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Bulls Radio sees $52K added to budget

Published: Monday, April 9, 2012

Updated: Monday, April 9, 2012 01:04

ORACLE FILE PHOTO/KRISTIAN WALDEN

ORACLE FILE PHOTO/KRISTIAN WALDEN

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Gryniewicz said he doesn’t expect to see much money left at the end of the semester, because many people were hired onto staff late in the year.

“I mean we weren’t on the air over the summer,” he said. “I mean, it was shut down a little bit. We probably had about five or six people on staff in the fall while the interview process went on. I refused to just pick someone and run with it. I wanted to find the right people.”

Bulls Radio transferred $1,500 to its travel budget this year, which received no funding from last year’s ASRC, for Sports Director Nick Flammia to travel to New York City to cover the men’s basketball Big East Tournament and attend a job fair.

ASRC Budget Chairman Jeff Gao, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, said that while all purchases for student organizations and agencies must go through the SG Business Office, ASRC doesn’t consider previous years’ spending when allocating new budgets.

“There’s really no way of holding them accountable, per se,” he said. “Everyone has a thing called flexible spending. We give them an amount of money, and they can choose to spend it on whatever they choose as long as it follows all the rules. If they choose not to spend it, it gets swept back to us.”

Yet Gryniewicz said money cannot be transferred out without “at least 10 people seeing it,” including student body President Matt Diaz and student body Vice President Zach Johnson.

“We’re going to come close to the budget money, but that always gives us an opportunity to transfer some out if we’d like,” he said. “I don’t plan to misuse any of the students funds or anything like that. There is some surplus, but that happens every year. I think you’ll see a lot of the organizations end up with a dollar here, or 10 bucks there.”

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5 comments

Anonymous
Tue Jul 10 2012 22:40
When I look at these comments, I can see that most of these are from Student Government. Oracle provides information on-campus and around the Tampa Bay area. Student Government has had it with The Oracle addressing the things that they should be telling students about with their money and they believe by giving Bulls Radio more money to fund and operate a News Department. That they can create content that makes SG looks good in everything that they do. This is SG way of way of hiding or sugar-coding information. The leadership in Bulls Radio this past year has fallen greatly. Although under the Brett Farar administration 2010-11 their was one issue that happen with a dj's guest that The Oracle address and shed some bad light on Bulls Radio that was reprimanded the same way it would have been in the radio industry . But overall that was one of the most successful year that Bulls Radio ever had. The Staff & Unpaid Coordinators were all knowledgeable in their respected departments and had a great bound with the USF Campus and Community, they created the free DJ service system, they provided great programming and events that help boost student involvement on campus, they also participated in many community function that help increase listener-ship in the Tampa Bay area.The Oracle has address the financial issues of Bulls Radio to not only address their money problem, but also the hiring, leadership future and educational programming of Bulls Radio in the 2011-2012. Station Director Nick Gryniewicz 2011-12, speaks on funds going to help better the station equipment and services although he was funded this past year for them same things that he speaks on doing this upcoming year with funds. The station images and brand has fallen not only on the University level, but as well as Florida College Radio Stations level. This additional $52,000 is the past SG administrations way of saying forget the students, we're gonna use something we can control to make us look good. Whether we like The Oracle or not, they have one of the best writing creditability in Tampa Bay for the Collegiate level. So giving Bulls Radio funds to make a News Department that has no creditability, within a station that has lost creditability doesn't seem smart, although the addition funds can be used in other area the will help the growth of the station & student who look to advance in the radio/entertainment industry. As a USF Organization President & CSI staff member, I believe that SG should focus more on hiring qualified individual that understand this University, Students, and real issues that we face instead of trying to battle The Oracle. Also the 2012-13 Senators are also against this new News Department in Bulls Radio and would like to see President Goff & Vice President Papadeas hire new staff members that are educated, qualified, knowledgeable about the USF student body & radio broadcast industry that will really build the integrity, creditability and future of students that want to grow in the industry by learning in Bulls Radio. Sorry SG but I'm with The Oracle on this one, more money doesn't make you look good having good people that really care about the students and the college experience makes you look good.
Anonymous
Mon Apr 16 2012 06:50
Whats up with the Oracle being so neutral ? If you think Greek organizations, Student Government, and Barrack Obama are bad - let it out. What is the point of trying to pass off thinly veiled news articles with some sort of anti slant ? We aren't dumb - you arent highlighting all these budget numbers for pure reporting purposes. You want to tell the reader SG sucks. Do it. Then you might get more readers.
Anonymous
Fri Apr 13 2012 16:14
Do you seriously not "get" the point of this article??? How about to INFORM students about where all of their MONEY is being spent!!! Isn't that the whole point of a news organization - to follow the money, present the facts and shed some light on the people in power? So what if it's not a "gotcha" story? Are you implying that the Oracle should only print stories that are sensational, scandalous or make SG look good? NEWS FLASH, maybe students aren't as complacent or ignorant as the SG tool bags that play Monopoly with their money would like to believe.

Thank you, Oracle, for at least getting some numbers out to students. Especially since the SG budget chair Jeff Gao said SG doesn't plan on making sure agencies like Bulls Radio spend the money on what they said they would, as there's "no accountability, per se," and since, as he said in Thursday's story, SG doesn't even look at how money has been spent in the past when planning new allocations - for the previous commenters, that means an organization could only realistically spend half of the money it requests but still get the full amount and SG wouldn't even care, which is NOT OK in my opinion, and I would venture to say in the opinion of the other 50,000 students on campus that don't spend all day in the MSC ivory tower.

Seriously, the only thing more laughable than these two SG clowns trying to negate the importance of giving budget information to students is the idea that Bulls Radio could upstage or "take readership' away from the Oracle. At least students can pick up the paper! I can't even listen to Bulls Radio on campus and how many poor college kids actually own HD radios?

And I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it's spelled BULLS RADIO, not BULL'S RADIO. No amount of money can fix your poor comprehension of basic grammar!

Anonymous
Mon Apr 9 2012 18:32
I completely agree with the earlier comment. It seems that the Oracle does not make a specific point in the article whatsoever. It seems that this is just sour grapes about the fact that they did not get any A&S funding from the ASRC committee. Perhaps they should focus less on what money everyone else has gotten and more on their sinking ship afloat. Everyone knows that the Oracle is a group of biased writers with axes to grind against the organizations that they deem a threat to themselves. This is not journalism, this is hack writing.
Anonymous
Mon Apr 9 2012 12:21
What is the point of this article? Is the oracle upset that Student Government gave Bull's Radio $52,000 more than last year instead of accepting The Oracle's $60,000 payroll request?

News Flash (pun intended) The Oracle is quickly becoming obsolete and they feel threatened by Bull's Radio potentially taking its readership. Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but no amount of money can fix the horrible staff of The Oracle. When one has to explain even the simplest of Student Government Concepts like how a budget works (something every student org president knows) to the SG beat writer there is little hope.





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