Groups react to funding shortage from ASMSU
When Amit Agarwal requests $3,000 for the Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students’ Satrang on Tuesday night, he might walk away without the amount of money he had hoped for. Agarwal, the coalition’s president, will begin searching for donations somewhere else for the show to go on. The Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students, which is the second group in line for funding consideration at ASMSU Funding Board’s Tuesday interviews, is banking on $3,000 for Satrang, an Indian cultural show. If four organizations are given money Tuesday night, then the undergraduate student government board’s money likely will be spent. Agarwal said the show’s total budget is $33,000. Resident Halls Association gave $2,225 to the group. “RHA and ASMSU are the cornerstones to a large percentage of our funding,” the political economy senior said. Agarlwal said other places that donate money have cut funding in half for the annual show in which 200 people participate. “Funding is going to be a problem because we will have to go further into the community to ask for money,” he said.