I would like to respond to last Friday’s editorial (“Senate Blunders Special Fees Bill”), but moreover the entire process of special fees reform that the Senate has undertaken this term.
The ASSU Undergraduate Senate and a number of student group financial officers battled it out Wednesday night as groups demonstrated continued concern for a roster of new funding policies — which passed in a unanimous vote after final deliberation — that may constrict their functioning capacity.
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Committee chair Anton Zietsman said in a meeting Sunday afternoon that groups have until 5 p.m. today to voice opposition to special fees revisions before they are recommended as final to the Senate, which he said will vote on accepting the revised policies Tuesday.
Financial officers came out in relative force at last night’s ASSU Undergraduate Senate meeting, where last week senators enacted a bill disallowing student groups from requesting an increase in special fees beyond inflation without more stringent student body approval.
More undergraduates requested money in special fees refunds this winter than in any of the past seven quarters, according to numbers released by the ASSU Tuesday night — and now, student groups are feeling the pinch.
The ASSU Undergraduate Senate on Tuesday passed a widely-debated bill to reduce growth in special fees spending, resulting in an extensive dispute over the nature of the vote that took place, which many senators claimed was riddled with problems.