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Fee recommendations set
THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, JAN. 29, 1976
Page 3
Committee trims requests
Preliminary recommendations for
use of Student Services Fees were
decided last night by the Student
Fee Allocation Committee.
The committee made cuts in 10 of
the 13 student organization re
quests.
Following the philosophy of send
ing the general student body the
committee pared a requested total of
$1.15 million to $1 million.
The committee removed the fund
ing for the student lounge located in
the Old Exchange Store Building
from the Student Service fees cate-
— - — * .t.gory completely.
ARTS COMMITTEE POETRY AND FICTION WRITING CONTEST
“We’d be setting a precedent of
funding the operation out of services
fees,” said Joe Marcello, committee
member. He recommended that op
erational money be taken from vend
ing machine profits.
“The Athletic Department total
student money request is $444,000, ”
said Raj Kent, student vice-
president of academic affairs. Only
$120,000 is requested from the ser
vice fee fund.
“Looking at last year’s budget, a 20
per cent increase would amount to
$360,000. The sale of 20,000 season
tickets at $15 and giving the depart
ment $60,000 in fee money would
total $360,000,” said Kent.
“We’ve got to keep a high level of
women’s athletics funding going
under the threat of HEW, ” said Bill
Flores, committee chairman. “The
Athletic Department is also starting
substantial payments on Caine Hall
next year.
Another athletic fund, extramur
als, took a substantial cut. “There are
only 1,000 participants, and those
teams represent A&M no more than
the minimally subsidized judging
teams, said Kent.
“There is money in equipment ac-
m
Entries close Feb. 13, 1976. For details contact The Arts Committee, Room 216,
MSC 845-1515.
Student .Service Fee Allocations Committee
Preliminary Recommendations
ORGANIZATION
Athletic
Department
1976-77
REQUEST
$120,000
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION
$ 90,000
$ 12,926
Student Activities
& Student-Y
Student
Publications
JUSTIFICATIONS
FOR CHANGES
Gradual change-over to
usej s fee. Total student
expenditures not to exceed
20 per cent increase.
Over-stalled. Delete filing
cabinets and move
graduate assistant to Arts
and Crafts.
Cut OPAS ticket subsidy
and add a fall program.
Poor attendances and
expected 1975-76 surplus.
Expected surplus,
tightening of spending.
Accepted as requested.
Limited student
involven
participation in fund
raising.
Estimated
limited by available
facilities.
Accepted as requested.
Drop in income because
of declining readership in
fidl 1975. M
Accepted as requested.
Funding from serv ices fees
precedent stopped. Coke
counts which hasn’t been touched,
and travel could easily be set at 5.5
cents per mile, said Kent.
They requested $35,338, and the
recommendation is set at $18,000.
Intramurals’ request was slashed
because the committee found a 40
percent increase in competition and
use of faclities a physical impossibil
ity “there isn’t going to be any in
crease in hours of operation and facil-
tities are being used at maximum
now, said Marcello.
Intramurals asked $227,489, and
the recommendation is set at
$180,000.
The Battalion asked for $90,000
and the recommendation is $77,000.
The student legal advisor fund was
cut from $47,735 to $47,000. The cut
was made by deducting money from
membership fees for professional as
sociations. The rest of the money is
directed toward hiring another at
torney and a part-time secretary.
Town Hall was cut from $60,000 to
$55,000. “Subsidizing the few stu
dents who attend OPAS would prove
to be an ineffective use of funds,
said a committee member.
The com m i t tee recoin n lend ed
that student government receive
$20,000 of Student Service Fee
funds.
Appeals will be heard tonight at
7:30 in MSC 203. The final recom
mendations will be taken before the
Student Senate at their next meeting
Feb. 4. The budget must ultimately
travel from the vice-president of stu
dent services office to the president’s
office for final approval.
SG officers
scheduled for
TSA meeting
Student fees, student regents, and
book co-ops will be discussed at the
Texas Student Association’s Eastern
Mini Conference this weekend in
Beaumont, Texas.
Members of the Texas A&M Stu
dent Government will join members
of other student governments to at
tend workshops on different pro
grams the association (TSA) is work
ing on.
The legislative process will be the
topic of the first workshop of the re
gional conference at Lamar Univer
sity. Chester Slay, Jefferson County
State Representative, will discuss
lobbying and some of his bills that
affect students.
The pros and cons of student
members serving on university
boards will also be reviewed, and in
cluded in this discussion will be the
legislation proposed in past sessions
of the Texas Legislature. A compari
son of student fees will take place
between schools.
The A&M Student Government
along with student associations from
approximately 15 other universities
in Texas comprise TSA. It was
formed primarily for the purpose of
disseminating information regarding
plans, programs and services be
tween the different student govern
ments.
TSA’s most important function,
Dunn said, is lobbying in Austin for
issues and legislation that affect stu
dents. Some of the bills TSA has
supported in the past are student re
gent bills, financial aid bills and bills
concerning student control over ser
vice fees.
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