SGA Approves Fee Increases
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LOUIS Workshop presents SGA approves fee increases BY STEVE VALKO Graduate stu cultural Senior Editor dent Michael The SGA gave its approval for all Rankins voic student activity, facility, and health holiday es his opinion services fees for 2002-2003. All fees that were voted on asked during the traditions' for increases ranging from 3 percent to SGA meeting · 44 percent. The fee that caused the Tuesday. most debate was the Athletic Fee, Open BY KELLI SOLT which asked for a raise $8.50 to from discussion $8.80. The increase drew mild opposi Senior Writer was held dur tion, starting with SGA President Ryan Students at the Cultural Connor. Connor said he was con ing the meet Diversity Workshop on Nov. 14 cerned with the increase because it ing regarding learned about four traditional holi affected such a small percentage of the fee increases. days of the coming season from a UM-St. Louis population. The assembly panel including UM-St. Louis fac 'There are more than 15,000 stu voted in favor Ulty and Father Bill Kempf. The dents attending here, and (the stu Office of Multicultural Relations dents) are not attending the games," of all fee organized the event and Bridgette said Connor. increases. Jenkins, counseling psychologist Rick Gyllenbourg, Assistant for the office, served as the moder Athletic Director for Facilities, ator. defended the request of a fee increase. These four speakers discussed Gyllenbourg said UM-St. Louis had the meaning behind Kwanzaa, the lowest budget of all Great Lakes Hanukah, Ramadan, and Valley Conference schools. Christmas. Farzad Wafapoor, Gyllenbourg also said that the lack of communications senior lecturer, attendance at games was not the fault stressed the importance of "under of the athletic department. standing cultures and other reli '(Corning to games) is an individ gions." ual choice," said Gyllenbourg. Wafapoor described the fasting The fee was voted on by a hand season of Ramadan as a time of count, and eventually passed. moral evaluation involving self Health services asked for a fee discipline and control. He said increase of 44 percent, from $1.23 to there are about 1.2 billion $1.78 a credit hour. The primary rea Muslims and half of them take son for the huge increase is to get part in the rituals. Fasting from funding for a FacilitatorlEducator to food, water, and sex takes place concentrate on alcohol and substance from sunrise to sunset for a month abuse. Voting again was taken by a Maggie Matthews! The CllnY!!!1 beginning Friday, Nov. 16. hand count, and the fee was passed by Wafapoor said, ''People feel hun a wide margin. fee would belp with the day-to-day student per credit hour every semester. Student Court does not abuse their University of Missouri system for gry at the end of the day like a Also passed was the Student operations of the Millennium Student The total fees paid per credit hour will . authority, they should keep their new more money for UM-St. Louis at the poor person, at the end of the Activity Fee increase from $2.50 to Center. Finally. the Recreation Facility be raised from $25.12 to '$_7.22. an authority to review appeals. next meeting on De . 10. Cummtly, month many give 0 the poor.' $3.00 a credit hour. Student Activiti Fee W' aiso pas. d' being raised to inerease 0 8.1 percent, beginning for Curt Coonrod, Vice Ol3l1celior for U 1-SI. Loui gets 12 percent of the He also approacbed the issues said that this fee increase would give 2.73 fr m $J..6S a credit hour. The the fall of 2002. Student Affairs, was named faculty budget with roughly 27 percent of the that nowhere in the Koran does it money to new groups and help give Recreation Fee helps pay for upkeep In other SGA news Connor advisor for the SGA. Connor said that student body in the system. The author say to kill your neighbor or com more money to current gronps as welL of the Mark Twain building .and for annoWlced that the tudent court has this should continue to give the SGA of the re olution, SGA rep entative mit suicide, in reflection to the The University Center fee was also new equipment been given the authority to review good relations with Student Affairs. Liz Foehner said the UM system will absurdity of some Middle East approved to increase from $9.65 to The student activity facility, and parking ticket appeals on a provisional The SGA announced that they take the resolution up for review if the conflicts that have spread to U.S. $10.26 an hour. Connor said that this health service fees are paid by each basis. Connor said as long as the would vote on a resolution to ask the SGA approves it. shores. English professor Shirley Leflore provided an in-depth explanation regarding Kwanzaa., which means "the first fruits of the Outreach Director broadens harvest." The seven-day celebra tion, founded in 1966 by college teacher Maulana Karenga, is a time for spiritual renewal. she said. horizons after leaving UMSL A seven-day celebration that begins after Christmas is a great time for families to get together BY EMILY UMBRIGHT Paul DeGregorio, and celebrate, she said, standing at affEditor director of a prepared table that held symbols Outreach for the principles of unity, self The airlines will have at least determination, collective work one steady customer beginning in Development, and responsibility, cooperative January, as Paul DeGregorio, direc has accepted economics, purpose. creativity, tor of Outreach Development, the position of and faith. embarks on a new career as Executive Vice Leflore explained the mean Executive Vice President for the President for the ings behind each theme. On top of International Foundation for Mutsumi Igarashi! The Cunt'llI the table was a special candlehold Election Systems, which. is based in International Earlier this month 16 parking meters were installed on Parking Washington, D.C. Foundation for er with three green and three red Lot "E" beside the MSC. candles placed on either side of a "I'm going to be commuting Election black candle. She said that the Monday through Friday," Systems, which black stands for people, the green New meters cause a lot DeGregorio said. 'Much like a con is based in for land, and the red for blood. She gressmen does. Washington, also read poetry from deceased rap DeGregorio s resignation comes artist, Tupac Shakur, and recited of problems for SGA after eight ye.ars of establishing and D.C. an original piece. She asked the working for the Outreach audience to participate in the diffi BY STANFORD GRIFFITH as long as the meters have not Development program at UM-St. expired. Louis, a program deemed a "model cult Swahili pronunciation of the Sta.!f Writer seven principles. Gardiner said these meters are not for the nation" by the 1999 North Kempf, a Catholic ~ewman Earlier this month 16 parking a new development but have been in Central Accreditation Review Center pliest, began by telling a meters were installed on Parking Lot the works for some time. He assured Committee. short story of a man who wished to "E" beside the Millennium Student that the meters, although in a student "OutJ."l!ach has been set up to become like a biFd in order to Center. parking area, are not student take UMSL to students \vho are communicate and led a few freez According to UM-St. Louis Police "unfriendly" but are there to help vis place bound,' he said. "We've ing birds caught in the snow to a Sergeant 8ruce Gardiner, Jr., who is itors to the campus. served almost 4,000 students." wmu garage. He compared this to also manager of Parking artd Ryan Connor. president of the The outreach program at UM-St. the way God viewed man, and that Transportation, the parking spots are Student Government Association, Louis transports classe8 to four dif, Jesus was God's \.... ·ay to become intended for vis.itors who need to park said, SGAis actively pursing the rea ferent campuses outside. St. Louis like man in order to explain heav on eampus; howeve.r, they are cur son behind the parking meters in the County, enabling students who have en. He described two views of rently unmarked for visitor parking. associated funds.' He said that SGA family or 'occupational responsibili- Maggie Matthews! n", Currenl Christianity. Divinity, which Although . 'Visitor Parking" s.igns will is concerned with this new develop • ties (0 complete their degrees. It means one believes Jesus was be posted soon, anyone is allowed to ment and whether or not the students' serves students at the junior, senior, ty and for them coming here." DeGregorio, who graduated from parkin the spots as long as they pur control of the MSC is being violated.