The president of the Government of the Student Body said he does not believe a surcharge is the proper way to handle university budget cuts at Wednesday night’s GSB meeting.

The Board of Regents met Wednesday to discuss cuts in the budget and Board of Regents President David Miles’ suggestion of a spring tuition surcharge to address university budget cuts.

The students enrolled at Iowa State this semester have planned out their financial aid and were in an agreement of what their tuition would be this year, said Jon Turk, GSB president and senior in political science.

The cut to Iowa State will be a 22 percent cut in the university budget in one year.

The university is now receiving the same funding levels it was in 1990, Turk said.

The newly reinstated ISU Sailing Club was also in attendance to field questions on their request for $22,119.90 to purchase new equipment.

After extensive discussion, GSB chose to allocate $8,496.90  of the orginally requested $22,119.90 for equipment to the ISU Sailing club.

GSB asked Sailing Club representatives whether they had any future plans for fundraisers. Russ Hoffman, Sailing Club adviser and systems support specialist for Survey Statistical Methodology, and Tess Rockey, treasurer and sophomore in interior design, were also asked if they could function as a group with two land yachts, instead of four.

Rockey and Hoffman also reassured GSB that the Sailing Club is here to stay, despite not having been active in the past.

“We have looked at why people have stopped coming to meetings and letting people who are not ISU students to assume roles of leadership in the group,” Hoffman said.

The Sailing Club also has some major advertising planned.

The Water-ski Club received $5,156.60 to fund its trip to nationals after a unanimous vote.

The group said it was able to raise about $5,500 for the trip, which would cover their food and hotel expenses, but needed financial aid covering travel fees.

Getting to compete at nationals isn’t an expense that is planned for. This is good public relations and a good opportunity for the club, said Dan Finnegan, engineering senator and senior in aerospace engineering.

The Long-boarding Club was supposed to receive $1,765.90, but its bill was tabled after the group failed to be present to answer questions while the bill was being read at Wednesday’s meeting.

GSB approved the funding request of $2,000 for a new copier for the Ames-ISU YMCA and YWCA Ames-ISU.