The USG passed the Poe Field Resolution, and its Projects Board announced a new fund for publications at Friday's USG meeting, the last of the fall semester.
Rishi Jaitly '04, co-chair of the Projects Board, announced at the meeting that $15,000 has been earmarked for publications on campus.
The Wilson School, the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students contributed to the publications fund, Jaitly said, offering $5,000, $6,000 and $4,000 respectively.
The Wilson School designated its donation to be spent only on policy and political publications.
Jaitly said the board initially sought these funds to show their recognition of the importance of publications on campus and their unique financial situation.
"[Publications] have . . . permanent costs, but limited revenue potential," Jaitly said.
He also emphasized the same application standards will apply when the funding is made available with the start of the second semester.
"This isn't a free pot of money," Jaitly said. "But what it will do is . . . add to our resources."
The Poe Field Resolution — a response to recent construction of the Genomics Institute and the under-construction "ellipse" dorm — calls for a plaque dedicated to the Poe brothers at the southern edge of campus.
The plaque would symbolize the University's commitment to green space on campus and the physical fitness of its students, William Robinson '04, chair of the Undergraduate Life Committee, said at the meeting.
"The current trustees have a sort of pseudo-understanding that that line of buildings will become the south line of campus . . . but they can't bind the decisions of future trustees," Robinson said at the meeting. "I thought the USG could play a role."
Robinson also spoke to the importance of passing such resolutions. He said the University had already acted on several of the suggestions made in the USG's housing resolution passed earlier in the semester.
The USG also approved the first charter of the Undergraduate Life Committee and passed several amendments to its constitution in order to improve its accuracy.
The meeting marked the last time the current USG group will convene. Matt Margolin '05 will take over as president at the next meeting.
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