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[email protected]. The Student Sports: Newspaper Basketball of Florida International wins on University BEACON Valentine’s THE Day Pg. 8 Vol. 18, Issue 45 WWW.BEACONNEWSPAPER.COM February 16, 2006 WARM RECEPTION SGA in process of budget deliberations BY REUBEN PEREIRA organizations are given between 10 to Staff Writer 15 minutes to present their case to the voting body of the SGA and persuade The Student Government Associa- the members why they need the budget tion began conducting its annual Budget they want. Hearing process Jan. 27 and is expected Once the University-wide hearings to continue with the hearings throughout have concluded, the voting body starts its February. system of deliberations during which the The decisions are made by the voting voting body takes a look at the money the council of the SGA which include president SGA has and the money they allocated to a Alex Prado and vice president Christine particular organization during the previous Denton, who will determine how much academic year.