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Interested in making a change in academic, community or student life at Penn?  Want to get more involved in student representation?  Make your voice heard and come see the 2010 candidates for UA President and Vice President in action.   If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please email the Presidential Debate Commission at pennpdc@gmail.com.

Tuesday, March 15 (TODAY!)

UA Steering – Vice-Presidential Forum

7.00pm in the LGBT Center

A special forum for Vice-Presidential candidates before UA Steering, a peak body of 34 campus coalitions that the winning Vice-President will chair and lead next year.

Thursday, March 18

Politics at Penn – Presidential Forum

12:00 p.m. in the Harrison College House Rooftop Lounge

Sponsored by the Penn Democrats and the Penn Political Review

Friday, March 19

Civic and Community Engagement — Presidential Forum

12:00 p.m. at Civic House

Sponsored by CHAC  - LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED!

Diversity at Penn — Presidential Forum

6:00 p.m. in the ARCH Auditorium

Sponsored by the Latino Coalition, Lambda Alliance, Asian Pacific Student Coalition, UMOJA, United Minorities Council, Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women, and PRISM

Saturday, March 20

Academic and Residential Life — Presidential Forum

12:00 p.m. in the Harrison College House Rooftop Lounge

Sponsored by the Residential Advisory Board and the University Honor Council

Presidential and Vice Presidential Forum

Sunday, March 21 at 3:00 p.m. in a To Be Determined Location*

Sponsored by the Daily Pennsylvanian

*Please stay tuned for the announcement of this location.

Sunday, March 21

UA and Penn Student Government — Presidential Forum

9:00 p.m. in Ben Franklin Room in Houston Hall

Sponsored by the Undergraduate Assembly

On Sunday, February 28th, the UA approved the 2010-2011 Annual Budget after amending the Budget Committee’s recommendation in ten significant areas. Key features of the 2010-2011 Budget include:

• A major increase in SAC funding: an extra $64,000 for student groups (or 7.77% increase from last year!).
• Restructuring Spring Fling finances: accounting changes mean that while Fling is unchanged its true cost is now reported and accounted for; plus, the recommendation includes a little bit extra for Concert talent.
• A major increase in Connaissance Major Speaker Honoraria funding (from $61,000 per semester to $75,000 per semester).
• Restoration of the SPEC Film Speaker Event with $13,000 of funding.
• Some program eliminations:
  • Dolphin email accounts ($4950)
  • SPEC Concerts Small Show Series ($3000)
  • SPEC Connaissance Philomathean Society Annual Oration Co-Sponsorship ($3000)
  • Minority Scholars Weekend ($2250)
  • SPEC Special Events Third Spring Fest ($2000)
  • SPEC Connaissance Haitian Solidarity Week Co-Sponsorship ($1000)
  • Haitian Solidarity Week Co-Sponsorship ($1000)
  • Holocaust Memorial Day Co-Sponsorship ($1000)
  • GUIDE Co-Sponsorship ($1000)
• Standardization of SPEC Jazz and Grooves and SPEC-TRUM Spring Concert with Fall Concerts, involving cutting:
  • $10,550 from SPEC Jazz and Grooves Spring Concert
  • $7,950 from SPEC-TRUM Spring Concert

The final budget is available in a printable version (for legal-size paper!) or an online Google Docs version.

See below the jump for an itemized list of approved amendments. And tell us what you think in the comments!

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For more information and answers to any questions, please contact Patricia Liu, Vice-Chair for Elections, Nominations and Elections Committee (NEC).