The student senate approved $3,891.98 worth of funding to 55 student clubs during its meeting last night.

Associated Students of the University of Arizona had reviewed the funding requests of the clubs previously and then proposed amounts that they deemed fair.

While requests ranged from $37.04 to $1,324, student government gave no more than $150 to any single club.

The Pakistan Student Association was given the most of any club.

Amounts for three clubs were reviewed at the meeting and forced ASUA senators to recalculate the total before bringing it to a vote.

Chaos ensued when the totals were updated and senators shouted incorrect figures after working tediously with pencil and paper to come up with updated numbers.

The Homebrewers Club and Chain Gang Jr. Honorary club members complained about the refusal of certain funds. The Chain Gang received $27 in additional funding, while Johnny Tellez of Homebrewers was denied the $25 he requested.

The decision about how much to fund each club was made based on ASUA bylaws regarding what constitutes legitimate club funding.

The senate approved $708 for three clubs.

The Baha'i College Club received $100 for flyers to advertise their club, Camp Wildcat was given $368 to transport approximately 40 undergraduates to a campsite on Mt. Lemmon and the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars received $240 to hold a mid-Autumn celebration of Chinese culture.

ASUA Sen. Stacey Nelson cast the one dissenting vote on approval of these funds.

Sen. Scott Cheney proposed using $50 in ASUA funds to supply Otter Pops for students who take part in the "Human Suggestion Box" program.

The project would put senators out on the UA Mall trying to get students to fill out surveys on the state of affairs at UA.

The money would pay for 2,200 of the ice treats that would come in a rainbow of fruity flavors.

A 15-minute conversation ensued debating the price of the pops and their appropriateness in winter months.

But Cheney maintained that it would be a great program.

"I really think something like this will help people want to come and talk to us, " he said.

Sen. Andrew Hottovy said that Cheney couldn't buy the planned 10 boxes of Otter Pops for $50 total because they cost $6 a box and Sen. Victoria Ruan suggested handing out hot chocolate during the winter.

These complaints were addressed and subsided, and the proposal was called to vote.

Senators will distribute the first Otter Pops on the UA Mall twice a month starting in October.