The ASUP executive board prioritized the final Major Project Fund (MPF) projects yesterday after collecting information from Senate, administrators and a student survey. The top four projects, in order of priority, are vans for Student Activities, funding for Pilots after Dark, an end-of-the-year event and additional outdoor seating for the library and the Terrace Room.
ASUP will fund each project in order of priority, and the next project on the list will be funded if funds are left over. ASUP does not expect to be able to fund any more than these top four projects.
The Student Activities vans, which will cost between $20,000 and $50,000, will be available for clubs and student organizations to check out for events. ASUP Vice President Elvia Gaona, a junior, said the vans have been needed for years.
“This is something that has been brought up for several years, and no one has done anything about it, so even during the summer, we were saying we would want it to be funded by the MPF,” Gaona said.
Gaona and ASUP President Quin Chadwick, also a junior, said the survey gauging student interest in the MPF projects was an important factor in prioritizing the projects.
The projects Chadwick and Gaona do not expect to be able to fund are, in order of priority, display TVs for the library, renovation of the Buckley Center greenhouse, bike rack covers and lighting for the intramural field. These projects either have little interest to students or are out of the price range for the MPF.
