The Graduate Student Council (GSC) unanimously voted Wednesday night to approve a proposal that will commit $5,050 to the purchase of musical equipment that would be available to all graduate students.

The proposal was put forth by Sean Young, a student at the School of Medicine.

“Graduate students often come here from other states or other countries as musicians and sometimes don’t have their own equipment with them,” Young said. “This money will allow us to provide instruments that can be loaned out to graduate students, free of charge.”

Young plans to use the funding to purchase a guitar, bass, drum set, guitar amplifier and bass amplifier, as well as DJ equipment, for the graduate community to share. He stressed that the range of possible prices for musical instruments such as these is wide, but thought that the requested amount — $5050 — would allow him to buy quality equipment at a reasonable price. The funding will also cover all maintenance costs.

The equipment will be made available to all graduate students for periods of five hours at a time.

In his proposal, Young also made the point that increasing accessibility to musical instruments will allow more bands to form, practice and perform at events around campus, fostering a greater sense of community among the graduate student body.

The money will come from the GSC’s reserve funds. The council agreed to commit the money to Young’s project as a bulk sum, rather than on an instrument-by-instrument basis, because this will give him more maneuverability in the bargaining process.

The GSC also voted to loan smaller amounts of money to Blackstage, the Comedy Club and the Stanford Taiwanese Student Association for upcoming events.