Thursday, April 9, 2009
Student Senate approved the fee recommendations made by the fee review subcommittee at its meeting Wednesday. All fees passed at their originally proposed amounts, despite amendments made during the finance meeting last week.
Last week Alex Porte, Great Falls, Va., junior and student senator, amended the bill so it would no longer decrease funding to the campus media fee and instead take 25 cents from the newspaper readership program. Both fees were amended back to their original amounts of $4 and $3.75 respectively.
The only other changes debated at the meeting were to the campus sustainability fee. The fee was decreased from $1.25 to 25 cents with an added stipulation that the fee be used only to fund campus projects and not educational events.
Approved changes to student fees:
Student Health Fee
Student Health Operations: $2.98 fee increase
Student Health Maintenance: $1.00 fee increase
Counseling and Psychological Services: $0.32 fee increase
Student Union Building Fee: No Change
Student Union Renovation: No Change
Student Senate Activity: $2.00 decrease
Student Media Fee: $0.25 decrease
Women's and Non-Revenue Sports
Operations: No Change
Capital Improvements: No Change
Educational Opportunity Fee: $0.25 decrease
Campus Safety: Fee retired, Board allowed to retain its reserve Child Care Construction: No Change
Campus Transportation
Operations: No Change
Bus Procurement: $1.00 increase
SafeBus: No Change
SafeRide: No Change Environmental Improvement
Recycling: $0.40 decrease
Renewable Energy & Sustainability: $1.00 decrease, New Stipulation restricting fee to capital construction only
Legal Services for Students: $0.20 decrease
Newspaper Readership: $0.25 decrease
Office of Multicultural Affairs
OMA Operations: $0.10 decrease
Multicultural Education Fund: $0.35 decrease, New Stipulation limiting travel to below %40 of total MEF budget
Multicultural Resource Center
Construction: No Change
Facilities Maintenance: No Change
Student Union Activities: $0.50 decrease
Wireless Implementation Fee: No Change
Student Recreation and Fitness Center
Operations: $1.00 increase
Construction: No Change
Facilities Maintenance: No Change
Sports Clubs: No Change
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Senate approves fee changes
Well at least we still get to pay $40 to the Athletics Department. They don't make very much money, so I can understand why they need to take so much from everyone.
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