Student Activities Fund Office, Student Fee Audit Committee plan for student government split

The Student Fee Audit Committee discussed how the proposed split in student government will affect the budget and student fees in a meeting with the Student Activities Fund Office Thursday afternoon.

Student Body Treasurer Harry Edwards said he does not think the student organization fee will be reset if student government splits.
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"I'm saying that the fee forms in themselves are binding." — Harry Edwards
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Union director Crystal King said she thinks SFAC needs to discuss how things will change in regards to SAFO after the split occurs.
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SFAC establishes that GPSF will still need SAFO after the split.
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"We allow you all to have this educational experience, but it's money. It has some real implications to it." — Crystal King
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Edwards said he assumes a graduate student government and undergraduate student government would pay a lump sum to SAFO after the split.
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"I just think that when you really get down to your constituents, what does student government really mean?" — Crystal King
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"The people that are leading the split, I don't understand why this isn't one of the first things being hashed out." — Keagan McBride
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“I think it’s very, very likely the new constitution will have similar wording to the current constitution.” - Harry Edwards
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"Anything that's dealing with peoples' money, yeah that's probably pretty important and needs to be voted on." — Keagan McBride
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King said SFAC should focus on hearing fees and not managing SAFO. She said they can positively affect student groups better that way.
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Graduate student Autumn McClellan said SFAC needs to plan for the split in student government.
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“SFAC needs to take a proactive and critical look at what a two student government system will mean for student fees and SAFO.” — McClellan
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