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SGA
to reimburse design students
By Jessica Sanders
Staff Reporter
Student Government Association passed a bill Tuesday
night compensating graphic design students for $600
in costs for a national design convention they previously
attended.
The
House of Student Representatives was scheduled to vote
on the bill Feb. 25, but the meeting was canceled and
the vote delayed due to inclement weather.
Design
Focus, a student graphic design organization, sent students
to the convention without SGA funds because the convention
date came up before SGA could vote, said Dana Szucs,
a senior graphic design major.
Senior
graphic design major Holly Batchelor said the some students
were not able to attend the convention because the group
did not receive the money they were hoping for.
“Personally,
how I came up with the money, is I chose not to pay
a few of my bills,” Batchelor said.
Nick
James, chairman of SGA’s Elections and Regulations
Committee, said if the students already paid for the
conference, then SGA does not need to give them the
money now.
“I
feel like if they really couldn’t afford to go
without this money, they wouldn’t have gone,”
said James, a sophomore political science major. “Why
do we need to give them $600 to pay a bill that’s
already been paid?”
Szucs
said Design Focus did not know until Monday night that
the bill was going through House and so the officers
have not discussed if the money will be used to pay
for future conferences or to reimburse students.
SGA
Chaplain Steven Pivach said graphic design is an expensive
and time-consuming major and that the students deserve
SGA’s monetary support.
“I
truly believe that the graphic design department really
needs this money,” said Pivach, a junior speech
communication major. “It is our duty as student
government representatives to help out our constituents.”
Graphic
design conferences are crucial to resume building and
provide motivation to students, Batchelor said.
“You
get the opportunity to speak one-on-one with professionals
that we consider famous,” Batchelor said. “It’s
an experience of a lifetime for a designer.”
j.d.sanders@tcu.edu
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