Student leaders of D&D say they feel similarlyconstrained by finances.

Due to its debt, D&D is unable to print enoughcopies of the magazine to distribute one to eachdoor. Chong says D&D is usually 28 pages, but theeditors had to reduce the size of this year'sfirst edition to 24 pages because they did nothave the funds to publish the full number ofpages.

D&D earns revenues from advertising in itspages, ticket sales to movies that the groupsponsors in the Science Center and grants from theUndergraduate Council and the HFIRR.

"Ideally our magazine would be able to functionon its own but we're not at that point yet," Chongsaid. "Our business department is having a reallytough time."

The Bach Society Orchestra (BSO) has also hadto modify its goals due to financial restrictions.

"I've had to say `No, we can't play that piece,because we don't have the money to play that,"says BSO General Manager Elizabeth K. Ridlington'99, explaining that the rights to music writtenafter 1900 cost more.

"I'd like to know that there's something comingfrom the College," she says. "It would be nice toknow that there's a back-up system."

The BSO currently operates on money from ticketsales, from performances and from council and ArtsFirst grants. Their budget for 1997-98 was $5,000.

Some student groups rely on their ownmembership for financing. Student group leaderssay this can prove difficult for students onfinancial aid.

"Most of the funding comes from the studentswho participate," Saunders says. "[The Mock TrialTeam and Pre-Law Society] tries to raise our moneyfrom other sources, but so far we haven't beenable to."

At the end of the year the team assesses itsfinancial situation, and the team members each paya fraction of the expenses for the year.

Saunders questions this method and says theteam needs support from the University.

Saunders says he provides the funds for theteam from his own pocket, and other members laterreimburse him. He adds that sometimes studentsquit the team after attending the competition andincurring expenses but before paying their dues.

The World Model United Nations (WMUN) shiftsthe burden, drawing on fees paid by participantsto fund the conferences it organizes.

"Although money is tight, we do get by," saysJohs J. Pierce '00, WMUN leader. "I feel that theUniversity could lend more support to its studentgroups considering that they do so much inpromoting the University."