, Bowling Night, Yom Kippur Services and Break-fast Allocated: $9,155.57 Café Chabad; $0 Shabbat on Campus; $1,140.57 Shabbat 100; $1825.00 -Speaker $1000 -Food $825 Chanukah Program (comedian); $2,700.00 Chabad Shabbaton; $1,440.00 -conference 4 people Welcome back BBQ; $0 Simchat Torah Event; $0 Rosh Hashanah dinner & speaker; $1,800 -Speaker: $1300 -services by cantor $500 Sushi in the Sukkah: $0 Bowling Night; $0 Yom Kippur Services and Break-fast; $250.00 30

Hillel Requested: $11,470.00 Shabbat Dinners, Jewcy Sushi, Hanukkah Party, Chai Notes Music, Gaga Tournament Allocated: $2,200.00 Shabbat dinner; $0 Jewcy Sushi; $0 Hanukkah Party; $0 Chair notes music; $0 Gaga Tournament (gaga pit); $2,200.00 Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Requested: $3,415.42 Recruitment, Big Event (conference), Operation Christmas child, Color flyers for weekly meeting, T-shirts, Teaching Supplies (bibles, books), Tambourine & supplies, Church video licensing, First year Christmas meeting Allocated: $3,092.30 Recruitment (food and chocolate); $150.00 Big Event (conference); $1,126.58 -4 registration fees: 600 -Mileage reimbursement: $526.58 Operation Christmas child (food and supplies) $587.04 Color flyers for weekly meeting; $0 T-shirts; $250.00 Teaching Supplies (bibles, books) $469.40 Tambourine & supplies; $393.28 Church video licensing; $116.00 First Year Christmas meeting; $0 Muslim Student Association Requested: $2,122.00 Eid Banquet (honorarium) Allocated: 0 Newman Club Requested: $17,276.67 Advertising, Bake sale fundraiser, Car wash fundraiser, Christmas event, Christopher residence, Fall retreat, Grill the Chaplin, Guest speaker (1), Guest speaker (2), Guest speaker (3), How to defend the faith, Momma’s house, Random acts of kindness, Sisters of life day, Winter service trip Allocated: $5,545.31 Advertising; $0 Bake sale fundraiser; $ 161.76 Car wash fundraiser; $68.55 Christmas event; $0 31

Mileage to Christopher residence; $35.34 Fall retreat; $0 Grill the Chaplin(food); $83.95 Guest speaker (Meghan mcardle); $8.18 Guest speaker (father joe fitzgerald); $14.22 Guest speaker (carly anne gannon); $28.90 How to defend the faith (books); $97.65 Momma’s house mileage; $23.94 Random acts of kindess supplies; $116.02 Sisters of life day (caroling booklets); $56.80 Winter service trip; $4,850.00 -$4,200 lodging -$650 bus

MULTI CULTURAL CLUBS African Caribbean Society (ACS) Requested: $12,560.75 Caribbean Bites, Caribbean showcase, Evolution of Carnival Allocated: $7,473.75 Caribbean Bites; $895.00 -Musician: $850 -Food and water: 45.00 Caribbean showcase; $6,835 -Musician: $6,000 -Stage: $90 -Lighting: 0 -Tent: $0 -Food and Water: $235 -Electrician: $70 Evolution of Carnival; $183.75 -T-shirts: $183.75 Black Student Union (BSU) - appealing Requested: $47,563.98 Recuriting Event, Introduction to College Life, Is justice being served, Manhunt, Comedy show, African-American: The Divided Race, Black Solidarity Day, Unity show case, Know your status, Skate in the name of the holidays!, Kwanzza, Fitness and Intelligence, Apperal, Rap-off Allocated: $17,532.15 Recuriting Event; $150.00 Introduction to College Life; $0 Is justice being served; $358.80 Manhunt; $158.45 Comedy show; $5090 African-American: The Divided Race; $358.80 32

