"Poly students say no to fee hikes"-The Tribune
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Topic: School
It's official now: Both the facilities fee increase and the ASI fee increase failed in the fee referendum Wednesday and Thrusday. The Tribune reported that the ASI one failed by just 76 votes. Which apparently "suprised ASI leaders" because "two thirds of students surveyed last fall supported the fee hike for the renovation projects." What ASI leaders are forgetting about that survey is that in the end, students were basically asked "would you rather have a really nice renovation that will cost a lot of money or a normal renovation that will be less expensive than the other one?" There was no option to not have the renovation, i.e. to not have a fee increase. Someone's letter to the editor of the Mustang Daily reminded me of this fact. The Tribune also said that this was the first time that the students have voted against a fee increase for ASI since 1984. And I would just like to point out that without voter intimidation (read: last year's athletic sholarship fee referendum), the students actually really don't approve of unnecessary fee hikes. I said it last year and I'll say it again: if they want more money for renovations or jocks, start charging the students who actually gave a damn. Yeah, that would include me with the gym and the bus but I'm okay with that. The only fee increase that I will continue to support is any dealing with Health Services because no one chooses to get sick or break a bone.