The Spike Club received a special allocation and Little International, The Political Science Club, and The International Relations council, all made announcements at this week’s Student Association meeting.
One of SDSU’s newer clubs, the Spike Club, received a special allocation that increased their budget to run a Spikeball Tournament. They were given $167.13, down from their initial request of $334.25, which would have been 50% of their total budget of $668.50.
Spike Club is new to campus this year and was officially sanctioned back in October and boasted around 60 members at the time of its inauguration.
“This organization is new of this school year and has done a tremendous job of interesting students,” said Finance Chair Katie Neuhaus. “We allocated $167.13 to cover two hours of that request [special allocation request].”
Representatives from Little International were there to make some announcements. They have a livestock drawing happening today in Rotunda D. Beef cattle, dairy cattle, goats, horses, pigs, sheep and lamb are all the available livestock that will be shown.
They also announced a welding competition that they will be holding. The projects for this are due March 18. They want potential applicants to know that their projects need to be reasonably sized and relatively easy to move.
The International Relations Council, represented by Lakshmi Sai Pratyusha Bugata and Humaira Sabira Eva, also had a few words to say about their organization and what’s to come.
“The international council is all about bringing the international voices together. Where we support the students. We make the students comfortable on campus as soon as they arrive with the help of the Office of International Affairs,” Pratyush Bugata said. “We try to maintain a friendly relationship among them so that they can find friends in a new place here.”
The IRC is a large umbrella which covers the African, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Korean, Nepalese, Pakistani and Sri Lankan Student Associations.
They are also responsible for the numerous cultural nights on campus like Bangladeshi night, which is happening on March 3 and the World Fair Event at the end of March.
The Political Science Club is back on campus after being on hiatus. Social media manager for the club, Lindsy Fisher, said that their goal is “to provide a political science centered environment to enrich the students time here at SDSU who are interested in political science, by providing opportunities for personal and professional development.”
Some of their recent work here on campus includes helping people register to vote and hosting various trivia nights.
They hope to set up a pizza and debate night to watch the city council before the election and potentially set up a lobbying group to go to the spring legislative season.
They are also hoping to fund a trip to Winnipeg, Canada within the next few years to see a plethora of political science related things like seeing the national mint and legislative buildings.
Committee and Staff Reports
– The AFA is helping with Warrior Wellness Week where they will be hosting a bake sale and dog petting event at the Miller Wellness Center.
– The BSA is hosting an open mic tonight from 5-10 p.m. They will also be hosting the MLK rally from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m on Monday, Feb. 19.
– The GSA is having a movie night today.
– The IRC has a meeting Feb. 14 and everyone’s invited.
– UPC is hosting a “Dive in Movie” on Thursday Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wellness Center and the movie is “Jaws”. They are also hosting a pottery night Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. in The Student Union.
