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...UC awards party fund grants each week after evaluating submission forms from upperclassmen. Upperclassmen are awarded these grants provided their parties meet certain conditions—such as providing food, serving non-alcoholic beverages, and publicizing the event to a “significant number of undergraduates,” according to the UC website. The parties must also be unaffiliated with any student groups, final clubs, or fraternities...
Freshmen seeking to fund some late-night fun can also apply for a $50 common room event grant, one of five that the UC awards each week...
...until this fall, the UC awarded 13 party grants each week. Regardless of the size of the hosting suite, each room was awarded $100. But this changed in October when UC members Alexandra M. Gutierrez ’08 and Jia “Jane” Fang ’08 sponsored a bill overhauling the process. The bill reduced the number of upperclass parties funded weekly by the UC from 13 to 10, and it created a list of 14 “super party suites.” This list includes suites that have long been recognized...
...we’re working off a list that’s more or less obvious...Rooms can apply, but it hasn’t been an issue,” she says. Since suites haven’t applied for “super” status, the UC has no protocol for evaluating new applications...
...UC President John S. Haddock ’07 says he plans to expand on the program during the upcoming year. “The fund is an acknowledgement that many people like to spend their weekends this way, and it’s a creative way for the UC to be involved and open up accessibility to underclassmen and upperclassmen,” he says...