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ASUA denies $250 for Homecoming bonfire

Arizona Daily Wildcat Photo by: MATTHEW CAPOWSKI Dwight Maloney talks to fellow senate members Wednesday night at the ASUA meeting. He was asking for additional funding for a homecoming event.

With the final UA Homecoming of the millennium two weeks away, the ASUA Senate decided last night not to fund $250 for food during the Friday night bonfire.

Sen. Dwight Maloney, who is in charge of the Homecoming committee, asked the senate for $550.

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona, which appropriates funding for the event, approved $300 for generator and parking costs.

However, the other $250, which was to be spent on either Dominos pizza or Eegees subs, was considered an unneeded cost.

"That money could buy 30 pizzas or a lot of Eegees," he said.

The Senate voted to amend the proposal because senators said it would be better spent elsewhere.

"I feel this is an event that is not conducive to food," said Sen. Shane Brogan. "I think it is money that could be spent better. It's not a necessity."

In defense, Maloney compared the bonfire, which begins at 5:45 p.m. on Nov. 5, to a recent ASUA event.,

"Look at Catfest," he said. "We had food at Catfest, and it was a much larger show."

However, the other senators said the two events should be viewed separately.

"I don't think the two should be compared," said Sen. Ryan Roa. "They are totally different events."

Roa, who also sits on the ASUA Appropriations Board, said food costs tend to not be worth the money spent.

"Just from experience, we don't appropriate money for food because it usually goes so quickly," he said. "We should save the $250 for something else."

Maloney said the committee is still attempting to raise money from outside sources.

"We have been in contact with a few local businesses," he said. "We have not gotten any money from fund raising yet."

Maloney said it is more than likely that outside businesses will help pay for some of the costs.

"I don't understand why a business would not want to, especially because it is Homecoming," he said. "I'm working very hard so that we don't have to use any money from my budget

Referring to the proposed Homecoming budget, which is now $2,100, Maloney said that the proposed costs are not accurate.

"These are all high end costs," he said. "We will not be paying more than this"

The other $300, which was approved, will be spent on a number of costs, most notably the generator and parking passes.

"There's not enough energy to run both sound and light, because it will be at night," Maloney said.