Some student leaders say former Academic Assembly President Erich May cannot afford to pay for his campaign promises if he becomes the next Undergraduate Student Government president.

May's platform includes expanding hours of operation of Pattee, Shields Building, Rec Hall and expanding the Town Loop. The money for these projects, May said, will come from the Office of Student Affairs.

Student Trustee Don Lamuth said he and other student leaders have proposed to administrators that about $390,000 be allocated to the Student Organization Budget Committee from the Office of Student Affairs. So far, that money is not guaranteed.

USG President Chris Saunders said if the money is allocated to SOBC, May will have to apply like all student organizations to get the money for activities and projects. He said organizations must apply to get the money, and that the money he could receive would not be enough.

May said he is not going to lie to students and say there is no way of getting more money.

"I will not seek the opportunity to serve students under the hopeless resignation that nothing can be done," he said. "They are helping King, so they will try and muddy the waters of what I'm saying."

Lamuth and Council of Commonwealth Student Governments Coordinator Ben Stevenson are endorsing USG Senate President Mike King for the USG presidential election.

Both are working on the proposal as well as Saunders and SOBC chair Paul Kasper, Lamuth said.

May said regardless of the student leaders' meetings with the administration about the proposal, he and running mate April Campbell (junior-Spanish) would work for money from the Office of Student Affairs.

During an interview last night May said they are not relying on the money from that proposal, but when asked how they would pay for the extended hours at the USG debate Sunday, Campbell said "The Office of Student Affairs has possibly reallocated money of up to $390,000 over the next three years for student affairs. "

Vice President for Student Affairs William Asbury said the proposal to allocate more money to SOBC would improve the way student organizations and activities are funded. He added that he has been talking to the student leaders since the beginning of the academic year about how to enhance funding for these areas.

May said the proposed student activity fee scared the administration and now they want to make a deal. He said the student leaders working on the proposed allocation to SOBC are angry with him because they want to keep the deal a secret.

The activity fee was proposed as one of the Executive Student Action Council's goals for this year. It called for a $25 additional fee for student tuition, to be distributed to about 400 student organizations at the University. If the fee was implemented it could bring in an additional $2.2 million.

Asbury said the student activity fee has been talked about for years.

"I don't think Erich May knows what he's talking about," Asbury said.

Lamuth said budgeting will continue until about June and maintained that May "is leading people to believe the money is there waiting."

Thomas Eakin, assistant vice president for student affairs, wouldn't comment on whether the proposal will pass, but added, "It's speculative at best to talk about spending money you don't have."