Student Assembly
S.A. Elects New Vice President of Finance
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The Student Assembly has elected the official new Vice President of Finance — Valeria Valencia ’23 who previously served as first generation student representative at-large.
News
Student Assembly Resumes Talks on Already Reduced Student Activity Fee
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The Student Assembly has been working to reduce the burden on students while keeping more than 1,000 student organizations afloat by reducing the student activities fee.
Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: RE: ‘The SAFC Should Not Get Involved in Politics’
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The abuses of the past few weeks, months and even years do not suggest that a response is needed.
Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The SAFC Should Not Get Involved in Politics
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These are all controversial political issues that the SAFC has no place funding, let alone with your money.
SAFC
After 40 Percent Hike to Student Activity Fee, SAFC Aims to Boost Club Funding
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The Student Assembly recently attempted to loosen those rules by voting to increase the student activity fee — an expense students pay to support on-campus organizations — from $234 to $321 in December 2019.
Campus Activities
New Student Organization Business Office Helps Clubs Secure Funding
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Housed on the first floor of Willard Straight Hall, the office will serve as an all-encompassing place where students can get their questions answered, such as club funding, budgeting, payment requests and purchasing
accountability
EDITORIAL: How to Fix Cornell’s Least-Liked Organization
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If you want to make a club treasurer flinch, you need only whisper the letters S-A-F-C. The Student Activities Funding Commission is the student-run organization that acts as a gatekeeper for over 500 Cornell clubs’ funding. And it is among the most bemoaned bureaucratic hoops on campus. Complaints range from nitpicky rule enforcement to perverse incentives. Some gripe that applying for SAFC funding involves far too many fine details — which, if done improperly, can give the SAFC a reason to pull funds.
Featured in Category
From Unsuccessful Candidate to President-Elect, Joe Anderson ’20 Has Big Plans for the Student Assembly
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As the clock tower bells chimed over a sunny Arts Quad, Student Assembly president-elect Joe Anderson ’20 sat down with The Sun to talk about presidential victory, funding reform, administration on campus, and his vision for the Assembly’s role in it all.
Editorials
EDITORIAL: Good Riddance to the Event Security Fee
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Cornell controversies come as fast as they go, usually earning barely a peep from the administration. So consider us astonished to hear the University has, at last, opted to effectively ditch the burdensome event security fee. The move is a win for free expression on campus and a remarkable bout of responsiveness from leadership that too often shrugs off community input. After first hinting at the changes in February, Cornell will now begin covering security costs for most events up to $8,000. In a campus-wide email, Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi announced the changes, which also include transitioning away from OrgSync, Cornell’s clunky student organization management system.
SAFC
Cornell Pauses Security Fees for Select Events as S.A. and Community Members Grill Administrators
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Impassioned students scrutinized the administrators on the new security fee policy.