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Sackey asked for clarification as to why Club Swim was bringing 27 swimmers when only 19 or 20 swimmers have qualified for nationals so far. The group said that they anticipate another seven to eight swimmers will end up qualifying.

The motion to approve funding passed, but during the open forum after the appeals, Vice President of Finance Max Roitblat encouraged the new Treasury representatives to be more proactive in questioning unneeded expenses, such as Club Swim’s plane tickets.

Treasury also heard appeals from the Muslim Student Association for a speaker series and the WashU Fencing Club for several local tournaments. The debate team made two appeals, each for a trip to a debate tournament, one in Boston and one at Yale University. All appeals were funded.

Takeaways

Treasurer Alan Xiong, a new representative this semester, said the treasurers did a good job of questioning student groups on how they were finding their hotels and whether or not events were necessary to attend.

“This high level of engagement is really great,” he said.

As he continues his work as an SU Treasurer, Xiong hopes to “contribute to making Student Union a more accessible body to all WashU students.”

Mishka Narasimhan, Speaker of the Treasury, was “extremely happy” with how the meeting went.

“I think there is a lot of continued participation from new [representatives],” she said. “As the semester goes on, I think we are going to become more and more efficient.”