The Student Services Finance Committee denied funding yesterday for the UW-Madison organization called College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council.
According to SSFC chair Aaron Werner, SSFC members voted against funding CALS because it failed to meet several criteria.
\Basically the committee did not see the educational benefit that CALS provides to students of the university as a whole,"" he said. ""Also, they did not have a clear enough plan or goal.""
Two religious organizations will apply for funding Wednesday. This is the first time religious groups have applied for SSFC money.
According to Werner, Wednesday's meeting will be highly controversial because of the religious groups applying and because members of the Multi-Cultural Student Center, who will also apply, criticized SSFC members last year. The MCSC receives approximately $500,000 per year from SSFC.
""I think open forum is going to be pretty heated,"" Werner said.
The religious groups applying are the UW Roman Catholics and the Jewish Cultural Collective.
The SSFC approved funding for the Campus Women's Center, Sex Out Loud, Wunk Sheek and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender Campus Center.
One of three giraffes housed at the Vilas Park Zoo, 702 S. Randall Ave., died Friday evening.
Savannah lived with her mate Raymond and son RJ. Zoo staff initially attributed her death to severe trauma and cerebral bleeding caused by a fall, but the Wisconsin Animal Health Laboratory is still completing an autopsy.
Zoo staff found Savannah Friday afternoon lying on her side unable to get up. Zoo Veterinarian Dr. Mike Petersen and UW-Madison Veterinarians Dr. Jean Pare and Dr. Joanne Paul-Murphy gave Savannah intravenous fluids and medications to no avail.
Zoo Director Jim Hubing told The Capital Times Monday that Savannah's disappearance seemed to confuse RJ and Raymond, who stood staring at the exhibit's door as if expecting Savannah to come through it.
""She brought an awful lot of happiness to our visitors,"" Hubing told The Capital Times. ""She leaves RJ to continue on.""
Savannah was born at the zoo March 9, 1993.
