The University will see a new shuttle come September, which will be provided by the recently passed shuttle fee.
At the Undergraduate Student Government’s final general meeting of the semester yesterday, President Sundeep Mutgi announced that come next fall, the University will get a new shuttle.
“We finished the shuttle fee,” Mutgi said. “It’s done, we’re going to get a shuttle.”
In terms of providing downtown transportation and getting new shuttles, Mutgi said USG will continue to look for ways to fund the plan because there is still more money needed.
“This is a really big win for us because we’ve just basically solved an issue that has been going on for four or five years,” he said. “On top of that, we did it without charging the students.”
The Green Initiatives Fund was also an important issue of the night, brought to USG by guest speaker Nicholas Henessy, a representative for the fund.
The fund allows students to come up with projects that would make the University more green, and apply for money to fund the project.
“I urge all of you and then to urge your constituents as well, to look into possibly filing some sort of project for money for the green fund,” Henessy said. “The money is gear-marketed for green projects, environmentally friendly projects and energy saving projects.”
He said the fund, which is an optional $5 student fee, has amounted to almost $70,000 so far to be used for current and future green projects.
Henessy said the fund is supposed to grant money to green projects “by the students, for the students.”
“We’re one of the first schools in Ohio to have such a fund,” said Henessy. He said the green fund is still accepting projects for this semester, and encourages students to file for projects for next year.
