Issue date: 5/2/06 Section: News

"[The allocations committee] said perhaps it could've just been an unclear budget, which, I don't think our budget was very unclear.... We did what we thought was a good budget," Patton said.

MacLeod said good budgets itemized every expense in great detail and contained no questionable spending from the previous semester.

Patton said his organization put in all its events from the past semester and all intended events for the coming semester. Because of this, he said, the low funding came as a shock.

"We were very very surprised with the amount [we received] because I think we asked upwards of $6,000 dollars, and $70 is nothing," he said. "Second semester last year we didn't get any money, and now, we're back to square one, which is really really strange for us."

However, for groups like United DePauw, MacLeod said there is still the possibility for additional funding. All the extra money that was not allocated stays in the committee's account. Student organizations can approach the committee at any time to present a case for the funding of a specific event.

-Caitlin Eichelberger contributed to this story.

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