Alpha Phi Omega selected as club of the month

Alpha Phi Omega, a community service fraternity, was selected as ASUA's Club of the Month for February.

The organization served dinners to the homeless with Hope of Glory Ministries, packaged boxes for the Tucson Community Food Bank and played bingo with terminally ill patients at Lifecare, said Greg Billings, University Activities Board president.

Overall, the club donated more than 4,000 service hours last semester.

Alpha Phi Omega was also the winner of this year's Club Olympics and is the largest student-run organization on campus.

Billings said the organization is marked by friendship, leadership and spirit.

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona Senate approved a proposal of $1,000 for UA Late Night on March 26 at Wilbur's Underground in the Student Union Memorial Center.

The senate discussed giving the Freshman Class Council - the organization now in charge of UA Late Night - the money because they have a budget of their own.

But ASUA Sen. Soral Karim said UA Late Night had started as a senate project and is still considered his project.

He also said the FCC is already covering some of the costs, but its $1,000 yearly budget cannot cover everything.

UA Late Night is a program that provides students with various activities as an alternative to drinking on the weekends.

There will be a KAMP radio disc jockey, a root beer keg, casino tables and volunteer projects.

There will also be a movie from midnight to 2 a.m.

The tentative theme for this semester's UA Late Night is "One Last Spring Break."

The ASUA Senate approved the appropriations board consent agenda for $2,901.11 in special funding for four clubs at last night's senate meeting.

The Arizona Model United Nations requested $8,272.78 to host its 42nd annual conference, March 26-27. Approximately 300 high school students from Arizona, California and New Mexico will attend the conference.

The board refused to use UA students' money for high school students, so they only provided $822.96 for the UA students who would attend.

National Panhellenic Council requested $4,129.66 and received $1,422.30 for their NPHC Week from March 1-7. The events would be used to increase awareness for the organizations in NPC.

The board decided not to fund a benefit party because the proceeds would be used as a donation.

Theta Tau Engineering fraternity requested $1,852 and received $600 to attend the Western Regional Leadership in Engineering Conference Feb. 26 to 29 at the University of Texas.

The board only gave $600.

Student Objectivist Society received $55.85 to host David Harriman, who will speak at the UA on March 9.