A bill is in the works that would require Student Government Association to reserve $6,000 in its co-sponsorship budget for Greek Life.
During the Student Senate meeting Wednesday afternoon, the Greek Life Co-Sponsorship Allocation bill was introduced by its authors, sophomore marketing major Jacob Cash and senior business administration major Jonathan Wolfschlag.
“Typically, [SGA] sets aside around $4,000 for the Big Four [diversity organizations], whereas we have a higher population,” Cash said. “We would like to have it in writing so we can definitely have that amount, if not more.”
They anticipate the money would be split evenly between the four greek councils to be allocated evenly to each chapter for recruiting purposes.
Cash and Wolfschlag said Greek Life needs to have this money to help with recruiting, especially for any new chapters that want to open on Ball State’s campus.
SGA treasurer Kevin Mullaney said in previous years, SGA usually has spent around $5,000 to $6,000 of its co-sponsorship budget on greek organizations, co-sponsoring philanthropy events or leadership development.
The SGA budget for this school year includes $37,447 for co-sponsorship, $20,000 of which is spent out of the Campus Activity Fund, managed by Jennifer Jones-Hall, director of student life.
According to SGA Co-sponsorship Guidelines, all requests for funds must be approved by the co-sponsorship committee, which is made up of the treasurer and one member of each of the four SGA caucuses. Events must be free of charge, take place on campus and be open to the entire student body to secure SGA co-sponsorship funds.
Freshman urban planning major James Wells objected to the bill during the discussion time.
“It doesn’t say how it would specifically help each sorority or fraternity,” Wells said. “I think Greek Life has done well without money for recruiting. I don’t think SGA should do anything to help Greek Life recruitment.”
In Fall 2008, about 8.2 percent of undergraduate students were in Greek Life, compared to about 10 percent in Spring 2012.
After an extended period of discussion, the SGA Senate voted 18-14-1 to send the bill to the co-sponsorship committee.
Vice president Alyssa France said now that the bill has moved to the co-sponsorship committee, they will work on the bill and bring it back to the Senate.
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