Last year, the Athletic Complex saw its budget slashed, and an initiative to give $100,000 to the AC failed to garner the necessary supporters to make the ballot.

For the price we pay, we expect a great deal of benefits from the University. For the most part, the school delivers. But imagine if Washington University consisted of unresponsive teachers, poor job placement, fewer services, and unnecessary departments that yielded little benefit to students. And, on top of that, they asked for a substantial tuition increase.

The proposed Student Union budget for 2011-2012 will be presented to Senate and Treasury on Wednesday for a vote. The joint SU session will be held in Simon Hall at 9 p.m. and will be open to all students.

The Obama administration proposed a budget plan that includes cuts of about $20 million from Pell grant federal funding.

Student Health Services has cut Washington University’s Emergency Support Team’s funding by $8,000 due to departmental budget cuts. Though the cut will not affect the services that EST offers, students who want to join EST will have to pay around $1,000 to be trained.

On Tuesday night, the Congress of the South Forty proposed its budget for the upcoming year. CS40 brings laudable programming to the South Forty every semester, however, as students, we must weigh the benefits of activities we pay for against their costs.

Student Union’s proposed budget for the 2010-2011 year was approved unanimously by Treasury on Tuesday and was passed by Senate on Wednesday with 21 votes in favor and two abstentions. The budget had a general increase of $96,000 because of the tuition increase. There were also several major changes made in the budget from last [...]

Tuesday, April 20, is a hallmark in Congress of the South 40 history: The budget will be presented, but not voted on. For the first time, CS40 representatives and members of the South 40 will have a full week to think about the proposed budget before voting on it. The change is intended as  a [...]

Come springtime, the large supply of tulips on campus will be nipped in the bud. As a part of a plan designed to reduce the Washington University maintenance and landscaping budget by at least 5 percent, the number of tulips on campus will be cut in half. The new plan will also reduce the number of on-call maintenance employees around the Danforth Campus, thereby producing a delay in response time.