Word: bille
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...Sunday, the Undergraduate Council will consider my proposal to raise the term bill fee from $20 to $50. The council has never been the most popular organization on campus, and some of you may wonder why this increase is necessary. However, if you look at the council's role on campus, you'll find that it needs a great increase in resources in order to continue providing the services, events and grants that thousands of students on campus utilize...
First, there are the basics. The term bill fee is voluntary and is covered by financial aid. At the bottom of your fall tuition statement, there is a $20 fee which you may check off if you don't want to pay. From those $20 fees, the council gets its annual income of over $120,000. That means that right now, over 6000 students choose to fund campus events, services, and student group grants by paying the term bill fee. The fee has been $20 since 1988, even though tuition has nearly doubled in that time...
Clearly, we need more money for more student-group grants. Rest assured that the majority of the term bill increase will go in that direction--right back in the hands of students, so that they can put on all the events and activities that provide the backbone for college life here at Harvard...
...raising the term-bill fee isn't our first idea of how to raise more money for campus student groups, events and services. We've tried raising funds and convincing the administration to put more of the University's money into our budget. However, a term bill increase is the only way to raise enough money to make a significant difference...
Those are the reasons for a term bill increase. Please talk to your council representatives about it this weekend before our meeting and tell them how you feel. I hope you will agree with me that the increase is the right policy right...