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HUSC is in charge of setting and receiving this fee. You don’t need to be part of HUSC to see your student activity fee put to use as you see fit, though.

While representing students and administration and acting as a liaison between the two, HUSC works with an overall budget of about $300,000, according to second-time HUSC treasurer Pete Winiecki.

“Because we have a lot of power, we get a lot done,” said HUSC vice-president Addie Maxfield. Made up of an executive board, organization and student class representatives, HUSC is in charge of overseeing chartered organizations on campus. This includes supplying budgets and resources that will “help them be as good as they can be,” said HUSC president Kristin Falde.

HUSC currently has 44 chartered organizations. The money HUSC receives from student activity fees only partially goes to fund these organizations.

Separate from the money used for student organizations, there are four other major divisions. One is the contingency fund. This is a fund with money set aside for things that just “couldn’t be budgeted for,” or are “out of the ordinary,” according to Winiecki.

For example, when students wanted to put together a memorial for Rosa Parks last year, money was used from the contingency fund. Any individual may request money from this fund, too.

Another fund is the conference fund. This fund is also open to anybody, HUSC related or not. This is set up specifically to fund individuals or groups to attend a conference.

The capital improvement fund exists to improve campus. For example, this fund paid for the DVDs for rental and swivel chairs in the library and some new furniture and pingpong tables in dorms. Anyone can make a suggestion about how to improve the campus by coming to a HUSC general assembly meeting, contacting a student representative or stopping by the HUSC office and offering a sugestion.

These funds are unique to Hamline. “A lot of schools don’t have any of these funds.” said Winiecki. “We are granted a ton of leeway.”

There is also a challenge grant fund. Challenge grants assist fundraising efforts by matching what an individual or group has raised up to $1000. “I’ve never seen a challenge grant turned down,” Winiecki said. “Hell, it’s like free money.”
HUSC general assemblies are held every Tuesday at 11:20 a.m. in GLC 100E. HUSC is online at www.hamline.edu/husc.