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Administration
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from other administrators to the
senior vice president for finance.
Oversights of some University
businesses such as Reed Arena
and the Memorial Student Center
Hotel were shifted to the senior
vice president for finance from the
vice president of student affairs.
K. Sue Redman, senior vice
president for finance and chief
financial officer, said the
restructuring is a matter of cen
tralizing finance and accounting
functions at the University.
“In the past, these functions
were decentralized,” Redman
said. “If there is any way to run
more efficiently and save some
money, then we will do it.”
Other University businesses
being added to business affairs
are Food Services, the
Presidential Conference Center,
Mail Services and the Faculty
Club. All of these functions
were previously under the vice
president for administration.
The shift of University busi
ness activities to the senior vice
president of finance will be budg
et neutral. Redman said, because
the budget for these businesses is
already in existence.
Redman said the restructur
ing is also about providing
accountability of University
functions to Gates and Texas
Gov. Rick Perry.
The office of the vice presi
dent for administration will
experience the opposite of the
senior vice president for finance
as several administrative func
tions will be moved from the
vice president of administration
to other administrators.
Chuck Sippial, vice president
for administration, said the
restructuring is all about being
more effective.
Fees
Continued from page 1
Carlson said that if stu
dents vote down the referen
dum, programs will suffer and
services will decline.
“There are state-mandated
increases that must be paid for
first, and if we cannot go past
the cap, money will have to be
taken from somewhere else,”
Carlson said. “We don’t know
which programs will be cut.”
Matt Josefy, student body
president and a senior
accounting major, said that if
the fee increase does not pass,
there would be an estimated 3
percent decrease in what goes
to programs. Josefy said stu
dents should vote for the
increase because all students
are affected from student serv
ice fees.
“No matter who you are,
you will receive some
direct benefit from this
fee,” Josefy said.
Mark McCaig, president
and founder of Student
Government Association
Watch, does not feel the
increase is necessary and
encouraged students to vote
“no” on the referendum.
“If this referendum goes
down, we will still have the
benefit of programs,” McCaig
said. “1 agree that it pays for
good things, but just because
it pays for good things doesn’t
justify the increase.”
McCaig said that when
SSFAB considers allocat
ing money to programs, it
does not take into account
if the programs are worth
while to students.
“If you cut out all the waste
that is being funded by stu
dent services fees, you can
maintain all of the quality pro
grams and probably expand
them at or below the student
services fee,” McCaig said.
“They should make sure pro
grams being funded by stu
dent service fees are going for
a significant benefit for the
student body. If there’s a use
less program that’s getting
student service fee money,
that program should not con
tinue.”
Carlson said SSFAB is not
capable of making managerial
decisions, such as cutting pro
grams and that it can only
consider increasing budgets
and not decreases.
Matthew Wilkins, head of
the Student Senate, said the stu
dent service fee is being adver
tised deceptively by the MSC.
“The way this fee
increase is marketed is
shameful,” Wilkins said.
“Your beloved traditions are
not going to go away. It is
shameful that this fee
increase is somehow tied to
Aggie traditions.”
Elizabeth Dacus, MSC
president, said the ads are
only meant to show that these
programs receive student
service fee money.
“This is the money that stu
dent service fees will pay for
and budgets will have to be
cut, if the referendum doesn't
pass,” Dacus said.
Wilkins said that contrary
to the image the ads portray,
large programs such as
Muster and the Aggie Band
would not suffer if the fee
increase is not passed.
“So many organizations are
successful and viable without
student service fee money,”
Wilkins said. “The world is
not going to shatter if this fee
doesn't pass. You need to
decide for yourself what your
money will be spent on.”
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tinue to increase.
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part of an increi
increase,” Wynn said. “I
that there are no dn
increases needed in theft
Nye said he wants stutfe I
receive a high-quality eduti
“I don’t want studentsu!
a discounted education!
counted rates,” Nye said
“I want a first-rate, hifli
ty education for all students
Graduate students, Nje
have had an especially haitl
adapting to tuition increase
“We’ve asked Dr. Gate
look at the unique strataofj
uate students,” Nye said.
Nye said one student?
public hearing made a
effective plea.
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increased that he won’tIki
to attend the Universil}] ^'4
year and fulfill hisdreamoi
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Nye said A&M is very ft
nate to have a long traditiooofj
vate funding becausethestt
no longer afford to put throe
much money on higher ediK
as it did in the past.
“We’re sad to lose any people
working with the department.”
Sippial said.
“Now we can focus more of
our attention on the organiza
tions we have left here."
Sippial said more opportuni
ties will be available to organiza
tions once they are placed within a
department of similar interest.
Other functions being
removed from the vice president
for administration are human
resources, telecommunication
and capital projects budgeting
and planning.
Gates said the main focus is
to bring logic to the administra
tive structure.
“The goal is to promote
greater efficiency, greater
expertise and to save money,”
he said.
Gates said the money saved
by the restructuring will go
toward the hiring of new faculty.
Readership
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If the program is begun
permanent basis, students
expect to pay a $2.50 fee
semester, beginning in the
06 school year. Diem said.
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major, said that duri^tkw
of the program, he always^
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