Special allocations request for bowling nights

A revised special allocations request for student-funded bowling nights at Maple City Bowl in Hornell was passed on April 15, despite the original request turned down at the Student Senate meeting a week prior.

The initial request, on April 8, asked for student funding of a $150 trial budget to lower the current $2.75 price of a game to $1.50.

This price-lowering was proposed for 6 nights a week, so that students could come and play provided they that they supplied their own transportation.

“It would be considered entertainment for the student body, and bowling nights that we have held have been really successful,” President Amos Mainville said at the April 8 meeting.

This April 8 proposal, which had been proposed once before, was voted down by a majority of the Student Senate on April 8.

The Student Senate Treasurer, Sam Schumann, approximated that there was $15,000 left in Special Allocations, and that if this money is not spent by the end of the year, it will transfer over to the 2009-10 academic year.

A revised version of the request was presented at the April 15 meeting by Student Senate Vice President Kevin Kostyk.

“We feel it’s a great opportunity for students, since it legitimately benefits everyone on campus,” Kostyk said.

The revised request specified that only Friday and Saturday nights would be funded in order to reduce the price.

The schedule was examined as to which nights would be most beneficial to students, while attempting to “curb alcohol consumption” on campus, Kostyk added.

The request passed on April 15 for funding of $150 on the grounds of this being a “test run,” Kostyk specified.