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The '''Union of Student Organizations''' ('''USO''') was a student organization governing board founded in Spring [[1993]] through the merger of the [[Student Union Polity]] and the [[Joint Budgetary and Calendaring Committee]] of the [[CCSC]] and [[ESC]].<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19930920-01.2.2]; [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19961205-01.2.9]</ref> It was treated as a sub-committee of CCSC and ESC.

Within three years the organization was being accused of micro-managing student organization expenditures, generating a profit for itself by seizing unspent group allocations, giving itself disciplinary power over student groups, and operating as a black box with little transparency.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19961202-01.2.9 Editorial]; [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19961205-01.2.9 Letter to Editor in response]</ref>

The issues with USO came to a head in spring of 1998, when the entire USO board resigned en masse in protest over the student councils calling the head of USO and threatening him with impeachment.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19980302-01.2.5]; [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19980306-01.2.15]; [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19980306-01.2.16]; [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19980306-01.2.20]</ref> The following fall the [[Interim Governing Body]] was established in order to draw up a constitution for a new funding board.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19980923-01.2.5]</ref> Their efforts would culminate with the establishment of the [[Activities Board at Columbia]] (ABC) later that semester.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19981106-01.2.3]</ref>

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