Black Solidarity Day; $358.00 Unity show case; $0 Know your status; $358.80 Skate in the name of the holidays! 2; $3,290.50 Kwanzza; $1,067.50 Fitness and Intelligence; $0 Apperal; $250.00 Rap-off; $6,090.50 CIAO Requested: $470.00 Business Cards, Banner, T-Shirts Allocated: $420.00 Business Cards; $40.00 Banner; $130.00 T-shirts; $250.00 Collegiate Woman of Color (CWC) Requested: $76,837.82 Recuitment; $92.05 Suicide awareness candle light vigil, Black lies, clothes event, Selfie please, Aids benefit show, Take it from Mai, Demetria L. Lucas, W.OM.B, 80/20 Relationship rule, Mental illness in Black community, Domesic violence awareness, National Rape Awareness, Shattered Silence, Domestic Violence: where it begins Allocated: $12,717.00 Recuitment; $45.25 Suicide awareness candle light vigil; $45.25 Black lies, clothes event; $90.50 Selfie please; $90.50 Aids benefit show; $840.00 Take it from Mai; $6,000.00 Demetria L. Lucas; $2,625.00 W.OM.B; $2,870.00 80/20 Relationship rule; $110.00 H*INT Requested: $1,212.96 Cultural Festival, LGBTQ, International movie series, Secret Santa Fundraiser, Banner Allocated: $1,134.96 Cultural Festival; $658.95 -Food $525 -Fundraising 43.45 -Standing posters $90.50 LGBTQ; $112.65 -Food $112.65 33

International movie series; $242.50 -Food $242.50 Secret Santa Fundraiser; $42.14 -milk $12.99 -cookies $19.00 -cups $7.15 Banner; $78.72 Hofstra Hellenic Society Requested: $1,455.00 50 shirts, Trip to NYC, Recruitment, Metro tickets (25) Allocated: $1,055.00 50 shirts; $250.00 Trip to NYC ;(25 people LIRR) $550.00 Recruitment (Backgammon Boards) ;$130.00 Metro tickets (25) ; $125.00 H.O.L.A Requested: $1,700.10 Dream now Flyers, Dream now Popcorn machine, Dia los muertos flyers, Dia los muertos , Poster board, Arte flyers, Arte poster boards, Text flyers, Poster board, Cookie tray, Iced tea and water, Roots for reggeaton flyers, Roots for reggeaton poster, Latino leaders flyes, Latino leaders poster, Cookie tray, Fruit platter, Iced tea, Networking dinner, buffet, Networking dinner ice tea, water, lemonade Allocated: $210.75 Dream now Popcorn machine; $75.00 Dia los muertos Poster board; $42.25 Arte poster board; $45.25 Roots of reggeaton poster; $45.25 NAACP Requested: $51,532.99 Recruiting event; $436.80 Welcome back mixer; $656.80 Lets move it; $231.65 NAACP Soul session; $8,133.30 Athletes and Education; $12,436.80 Lecture on White Privilege; $7,867.80 Aids benefit concert; $18,711.50 Mr.&Miss. NAACP; $2,606.80 Apparel; $351.84 Camera; $100.00 Allocated: $16,924.25 Recruiting event (food, posters, flyers); $150.00 Welcome back mixer; $468.80 -posters: 90.50 34

-food $378.30 Lets move it; $153.65 -posters: 90.50 -beverages: 63.15 NAACP Soul session (Chrisette Michele speaker); $7,500.00 Athletes and Education; $8,401.80 Posters: 90.50 Food: 311.30 -Stephen A Smith: 8,000 Lecture on White Privilege; $0 Aids Benefit show; $0 Mr.&Miss. NAACP; $0 Apparel; $250.00 Camera; $0 The Pride Network Requested: $11,090.96 Welcome back meeting, Musuem of Day Trip, Prayers for Bobby, The Pulculiar kind, Drag show, Transgender Panel, Candlelight Vigil, Hofstra Aids quilt, Clay Cane, Battle of the bands, benefit show Allocated: $6,939.47 Welcome back meeting (food); $73.75 Museum of Day Trip; $0 Prayers for Bobby;$ 0 The Pulculiar kind (documentary); $99.00 Drag show; $3,950.00 -$1,900: Headliner -$375 flyers -Poster boards: 181 -$1,000 lighting -500 host for show Transgender Panel; $0 Candlelight Vigil; $0 Hofstra Aids quilt; $75.82 -Sewing kit $19.99 -Fabric $59.90 -Fabric Paint:15.92 Clay Cane; $2,500.00 Battle of the bands, benefit show (food); $234.90

