Senate passes 3 bills

This week, the Student Government Association passed three bills to give money to the Madison Investment Fund, Psychology Peer Advising and the Overtones.

The Madison Investment Fund is an organization that is an outside equity manager for the JMU endowment fund.

Madison Investment Fund asked for $580 to send four members to an investment competition, where they exchange ideas and learn more about investing. Last year, the organization placed in the top five in the nation.

SGA also unanimously passed a bill to give money to Peer Advising in order to help the group put on a Hunger Fight.

Peer Advising plans to put on the first annual Hunger Fight in March, with the help of Dining Services and Card Services, and hopes to collect food and money to help support the local community. The SGA Senate passed a bill to give $656.04 to the event's publicity and FLEX equipment.

The largest amount of money went to the Overtones a capella group. A bill was passed that gave it $3,050.98, the bulk of which will be used to record a compact disc.

The bill was amended to take out $100 that would have been used to purchase a yearbook ad.

The last bill passed dealt with the SGA's commitment to serve 1,000 hours of community service as an organization. Senior David Bilberry, at large senator, presented a bill through the diversity affairs committee that said SGA would be, "an active partner with Harrisonburg High School in ensuring the academic success of its students through any feasible means necessary."

The Senate's bill was passed unanimously. These bills now go to the Executive Council.