So for the time being, the current budget will survive and procuring additional funds lies in the hands of student group members. Without additional funds, the College will continue to allocate funds to pay for student group expenses and events, rather than earmarking those dollars for what student group leaders say is the ideal long-term solution--a student center.
Stewart says the phenomenon of financially strapped student groups existing within the richest university in the world results naturally when administrators--and not students--define the nature of student needs.
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"The people who set the agenda are so removed from anything to do with student life," she says.