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Alpha Phi Requested: $450.00 Table Drape/Banner, Apparel–Tank Tops Allocated: $0 Table Drape/Banner: $0 Apparel–Tank Tops: $0 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Requested: $14,555.71 Welcome Back Mixer, Bridging the Gap, Diversity: Beyond Race and Gender, Dare to Step, Food Wars Allocated: $1,300.00 Welcome Back Mixer: $0 Bridging the Gap: $500 -Susan Sherman (Speaker): $500 Diversity: Beyond Race and Gender: $0 Dare to Step: $0 Food Wars: $800 -Deb Bixler (Speaker): $800 Phi Delta Epsilon Requested: $440.08 Apparel, Mandatory Recruitment Event, Ronald Mcdonald House Allocated: $0 Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity Inc. Requested: $3,341.70 Bush, Obama and Immigration: Then and Now, Jose Marti Poetry Slam, Latino Spice: 101.

Hispanic Heritage Month Reception Allocated: $1,000 Bush, Obama and Immigration: Then and Now (Speaker Fee): $600.00 Latino Spice Instructor: $400 Sigma Alpha Mu Requested: $930.99 Sigma Alpha Mu Banner, Sammy Bowling Recruitment Event, Sink-a-Sammy Fundraiser, Recruitment T-Shirts, Rock Climbing (Brotherhood Event) Allocated: $249.00 Sink-a-Sammy Fundraiser: $249.00 -Dunktank: $249.00 Zeta Phi Eta Requested: $1,190.22 Recruitment Events, T-Shirts, Table Banner, Documentary Screening, Findspark NYC Event, Internship Panel, Find Spark On-Campus Event, Speaker/Lecture Allocated: $0 36

Buddhism Club Requested: $1,455.00 Advertising, Apparel, Fundraising, Mindfulness Day Trip, Welcome Week Event Allocated: $0 Respectfully Submitted, Mark Atkinson Appropriations chair

Report of the Vice President 1) Senate: 33 Cap: 43 2) Committee Assignments

Appropriations

Rules

Student Services

Public Relations

Club Relations

Programming

Spirit

Academic Affairs

Mark Atkinson

Alyssa Legnetti

Jesse Lender

Sam Roberson

Alex Barkley

Whitney Shepherd

Melanie Perry

Patrick Tierney

Alyson Guarino

Tevon Hyman

Kristin M.

Talyn Cortez

David Caputo

Jordan Richmond

Sarah Harris

Forrest Gitlin Analiz Valderrama

William Finnegan

Edgar Diaz

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Amanda Price

Aleksey Babadzhanov

Jenna Wyatt

Damian Gallagher

Nicole Olson

Kristina Shafranski Mikio Manuel

Shayna Braitman

Rob Bielunas (Justice)

“These are the good times.�

Name

Jenna

Jenna

Hunter

Portfolio

% Done

Vending Machine Swipes

Food options in Hofstra Dome

Advance Music Theory Class in

67%

Spring Jesse

Ron

Bulletin Board in Commuter Lounge 90%

Central Calendar

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60%

Hunter Blaine

Ron

Ron/Tevon/Jesse

Name

Damian

Grad. Speaker

100%

Commuter Relations

100%

Portfolio

% Done

Making new Appropriations Budget 70 % request

Tevon

Paint Party

70 %

Kristin M.

Proposing New Blue Beetle Schedule45%

Jesse

Rental Box

45 %

ATM

95 %

Mikio

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Academic Affairs Meeting 4/7/14 Attendance: Patrick Tierney (Chair), Billy Finnegan, Hunter Blain Visiting: Melanie, Whitney, Kenny (Journalism Students) Called to order at 6:03 I.

CTRs a. Billy is emailing Dr. Schmelkin tonight, she was out of town until today

II.

Advanced Music Theory a. Dr. Rob got back to Hunter, the professor who would teach it next semester is on sabbatical b. Might be able to be done when Dr. Stoecker comes back next spring

III.

Cameras a. Hunter will follow up on Dean Oppenheim, still no response

IV.

“Recommended” Course a. Billy will mention it in his email to Dr. Schmelkin now that she is back

V.

DARs a. Students complaining that courses not being put into the right places on their DARs b. Can check with Registrar’s Office to see if there is a problem with them

VI.

