This past week, Student Assembly committees reviewed funding allocations and approved $10,875 for new water bottle filling stations in select campus buildings.
Special Business
Tuesday, Feb. 10, Sen. Mackenna Wyckoff ’28 addressed the chamber with the Student Assembly Organization Budget Allocation Committee’s third quarterly finance report of the fiscal year. OBAC provides funding for initiatives and activities of Recognized Student Organizations on campus.
This past quarter, OBAC allocated $36,272, with 92 organizations receiving funding. OBAC has allocated over $146,000 to various RSOs on campus this fiscal year.
Old Business
The Senate passed the Old Campus Access to Sustainable Infrastructure Strategy (OASIS) Act, sponsored by Sen. Nick DeSante ’26. The bill will allocate $10,875 in funding from the Student Assembly reserve to procure and install water bottle filling stations and materials for installation in James Blair Hall, Washington Hall and Tucker Hall.
An amendment was introduced that would have limited the proposal to funding a filling station only in James Blair Hall rather than all three proposed buildings. The amendment did not pass.
“My concern is that we’re funding two water fountains in buildings that already have them, and we can just focus on the one that doesn’t have one [Blair],” Wyckoff said. “This isn’t something Student Assembly should necessarily be funding … I’m for funding for Blair, but the other two, I’m more hesitant.”
DeSante responded by underscoring the discount SA would receive for installing multiple fountains.
“Think about the money we’re going to spend, and thinking about the people that will use it, a lot of value for the money we’re spending,” DeSante said.
Class of 2028 President Devaughn Henry ’28, Sen. Jenny Wang ’29 and Sen. Christine Hwang ’28 raised questions regarding the proposed installation of the water fountains.
Sen. Quinn Clancey ’27 further emphasized the discount’s sizable amount.
“I think part of the appeal is to get a discount right now,” he said. “In the future, we do lose the aspect of certainty of that confirmed discount on all three right there, and I worry if we just do one or two, we won’t get the discount for all of them.”
CORRECTION (02/18/26): Article was updated by the Standards & Practices Editor to clarify that the only funding approved was for new water bottle filling stations.
