GRINNELL IS A DRAG ICCO faces difficulty from new budget rules

By Nina Baker bakernin@grinnell.edu

The International Cultural Cuisine Organization (ICCO), a Grinnell College student organization, has faced organizing delays and repercussions in response to new, more formal Student Government Association (SGA) funding procedures announced early in the 2022-23 year, resulting in students unable to plan events or gather supplies. In some cases organizers have spent money out of their own personal funds to put on events.

ICCO members, who received SGA funding for an April 8 event, were later notified in an email sent by Ashley Adams, associate director of student involvement, that the organization had failed to follow proper funding protocols, and it was barred from hosting future events.

Adams requested a formal meeting between representatives between SGA, Student Involvement and the ICCO cabinet, which later occurred on Tuesday, April 18. According to Nameera Dawood `23, ICCO cabinet member, no SGA representative at-