18 Credit Semesters a. More research into how much it would raise tuition

VII.

Different Career Fairs for different Majors a. Career fair that was recently held did not have a wide variety of majors represented,

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mostly looking for business or STEM students b. Would it be possible to have multiple career fairs? (i.e. one for business, one for pre-law, one for pre-med, one for communications, etc.) c. Can discuss with the Career Center on the feasibility of this idea d. I’ll send them an email about it VIII.

Dual Credit/Early College Experience Program with Local High Schools a. Other schools do it Hofstra doesn’t b. Will look into if other private universities offer such a program (preferably in the NY area, but will look further if necessary) c. Would be an increase in revenue and possibly retention/application rates (research needed)

Meeting Adjourned at 6:50 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted Patrick Tierney Academic Affairs Chair

Appropriations Meeting, April 8, 2014 Attendance; Chair Mark Atkinson, Comptroller Aly Guarino, Talyn Cortez, Damian Gallagher, Aleksey Babadzhanov.

Meeting called to order; 6:03 Stand up Speak Up Requested: $73.99 Club banner; $73.99 Allocated: $41.24 41

-Lowest quote for banner

She’s the First Requested: $405.00 Leadership summit, (5 students) $325.00 LIRR tickets (10) $80.00 Allocated: $405.00

Anthropology Club Requested: $318.36 t-shirts; $250.00 poster supplies; $68.36 Allocated: $318.36

Newman club Requested: $138.20 Senior Prom -Large brownie platter; $52.20 -Large cookie platter; $43.00 Allocated: $138.20

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Requested: $1,448.42 Help the Philippines Celebration; -T-shirts; $256.10 -banner; $22.49 -foam plates; $7.94 -cookie mix; $13.68 -candy variety; $26.94 -polaroid film; $65.94 -face paint kit; $26.80 -tie dye pack; $31.56 -lackmann culinary; $317.40 -carnival supplies; $599.00 -balloons, $16.45 -white foam board; $21.84 -whipped cream; $25.90 -foam board; $16.38 Allocated: $1,353.93 -T-shirts; $256.10 -banner; $22.49 -foam plates; $7.94 -cookie mix; $13.68 -candy variety; $26.94 -face paint kit; $26.80 -tie dye pack; $31.56 43

-lackmann culinary; $317.40 -carnival supplies; $599.00 -white foam board; $21.84 -whipped cream; $25.90 -foam board; $16.38

Guitar Club Requested: $140.00 End of the year show -Pizza party package; $110.00 -small platter cookies; $30.00 Allocated: $140.00

Meeting Adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted Mark Atkinson Appropriations Chair

Club Relations 4-9-14 Meeting began: 6:05pm Present: Alex Barkley (Chair), Jordan Richmond, Rob Bielunas, Forrest Gitlin Fiesta!

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-working with events management to get speakers -items will be purchased -turn small clubs office into balloon pit -need help blowing up balloons -april 20th, blow up balloons and pizza -advertise everyway possible

Chabad investigation-talking with OSLA - sit down meeting with advisors -maybe only a warning

Shadow Brochure -Forrest and Jordan finalizing

Hello Video -being worked on by Alex and Rob

Guide to office space allocations -requested and being left for new chair

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Meeting adjourned: 6:56pm

Respectfully Submitted, Alex Barkley Club Relations Chair

Programming Board Minutes

Attendance: Whitney S., Cory M., Khizar A., Alex K., Nicole B., Coco S., Amber B., Priya G., Derek W., Bryan K.

Meeting Commenced: 6:04p.m

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Build A Bear went GREAT! Discussed changes to make for next year! Also, thank you Senate for showing up and supporting!

Meeting with Shaun with the Fitness Center went well. Working on some sort of door prize to give out at the event Arabian Nights is getting bigger and better! We have decided to have a raffle for 2 tickets to the Broadway show Aladdin on May 7th!

-Working on promotions and to be put on This Week @ Hofstra We officially have someone for promotions. Her name is Ashley Carter and she attended her first programming meeting this week and is currently working on our Sweat U flyer

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Meeting Adjourned: 6:40p.m

Respectfully Submitted, Whitney Shepherd SGA Programming Chair

Student Services Committee 04/08/2014 This meeting took place in the Small Clubs Conference Room.

