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Show -- DIXIESUNLINK.COM 2- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY? What do studentfHA )aiow about theifntinue .school? Check out their answers online at dixietster fwa sunlink. com fc-- Ji ,office pto Committee puts some fees under microscope 1 if C $2 director HEALTH $2 $1.50 $1.50 $1 $1 $1 or i I l ? XteMtiB mum involvement ARID t .V 9,036 STUDENTS WELLNESS CENTER x$?0O TEES TESTING CENTER $2,634,940 ONE TIME FllfJO & 2 co h 'S3 : RADIO AND BROADCAST ADVERTISING 4 DIVERSITY MUITICDLTDRAL THEATERDANCEMUSICAGT BY RHETT SULLIVAN Copy Editor It wasnt until the last three years that student fees were regulated d closely, but the Student Fee Allocation Committee is fixing problems with two fees to ensure student fees are being used correctly. Student government leaders and Dean of Students Del Beatty restructured the SFAC, which had been in existence but was not functioning as it should, said Student Body President Mike Sheffield, a junior business major from St. George. Part of the reconstruction includ recently-re-instate- ed defining what student fees should be used for. The SFAC also implemented a system to meet with representatives from each fee at least every other year. The Fee Allocation Committee meets with representatives from all of the departments and programs receiving, or that want to receive, student fees in order to ensure the fees are being used properly. Some departments, like the Multicultural and Diversity Center, met with the committee to try to receive fees. Other departments ask for more fees, and others just want to stay the same. g So .153 Now there are a few fees on here that have been dodging the Fee Allocation committee for some time, Sheffield said. Two of them were the IT Support (Old Banner fee) and the Student Center Programs. The IT Support fee is $35 a semester, and the Student Center Programs fee is $55.90. When you combine these two fees its almost $100, Sheffield said. Its d almost of what the students pay every semester. And for me, I had a major problem with that. IT Support was originally instated to pay off one-thir- Banner, a program. Once it was paid off, it went toward paying IT support, which isnt something student fees should be used for, Sheffield said. Three years ago, Dewey Denning, who was student body president at the time, saw what was going on and came up with a resolution and presented it to the Board of Trustees. The resolution was to get additional funding for IT support and give the fee money back to the students. The Board of Trustees agreed and signed the resolution. President Stephen Nadauld and others have decided to go to bat for state-mandat- ed the students on this one, so you need to know that he and Frank Lojko, vice president of student services, are working hard at this, Sheffield said. Sheffield said Nadauld and Lojko didnt get it squared away Iasi year, but they will be back this year to work on getting money refunded. The plan is to put the $35 fee toward the renovation and expansion of the Gardner Center. Right now $25 of students fees are going toward a new student center, so this could more than double the funding, Sheffield said. The other student fee at iur greatt B Student She ylike 1 ,usiness hand is the student programs. a' This fee has been Lnune around for over 10 ye rckmgU and in fact, Beatty tfek " when he was a studen leader that it was m place, Sheffield said This was a fee put place to help pay fori Gardner Center, butt! fee never stopped one the building was paid off, Sheffield said. I Gardner Center was continue lr a ally paid off early bee the state had extra me to give to the college, administration chose jers by v pay off the building ui Like the BannerITfe, jrocessii once the building was phishing off the student fees ie finam toward other expense? comp: When nobody came pg mess report on the fee, Shew reveal said, the committee nformat Lojko to speak with tiling (usi but he didnt know ujenses to the fee was being useijnfo frr Upon further investig porapani Lojko and the Fee All source5-tion Committee found CaPl-- ' the majority of the f pe St. G i as ) see FEES Departm pa. DSCSAs are a few fone can avoid ide few peop One c proposed amendment is Sta so m things Ider, get offers an The following proposed constitutional amendments for the Dixie State College Student Association Constitution will part of student elections, which take pk Feb. 27 until March 2. For an planation of each amendment go to ww dixiesunlink.com. be1 in-dept- hc Change the Chair of the Elections Or mittee from the Vice President of Acad ics to the Chief Justice. 1 . 2. Omit the Administrative Assistant member of the Student CounciU add the Chief Justice as a voting men? of the Student Council. of the Election Coir mittee from the Vice President of Acadf 3. Change the Chair Vfej A R c N; T1 ics to the Chief Justice. I ILF 4. Add a Multi-CulturalDivers- Club ity Representative to the Club 5. Rename the Student Life Board Chan titles and specify the number of comnd members that can serve under each chai 6. Rename the Public Relations Board Manager titles and specify the number committee members that can serve c und each manager. 7. Specification of the term successful completed, regarding completed hours on a students transcript. 8. Define the line ft? 1 1 w of succession sente' should1 Student Body President leave office. ! I ft i I 9 9. Create an amendment that will alio" departmental changes in the DSCSA stitution without the ratification process I ! !U |
