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They postered, they tabled, they knocked on doors. But despite the Undergraduate Council's efforts, less then 400 students voted in this week's referendum to raise the council's term-bill...
...other business, Seton reminded members that voting on the council's term bill referendum begins today...
Beginning today and running through Wednesday, a referendum will take place on whether the Undergraduate Council term bill fee should be raised from $20 to $40. The voluntary term bill fee has not been increased in over 10 years, leading to a situation in which the council budget is well below what it needs to be in order to properly fund the multitude of student groups while providing campus-wide events and services like Springfest and the Thanksgiving and winter break shuttles. You may be reading this and asking yourself--What does the council...
Please think about these issues and vote yes on the referendum. Now through Wednesday: type ucvote at the fas% prompt on telnet and vote yes. Your student groups and your campus will thank...
Some on the council agree with this in the extreme and voted recently to hold a campus-wide referendum to be held later this month on a proposed $20 increase in the activities fee. Before we rush headlong into endorsing this increase, however, consider what exactly it gets us. Will our campus life become twice as vigorous if the council has twice the money to distribute? Or will balkanized student groups just get richer and more expansive? And if our extracurricular life becomes twice as dynamic, will our academic life correspondingly become half as significant a force in our undergraduate...