Meeting called to order at 5:03pm.

Attendance: Present: Chairman Jesse Lender Senator Mikio Manuel Senator Analiz Valderrama Senator Jenna Wyatt CS Rep/Senator Christian Rudolph 47

Absent: IFSC Rep/Senator Kristin Marzullo (excused) Visitors: Student Brian St. Hubert Student Sean Ladendecker Items: I. II.

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Puzzle: The Human Knot Suggestions@Hofstra a. Lets aim for a minimum of 150 people by Sunday night i. Hofstra undergraduates only ii. For suggestions only 1. Can use SGA_StudentServices@pride.hofstra.edu for other needs (ex: complaints) Vending Machines: a. Hofstra Card i. Senator Jenna Wyatt ii. Thought process: Look into the possibility of the vending machines taking meal plan. iii. Update: Heard back from Mike Ogazon. He said it is not possible since it is a different contract (Compass). iv. Plan of action: Since Lackmann is under Compass, will look into possibility of doing more. Will email Chairwoman Legnetti referendum question pertaining to this initiative. b. Dome i. Senator Jenna Wyatt ii. Thought process: Look into the possibility of getting a healthier vending machine/food option in the Hofstra Dome since it is the health sciences building. iii. Update: Heard back from Mike Ogazon. Gave list of other food options. iv. Plan of action: Will meet with Jesse about what students want there.

ATM a. Senator Mikio Manuel b. Thought process: Students would find if helpful if there was an ATM at Dutch Treats. c. Update: It’s happening! NEFCU came last week to see which machine they are going to move. In the process of moving/extending power lines. This should be completed within the next two weeks.

Commuting Student Lounge Board a. CS Rep/Senator Christian Rudolph b. Thought Process: To better engage commuting students with campus life, a bulletin board will be placed in the Lounge in which events will be posted. c. Update: Met with Mary from OSLA so we can order this item. d. Plan of action: Will email Mary everything by 5pm on Thursday.

Representative Updates a. IFSC

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b. RSA i. Bake Sale on Friday night c. CSR Portfolio compiling Lackmann/Dining Services a. Senator Analiz Valderrama b. Refer to minutes to follow from yesterdays Food Committee Meeting Notes: a. Student Sean Ladendecker is the President of AKPsi i. He is looking to involve pre-professional organizations more on campus and is scouting to see what the meetings are like so he can see who he can send to them. ii. Looking to have the pre-professional organizations be “…more implemented in student life.”

1. Ex: Internships b. Student Brian St. Hubert will meet with Lackmann representatives and Sustainability in one meeting to get on same page. c. Will tell Chairman Barkley to be more responsive to Student Brian St. Hubert. d. Will email Brian his survey responses.

Senator Analiz Valderrama will speak with Lackmann about Final Dining Hours as well as Bits and Bytes hours

Meeting adjourned at 5:42pm.

Respectfully submitted, Jesse Lender Student Services Chair Student Government Association Hofstra University

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Food Committee Meeting April 7, 2014 Meeting started at 3:11 p.m. at SC Room 141 Present: 7 students and 2 Lackmann administrators -

DABO Bread every Tuesday for Dinner (April) Grilled cheese sandwiches every Thursday @The Grill (April- Grilled Cheese Month) Farmers Market- April 23 (quad in front of Bits & Bytes) Crab Shack- April 30 Iron Chef- Wednesday April 9,2014 @ 5:30 p.m.

Gluten Free Bread in Au Bon Pain and Sbarro’s a NO good right now More natural food- more vegetables sides Gluten free bread @ Dutch Treats Fruit station at the SC for more hours in the day Portion of the fries are too big Marinara sauce at Hof USA- not a good quality Penne a la vodka at Hof USA- not a good product More Lackmann advertisement at the Portal 50

Over the summer Lackmann will re-vamp their website (making it more user friendly) - SURVEY- Get a free drink! There are flyers next to the cashiers, their website and their FACEBOOK PAGE - Ice cream machine at HOF USA (only has vanilla, students want to see chocolate too) - Slushy/Slurpee machine is being looked into - One more meeting this semester Meeting adjourned: 3:50 p.m.

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Respectfully submitted, Analiz Valderrama Senator, Student Services Committee

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