Heartwarming: SGFC Gives RSO $7.49 for Trip to Washington, D.C.
When third-year Quinn Poynting, treasurer for Women+ in Politics (W+IP), appealed to the Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) for funding for W+IP’s spring break trip to Washington, D.C., they had low hopes.
“We’d already tried a bake sale, a hot cocoa sale, a silent auction,” Poynting said. “We even sold tickets to our debate on energy policy! But we just weren’t raising money.” As a last resort, they turned to SGFC to make up the cost of the trip.
According to the minutes from the meeting, SGFC voted, in light of W+IP’s extraordinary fundraising efforts, to advance the group $7.49 and “our sincere admiration.” The allocation constitutes the largest payment the Committee has ever made to an RSO. This gift surpasses even SGFC’s famous grant of $7.15, which saved the UChicago Birdwatching Club from insolvency in 1982.In unrelated news, W+IP has recently signed a funding agreement with the Heritage Foundation. Next week’s programming will be on the subject of “Why the US Absolutely and Truly Must Invade Greenland NOW, for… uhh… Feminist Reasons.”
Katherine Timm
