The Actuarial Club was denied funding by the Student Association Finance Committee, and the Muslim Student Association may follow.

As stated in its budget request, the Actuarial Club is “designed to to connect students in actuarial science and profession and provide information on the profession for anyone interested in becoming an actuary.”

Because the finance committee classified it as a pre-professional organization, the Actuarial Club was not eligible for funding.

“In their own words, they are here to further their careers and prepare for career-related exams, which is the textbook definition of pre-professional organization,” said Andrew Nelms, SA Senate Speaker and finance committee member.

Nelms also said pre-professional organizations are not eligible for funding because they are not open to all.

The finance committee was not clear if the Muslim Student Association was a religious or cultural organization based on the group’s mission statement. Religious organizations cannot receive funding.

“In their mission statement, they said they are a religious organization,” Nelms said. “They have meetings in a mosque.”

SA Treasurer Drew Josephson said he wants more information before making a decision.

The Vietnamese Student Association was allocated $2,373 for fiscal year 2005, which is an increase of $956 from fiscal year 2004.

The increase was not as large as the club had requested. Funding to provide free course materials for Vietnamese language classes was cut.

The finance committee also approved $2,616 of the fiscal year 2005 budget for S.I.S.T.E.R.S., which is an increase of $1,516 over fiscal year 2004.