Newsworthy day for belly dancers and linguists, the Fall 2007 New Group Recognition process over at the Activities Board at Columbia comes to a close. There were five groups to make the cut: Columbia Ballet Collective, Columbia Bellydancing Troupe, Columbia Linguistic Society, Organization of Latin American Students, and Onyx. 

ABC also released their 2007-2008 budget, which includes the allocations and debts of each ABC-sponsored club, event, and publication. It’s available for close reading here.  More after the jump. 

 Winners for most-in-debt:

American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics ($3,941.04)

The Blue and White ($3,510.41) (we can explain…)

Notes and Keys ($1,931,56)

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers ($1,229.93)

Club Bangla ($1,140.29)

Total amount requested by CU organizations: $482,482.54

Total amount ABC bequeathed: $327,259.33

Percentage of requests honored to the exact amount: roughly 12% (forgive Bwog our errors, we’re not econ majors)