AB allocates $10,000 for Spotlight Speaker
Stephanie Tanner is a step closer to coming to Eastern.
Jody Sweetin of “Full House” fame is one of the Spotlight Lecture Series that University Board is looking to bring to campus.
Sweetin recently overcame a methamphetamine addiction.
At last night’s Apportionment Board meeting the board unanimously approved a $20,000 allocation to UB lectures.
This is a $15,000 reduction from the Oct. 26 meeting when UB lectures asked for $35,000.
The money will be used to bring Spotlight Speakers, which are more recognized speakers.
“.Based on the feedback that we (UB) got from students and the current board voting on it, we felt that pushing for three Spotlight Speakers would be a bit extreme,” said UB Chair JC Miller. “So we chose to just do two instead.”
UB also looks to bring some of the cast from the show “Black. White.” The show takes one African-American family and one Caucasian family and transforms them into the opposite race. The speakers would talk about their experiences as the opposite race.
The funds would also cover three Cross Fire Series events. This will be more of lecture style debates on big issues today.
Board members were pleased that UB worked to cut some of their original money request.
It was made clear that UB is making an effort to cut the proposal by about 40 percent, said Skyler King.
“They took in concerned students’ feedback that they got outside,” said Board Member Travis Bounds. “From what I heard is that they (students) didn’t want ‘The Real World’ speakers.”
The proposal now heads to Student Senate for approval.
AB allocates $10,000 for Spotlight Speaker
UB chair JC Miller discusses UB budget adjustments that they made. The Apportionment board aproved UB’s budget with a unanimous vote on Thursday evening in the MLK Jr. Union. Jay Grabiec/The Daily Eastern News
