The Associated Students of Madison's Student Judiciary voted last week to deny Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow's appeal after the Student Services Finance Committee denied them funding eligibility earlier this year.
SSFC originally denied CFACT's funding eligibility on Oct. 5 because although the organization's direct services did meet the necessary criteria to receive funding, those services did not make up over 50 percent of their time.
SSFC also originally denied CFACT's eligibility because the organization allegedly broke several Student Activity Center Governing Board policies. SSFC said these violations included having empty beer cans in their office and moving SAC furniture into their office without returning it.
These violations were deemed intentional by the SSFC at the time.
After their denial, CFACT appealed its case to the Student Judiciary on three counts involving SSFC members' alleged viewpoint neutrality violations.
Two of these counts involved funding for CFACT's campaigns. According to the case, CFACT members said SSFC ruled that their campaign was not a direct service, but have ruled that it was in the past.
CFACT also said members of SSFC were misinformed about CFACT's campaigns, which ultimately affected their vote.
The Student Judiciary dismissed all three counts of viewpoint neutrality violations and denied CFACT's overall appeal.
—Kelsey Gunderson
