Saturday, November 7, 2009

What if every student participated in student activities? What if there were no students to volunteer?

If every full-time student participated in an extracurricular activity on campus, then they would each have $53 (the cost of their student activity fee) to spend through the school on whatever they wanted. Each student is required to pay this fee, but out of the thousands of students that attend SCCC only a handful of them participate in student clubs and organizations and spend the collected pot of cash.

The funds are divided up and dispersed into the clubs and organization's budgets by the Student Government Association at the end of each semester. The amounts are based on previous budgets and predicted funds for the upcoming year.

When the semester begins, students hold meetings and elect officers that will hold leadership positions for the club or organization. At these meetings, members bring their ideas for campus events and spend their student activities and yours as well.

If there were no student volunteers, there would be a whole bunch of money and no one to spend it. There would be no student sponsored activities and that means... no mechanical bulls, Fiesta Latina's and costume contests.

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