Word: fees
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...well as projections had hoped (read: poorly planned Fall-fests, an inane hypnotist, an unprofitable keg service) and much of the student body didn’t feel the council was effective at bringing what and whom they wanted. So, while the student referendum approved the Student Activities Fee hike—by an extremely slim margin—it seemed most students were willing to pay the extra $40 a year just in case the council managed to score some big campus event, even if it continued to fail with other ill-conceived ones. But a little accountability...
...council’s 2004-2005 budget totals $367,465.66, compared to just $193,550 last year. The budget was inflated by the increase in the termbill fee students pay to the council. That fee rose from $35 to $60 and will rise to $75 next year. The council reserved $50,000 for paying off past debts, and allocated 67 percent of the remaining money to the Grants Fund, 31 percent to the Committee Fund and 2 percent to the Operations Fund...
That may not be a message the contemporary art world wants to hear. And there have been grumblings about MOMA's eye-opening new admission fee: $20. A number of American museums have been inching toward that figure, but MOMA will be the first to take the plunge. The museum is free on Friday nights and free to children 16 and under. There are student and senior discounts. All the same, for a lot of people, it won't be a place where you just stroll in at lunchtime anymore. Will the headquarters of modern art also become the castle...
...Among observers who've scrawled an "F" on Latham's plan are those who believe he hasn't gone far enough in putting high-fee schools in their place. In the U.S., U.K. and New Zealand, governments give nothing to private schools, says Jane Caro, convener of the advocacy group Priority Public. Australia is probably too far down the opposite path to turn back, she says, "but I wish we'd never gone that way." Parents argue that because they save the public thousands of dollars a year per child by opting for private education, they're entitled...
...course, let’s not get ahead of ourselves; the current nature of council campaigning is laughable. Many candidates are lucky if students simply recognize their names, much less have any idea where they stand on issues such as the J-Term, the fee hike or funding for student groups. Most voter “education” comes in the form of posters and quick, superficial door-to-door visits (if you’re lucky). Often students make the tough choices based on who has the cleverest slogan. In races considered by and large to be farcical...