"The Split" between GPSC and ASUA is finalized and GPSC receives autonomy and a $62,000 budget. GPSC also receives its own office space: a house on Martin. The first annual Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week takes place. GPSC begins to fund clubs through newly developed (and newly funded) Club Funding. GPSC approves a GPSC Constitution. The Voice, a newsletter for graduate students, is begun with two issues in the Spring of 1997.