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Show Finance Candidates Speak Out group some funds, are we going to open ourselves to other requests for money?" Jeff Fox, speaking for Walcher, who was called away because of family death, said he would judge requests by groups on the involvement involve-ment with the University, and the benefits the investment would reap. "I would question whether the group is enriching the student's college col-lege life and education." Evaluate Group's Ability He was concerned with allowing more funds into community programs. pro-grams. Christ stated, "I want to get the most out of the money. The board would have to evaluate certain groups' ability to raise money on By DARRELL LEO Chronicle Junior Assistant Editor Financial allocations to small groups on campus and criteria for budgeting were the topics discussed by candidates for ASUU Finance Board, Wednesday noon in the Union Un-ion Den. The candidates are R. Jean Ad-dams, Ad-dams, Bill Bowen, Jeff Cannon, Pat Christ, David Shurtz and Al Walcher. Responding to a question about financial aid to small groups, Shurtz replied, "I tend to side with small groups. In small groups, most students find a campus identity. They have no identity with ASUU government." Finance Depends On Needs He also supported judging allocations allo-cations according to numbers of students involved in each group and whether the group is representational represen-tational of the University. Cannon said financing depends on needs and values on organizations organiza-tions requesting funds. He felt funds could be rechanneled into student scholarships. Concerning funds given after finance fin-ance board budget has been submitted, sub-mitted, he asked, "By allowing a their own." He believes a solution to the problem prob-lem of overdrawn committee budgets bud-gets would be up-to-date books, containing the balances of the committee, so that advisors and chairmen could view them. Addams saw a system for finance fin-ance stemming from review of previous pre-vious yearly budgets, an evaluation evalua-tion of these budgets and then building build-ing a budget from the facts gathered. gath-ered. Criteria For Financing "The number involved and what benefit a group serves to the University," Uni-versity," he said, "was my criteria cri-teria for financing." "I feel a need for open hearings on finance budgets," stated Bowen. He believes students must become more aware of where their money is being spent. Bowen also spoke of supporting a co-operative bookstore, which would be open to University students. stu-dents. The candidates for Student-Faculty Board will meet today in the Alumni Lounge, noon. |