The Apportionment Board, which met on Thursday, approved next year’s budgets for University Board and Student Government; an allocation of just under $266,000.

After cuts were requested by the Apportionment Board, the University Board’s requested budget for the 2006 fiscal year came to $230,787.

Funding for such things as a performance of the Chinese Acrobats, three comedians, Spring Fling T-shirts, prizes for Texas Hold ‘Em tournaments, some radio and television advertisements, an independent movie series, refreshments for Open Mic Nights and several lectures, and cuts in stipends for various UB employees were just a few of the items removed from the budget to meet the nine to nine and a half decrease the Apportionment Board had in mind.

Members of the board questioned cutting funds for such events in part to reintroduce University Board’s public relation publication, The Pulse, by reserving almost $23,000 for the fall semester.

Considering there will not be an increase in the Student Activity Fee for next year, it does not look as though Apportionment Board will be able to provide another semester’s worth of funding at this rate.

“There is not enough Student Activity Fee (money) coming in to have the magazine run for an entire year,” said Nikki Kull, Apportionment Board chairman.

UB Chairman Maria Santoyo said, although this amount is for one semester and approximately four to five issues, the University Board plans to help reduce the amount of funding needed next spring from Apportionment Board by asking Charleston businesses to advertise in the magazine.

Santoyo expressed regret at making cuts to areas such as cultural arts.

“We were forced to cut, so we cut,” she said.

When asked what the University Board planned to do if it could not get local businesses to sign a one-year contract to support a publication that is, as of now, not guaranteed to run for the entire school year, Santoyo said the $22,635 would be stretched over the remaining issues.

Decreasing the number of pages in each issue is one option, she said.

Student Government’s budget of $34,161 was also approved. This is a 3- percent decrease from last year’s $35,079 budget. Apportionment Board also approved an additional allocation of $480 to fund the April 17 inauguration ceremony for the newly elected members and their families.

Chris Getty, student body president, said $180 of the total will go toward plaques and certificates for the five Student Government executive board and 11 chairmen.

After approving both the University Board and Student Government budgets, Apportionment Board split the remaining $11,317 evenly between the University Board and the Student Recreation Center.

Apportionment Board suggested the extra $5,659 go toward funding some of the cultural arts items that were originally cut from the University Board’s budget.

Tentatively, the Apportionment Board suggested the money go toward improving the light weight area located upstairs in the Rec Center.

Ken Baker, director of Campus Recreation, said he plans to distribute surveys at the Rec Center and in The Daily Eastern News in the near future to access what students would like the Rec Center’s portion of the extra funds to go toward.

Apportionment Board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.