Nearly two thirds of the remaining Downtown student government yearly budget was allocated to student organizations on Friday, with more than $73,000 given to Campus Recreation and $80,000 provided to the Programming and Activities Board.
The Downtown student government unanimously passed an operational budget for the 2011-2012 school year on Friday, with more than half of the $90,000 budget to be spent on salaries.
The undergraduate student government on the Downtown campus has stopped using "ASASUD" as its name, but the use of the new “USGD” title has not been officially approved and its use may in constitutional violation.
Three additional members of the Downtown student government quit their posts this weekend, bringing the number of resignations this summer to five total.
Downtown students met with architects and ASU officials Friday to discuss the design of a student recreation complex to be built on the Downtown campus.
In the new ASASUD operational budget that was passed Friday at a special Senate meeting, more than half of the passed $85,000 operational budget was recommended to be allocated to salaries for ASASUD members.
