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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> | + | 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> Within three years the organization was beign 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> |
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Revision as of 23:21, 11 June 2013
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.[1] Within three years the organization was beign 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.[2]
