DamNation will be playing at the University Student Union on Nov. 12, at 6 p.m., courtesy of the Students for Sustainable Health. DamNation, a Patagonia Productions documentary, explores the environmental concerns caused by attempts to control water flows. Admission will be free, and food will be available throughout the event.
The Students for Sustainable Health, a new campus organization that was started last year, secured funding for the film screening during Tuesday’s Associated Students, Inc. Board of Control meeting.
The BOC deliberated about how much funding to grant to Students for Sustainable Health for their event. Kelsey Reyes, an ASI senator, said she had some concern about how much funding could be granted for the event due to ASI regulations. The Board of Control ultimately voted to fund $625 for SSH’s showing of DamNation.
The next funding request came from Cathy Sakurai , treasurer of international engineering honors society, Tau Beta Pi. Sakurai explained to the BOC about that the organization was hoping to attend the 2014 annual Tau Beta Pi convention in order to advertise California State University, Long Beach among engineering firms. Sakurai said the convention, to be held Oct. 2-4 in Spokane, Washington, will gather chapter members from across the world.
It will also let them interact with several major firms in the engineering sector. Sakurai said that neighboring universities, such as the University of Southern California or California State Polytechnic University, Pomona receive more attention from engineering firms when it comes to offering internships or entry-level positions, and that she hoped that attending the convention would improve CSULB’s reputation among engineering firms.
Due to ASI regulations, only $50 could be awarded per attending student, despite the convention’s travel cost of $1,200 per person. ASI is able to grant larger travel grants to students if they are presenting to academic conferences. After some brief discussion, the BOC allotted Tau Beta Pi $150 in funding for travel costs.
The final grant request came from Kappa Psi Epsilon for the Pinay Symposium. The Pinay Symposium is a long-running annual event held by sorority, Kappa Psi Epsilon’s President Mary Suarez explained.
Tresurer Kalien Clark reminded the BOC that a maximum of $280 in funding could be allotted to Kappa Psi Epsilon, as the sorority had not raised sufficient funds independently yet. Senator Chris Myter motioned for $215 in funding to be granted to Kappa Psi Epsilon, and the motion passed unanimously by the BOC.
Before moving on to closing remarks, the BOC confirmed $3,000 in funding for the International Student Association’s annual dinner show. Major grants need to be confirmed by the BOC in a second reading, which is why the International Student Association has had its funding request looked over multiple times.
The penultimate agenda item in the BOC meeting was a new reading of the study abroad scholarship proposal. The scholarship is now officially the Study Abroad Scholarship program; it was previously the Global Citizen Scholarship program. ASI Executive Director Richard Haller asked that the BOC “please just approve this, so I can get it off my desk.” The Board of Control granted Hallers’ request.
The respective members of BOC clapped after Treasurer Clark announced that the scholarship proposal was approved. The euphoria was only briefly interrupted when Senator Reyes pointed out they had forgot to formally discuss the proposal, but the Board of Control quickly corrected this and approved the scholarship proposal once more.