SAC Seeing Red Over $67,000 Deficit
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" " " " " .- <- .> Vol.27No.14 HumLH:r Cole g-- s f^tudent Newsfjapor December 8, 1994 M «?:.' Number Hawks beat Ryerson to win the Can - Am tournament over the weekend. Check out the story on page 16. PHOTO BY THEO RALLIS SAC seeing red over $67,000 deficit NADA KRIZMANCIC brought in $5,000. "You're cutting the council of people resent it. No one is phones has been exhausted. Staff Writer "The Unitel people said member's throats," said council- ever happy with cuts," said Gory. A motion was also made by because we weren't promoting lor Dave White. John Sutton, director, finan- SAC Vice President Mark Humber's student govern- them on campus, we're not get- Later in an interview, White cial planning for Humber Berardo to discontinue a College, ment is $67,000 in the hole and ting the money," Gory told coun- said the SAC executive has urged the council to try $10,000 subsidy to the student cil. "I recognize the fact that I'm pulled the rug out from under its to reduce the deficit will be forced to make cuts and as much as government at Humber College's layoff students, the Students' going to look like the biggest jerk councillors, leaving them with lit- possible for SAC to maintain its Lakeshore campus, going toward on the face of the earth right tle to do. credibility with the student Association Council executive body, paying a SAC employee. The now. "I was very, very disappointed as well as the college. announced Tuesday. motion was denied. The Power PC Lab, projected with this. Now there's no money "I encourage you, wherever Part-time SAC employees will Other cutbacks include face salary cuts and layoffs, said to create $50,000 worth of rev- in the directorships," said White. you can, to generate revenue decreasing the hours of opera- Chris Gory, vice president of enue, has generated less than "The way it's set up now with all and curtail expenditures," said tion of the Power PC Lab, and finance for SAC. $5,000 so far. The latest estimate the money in one big pool ... Sutton. "We have a $67,000 the elimination of "Winter is Lower than expected revenue that it will make $10,000. (makes it ) very hard for anyone problem. Madness. is the primary cause of the bud- When Gory proposed reduc- to really plan anything. During the meeting, Gory also "We have to face the facts get shortfall, he said. ing the funds allocated for SAC's Gory defended the cuts as said that SAC will be shutting that we have a deficit . we're Money from Unitel, a long-dis- directorships, an individual bud- necessary in order to reduce the down all the cellular phones used holding the line at $67,000," tance phone service SAC was get for each councillor, by deficit by SAC executives because his expected SAC President Nino D'Avolio selling, was expected to raise $10,000, suggestion sp>arked "Unfortunately two "with a bill that was received last anger among council revenues didn't in. I did saud. $23,000. To date, it has only some mem- come week, the full $17,000 for bers. what I had to do. I feel like a lot SECTIONS: News 2 - 3 / Editorial 4 / Head 2 Head 5/ Lifestyles 13 -15 / EntertainmenS- 12 / Sports 16 -18 / Classifieds 19 FEATURES: ...Like it is 2 / Christmas Special Section 7 / Complaints Corner 15 / Year in Review 16-17 / Horrible -scopes 20 . ) — ^^.- Number Et Cetera Dec. 8, 19S4 J News •t,"- f. EDITORS: Cynthia Keeshan and Dixie Calwell 675-3111 ext. 4514 OCCSPA voice goes on wiheard Colleges continue to struggle for equal representation and funding there to stu- funded by the tax payer then the proportion o f funding being allo- Even though are more the burden of financing " mmmner students should get their fair say cated to colleges. 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Now leave me alone, or I'll call the cops all Anyway, now that we know about I then approached former SAC execu- again! the administration's ingenious plan to cre- Me: But Dr. Gordon, I just have one quick LIKE IT IS tive assistant, Daniel J. St. Aubin "the sec- ate a $1.2 million pool of money for itself ond". I figured that anyone who could question to ask you: When you come — thanks to the non-tuition fees of every take a $10,000 settlement from our stu- back to Humber, what would full-time Humber student — I think the dent government, and blow it on a lap-top Gordon: No you don't! You can't force entire Humber College community ought computer for himself, was someone who me to go back there! I won't! Not now, not RALPHY TASGAL to have some input into how we're going knew a thing or two about spending stu- ever! Never again! Ha ha ha . Columnist to spend it. dents' money. To this end, I've taken the liberty of This was beginning to get frustrating, — I conducting my own informal survey Me: Mr. Daniel J. St. Aubin "the second". but remained undeterred. I approached I reported to you last week in this informal in the sense that I've made it up ...what was my question again? Oh, yeah, SAC Vice President Mark Berardo, to get Asspace, during these austere econom- — to get a feel for what some of the previ- the $1.2 million, how would you spend it? his view on the matter. ic times forcing unprecedented ously disenfranchised segments of the col- St. Aubin: The first thing I'd like to say is financial restraint, and compelling every- lege would do with the $1.2 million. that even though this money came directly Me: What do you think we should do with one at this college to do more with less, First, I contacted Food Services' "Chef and solely from students' non-tuition fees, the $1.2 million, Mark? our beloved Humber administration is sit- Peter." Having trouble setting up an inter- I'm happy to report that it didn't cost stu- Berardo: Shut-up! I hate you! You're ting on a pile of money worth about $1.2 view with him during the daytime, I dents a penny. mean, all you Humber Et Cetera reporters million. arranged to meet him at his night job. Me: All right, whatever, but how do you are. For those of you who may have missed think we should spend it? Me: Mark, $1.2 million? it, . let me review . Me: So, chef, what do you think we St. Aubin: Well, if the college was really Berardo: Oh, of course, it is essential that The sum of $118, amounting to just should do with all this cash? smart about it, we could purchase, per- this money goes toward students. It is their about half of all the "non-tuition" fees that Chef Peter: What's that? haps two, or even three new light bulbs. money, after all. every student paid this year, has been Me: You know, the $1.2 million the Me: But don't you think we could get a lot Me: Right, so how exactly can we spend it allocated to a mysterious "Administrative administration has collected and hidden more than that for all this money? so that students benefit the most? Services" fund, which — according to this from students. How do you think we St.