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Volume 81 Issue 03
September 24, 2025
Collegedale, Tennessee
Student Association announces budget changes for the new school year
Student Assosiation Cabinet poses for a photo. Back row: Sarina Young, Hayden Kobza, Jaziel Soto,Henry Valderrama, Braden Larson. Front row: Heaven Robles, Priscille Mikala, Jeaneva Bautista, Jehiely Balabarca, Lily Mutai (Photo by Houston Beckworth)
Chloe Smith News Editor The Student Association (SA) has finalized its budget for the 2025-2026 school year, reflecting several notable changes to funds. With nearly $400,000 in projected revenue, the budget outlines how student fees and events will be invested in campus life. Compared to the previous year’s Administration revenue of $420,750, this year’s Administration revenue is $379,440, according to a chart from Jaziel Soto, junior accounting major and SA vice president of finance. When adding all other revenue generated, the total revenue for this year amounts to $393,140. The new budget highlights reallocation, particularly in areas such as student clubs and media. According to John Hargy, senior biophysics major and SA president, the most noticeable change is the doubling of funds for student clubs. “We have doubled the amount that we are giving to clubs from $15,000 to
Jaziel Soto, Vice-President of Finances (Photo courtesy of Jehiely Balabarca)
$30,000,” said Hargy. “We believe clubs are drivers of our campus culture and creating that space for students and a community. This is a reinvestment of SA funds back into our clubs to enable them to do programming, events, field trips [and] bring in speakers. We want to empower clubs to create their spaces.” Hargy also emphasized that this represents the largest allocation to clubs in SA’s history, describing it as a reinvestment in community life. Another notable change to the budget involved the loss of Memories, Southern’s student yearbook. For years, Memories carried one of the largest allocations in the SA budget with about $70,000. However, with the lack of an editor, SA chose not to produce a yearbook this year. According to Soto, some departments will benefit from this change. “The Memories budget used to be $70,000…and now we just cut it
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John Hargy, President of Student Assosiation (Photo courtesy of Jehiely Balabarca)
“I want 100% transparency. We are working on a webpage to disclose all the expenses and show where the money goes.” - Jaziel Soto