The Government of the Student Body’s regular allocations bill passed unanimously Monday night, allotting funding to more than 120 student organizations for the 2007 fiscal year.

The Freshman Council was one of the many groups to be approve unanimously.

“My only concern is that to be considered in the group you have to go through an interview process,” Henry Alliger, senior in animal science and off-campus senator, said.

The Iowa State magazine, Uhuru, was also approved but not as decisively. The vote passed for their funding 23 to 12.

Senators also divided out 12 organizations from the original bill to debate each group individually.

Two groups received zero funding because they were seen to violate GSB bylaws, as they were considered “preprofessional” groups receiving funding from other sources and therefore unable to receive additional funding from GSB. The two groups were Team PriSUm, which builds the ISU Solar Car, and the ISU Entrepreneur Club.

The Latino Heritage Month Committee was sent back to the finance committee because they lacked information for its budget originally but researched the information needed. Its budget was then discussed later during the meeting.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Alliance was sent back to the finance committee because there was a problem with estimating the cost of mileage on its budget to go to two conferences. GSB was unsure if they could increase its budget as that would require money to be taken from another group.

There was a great deal of debate about the group Campus Crusade for Christ. The GSB was concerned about discrimination during their election for government officials. The GSB recently passed legislation which requires anti-discriminatory wording to be included in the constitutions or bylaws of student organizations.

Alliger and fellow senator, Drew Larson, senior in accounting and political science and senator of business, were concerned that the elections would not be open to everyone who wanted to participate but would be limited.

Senators also sent the Iowa State Railroad Club back to the GSB Finance Committee because its request for a 15-passenger van to travel to Minnesota was deemed excessive, after learning that the club’s enrollment numbers only 12.

Despite concerns that their organization provides services which unnecessarily duplicate those of Campus Crusade for Christ, the budget for The Navigators was approved.

Proposed funding for VEISHEA was approved as recommended by a vote of 34-2, following debate over the fact that the Office of the President also provides funding for VEISHEA activities.

The most hotly contested item on the budget was the proposed allocation for the group ActivUS, which seeks to promote student activism on campus. Although GSB does not usually provide funding for groups to pay salaries, ActivUS requested approximately $16,000 to retain a full-time organizer. The question of whether to hire a full-time organizer or to instead hire a half-time graduate student provoked strong opinions on both sides of the debate, and the issue was eventually tabled, leaving question as to when a vote would be taken to fund the group.

The final budget item on the floor was the allocation to GSB itself. Objections were raised to spending $2,000 on the inauguration of the GSB president, which includes providing a meal for the entire GSB. The budget was referred back to the finance committee with recommendations which included reducing this amount.