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Activity fee closer to reality
Meyers supports the fee, which could provide $68,000 each semester for student events
By: Lanz Christian Banes
Issue date: 3/9/06 Section: News
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University President Richard Meyers backed a $30 student activity fee last week, pending approval by referendum of the student body, said senior Trevor Zickgraf, Student Government Association president.
"Our (SGA's) plan right now is to have $30 per semester for undergraduate flat fee students," Zickgraf said.
The new activity fee, which was overwhelmingly approved by students in a recent SGA survey, would raise $68,000 every semester, which would be divided between Campus Activities and the Multicultural Center and International Student Affairs for event programming.
Students will get a chance to vote on whether or not they want the activity fee in mid-April during the regular SGA elections.
"We're pretty confident it will pass, given our survey results," said Zickgraf, who also noted that the fee could be reviewed and adjusted every semester as needed or as students desire.
Besides regular campus programs and activities, the new student activity fee could also bring in more celebrity speakers and lecturers to campus.
"One of the biggest problems we have is finding speakers who are within our price range that could draw a crowd," said Zickgraf, who is also a campus activities program coordinator.
Zickgraf gave recently-retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as someone he would like to have come speak and who could now be paid with the new activity fee.
The student activity fee has been an SGA goal since last semester and was presented to Meyers and Deborah Dey, vice present of students and enrollment management, Feb. 22.
"Our (SGA's) plan right now is to have $30 per semester for undergraduate flat fee students," Zickgraf said.
The new activity fee, which was overwhelmingly approved by students in a recent SGA survey, would raise $68,000 every semester, which would be divided between Campus Activities and the Multicultural Center and International Student Affairs for event programming.
Students will get a chance to vote on whether or not they want the activity fee in mid-April during the regular SGA elections.
"We're pretty confident it will pass, given our survey results," said Zickgraf, who also noted that the fee could be reviewed and adjusted every semester as needed or as students desire.
Besides regular campus programs and activities, the new student activity fee could also bring in more celebrity speakers and lecturers to campus.
"One of the biggest problems we have is finding speakers who are within our price range that could draw a crowd," said Zickgraf, who is also a campus activities program coordinator.
Zickgraf gave recently-retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as someone he would like to have come speak and who could now be paid with the new activity fee.
The student activity fee has been an SGA goal since last semester and was presented to Meyers and Deborah Dey, vice present of students and enrollment management, Feb. 22.