The first reading of a proposed campus concert bill was at Wednesday’s Student Government Senate meeting.
Almost every member of the executive and legislative branches — over 50 people — was listed as sponsoring the bill. Director of Governmental Affairs Colby Brandt, who is campaigning for president, was not listed.
The bill requests $150,000 from the special projects account – with a current balance of $1,411,205.98 – to purchase 3,000 in “free and/or discounted” student tickets at Hilton Coliseum for a campus concert. A free concert for students at Jack Trice Stadium was a primary campaign point for Student Government President Martin Hursh, a junior in economics, and Vice President Quinn Margrett, a junior in business economics.
“That number can always increase over time as well,” Hursh said. “It’s preliminary.”
Hilton has a capacity of 14,267, with approximately 2,400 seats in the student section. 3,000 is the initial amount of tickets planned to be available to students, more tickets will be available according to Hursh.
“This Campus Concert is slated to occur later this semester, with negotiations nearing completion with two platinum award winning artists to headline the event,” the bill states.
The bill will be voted on during the next Senate meeting on Feb. 26 in the Memorial Union.
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$28,480 was requested from the Iowa State Rodeo Club’s annual rodeo, The Cyclone Stampede, which is slated for Mar. 28 and 29.
“I have not heard a since report from anybody who has ever gone about it being bad, I have only heard good things about this event,” Sen. Alexandra Momaney, speaker of the Senate, said. “Remember, we’re here for the students. We’re here to represent the students, even if you don’t like the price tag on it, think about how valuable it is to the student experience and how valuable it is that our students are leading this event.”
$14,587 was funded to the Men’s Hockey club to aid the rental fees of the Ames-ISU Ice Arena. The club has already paid $37,370.15 of the rental through fundraising and dues.
Additionally, the Senate funded $1,862.54 to assist Vex U Cyber Robotics Club in paying for their trips to Omaha, Nebraska, Dallas and St. Cloud, Minnesota.
The Senate approved a constitutional amendment to add four-year contractual term limits.
The Water Polo Club received $833 to fund their trip to West Point, New York, for the Army Memorial Water Polo Tournament.
The Senate also allocated $593 to the Ghana Students Association to help fund a guest speaker for an event on March 8.
Alex Papanikolaou, an undecided business sophomore, was sworn in as a United Residents Off-Campus Senator.
Srishti Nandal, a sophomore in data science, was confirmed as IDEA director, which is also known as the inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility committee.
