NEWS SPORTS A&C TUITION EXPECTED DISTANCE RUNNERS BREAK LAST-MINUTE VALENTINE’S TO INCREASE RECORDS IN WASHINGTON DAY SAVES Vol. 127, No. 94 Tuesday, February 13, 2018 PAGE 4 PAGE 10 PAGE 13 Student Fee Breakdown for the 2017 - 2018 Academic Year per Semester University Facility Fee Combined Total of 14 Advisory Board Other Categories $311.25 $187.83 Career Center: $31.22 Alternative Transportation Fee Advisory Board: $26.23 University Technology Fee Advisory Board: $25 ASCSU: $24.45 SLiCE: $18.16 Semester Total University Center for the Arts: $14.59 $1,183.74 Ram Events: $9.71 Adult Learner and Health Network Veteran Services: $7.49 $248.07 Conflict Resolution: $7.34 Student Legal Services: $7.30 RamRide: $6.07 Athletics Off Campus Life: $5.54 $114.92 Women and Gender Advocacy Center: $4.25 Lory Student Center Campus Recreation Resources for Disabled Students: $0.48 $182.52 $139.15 INFOGRAPHIC BY MEGAN METZGER-SEYMOUR COLLEGIAN Student fees to increase due to rising mandatory costs By Natalia Sperry present SFRB with two kinds of minimum wage, fringe benefits University’s Board of Governors. In all, it’s around (a) $62 million @Natalia_Sperry potential changes: mandatory or tuition. Proposed increases are By the end of the spring budget that we’re looking at,” costs and proposed increases. what the Board is able to vote on semester, the Board proposes a Wise said. “So, it’s up to these folks With an estimated budget of “I can speak in a general and can include new project and student fee-funded package that to decide where we invest our $61.3 million dollars in student sense that mandatory costs will initiative costs or new personnel they then present to the senate student fees, and what programs fees and the University projecting increase since minimum wage is for the various organizations. body of the Associated Students of and initiatives we really want to a three percent tuition increase increasing, so that definitely will As costs of higher education Colorado State University. After put our money towards.” for the ‘18-19 academic year, see some sort of increase,” Wise continue to rise, Colorado State that passes, the package then According to University the Student Fee Review Board said. “As far as the new initiatives University students have a say goes on to University President Provost Rick Miranda, CSU is and its chair, student body Vice and projects go, I’m not sure in their student fees through Tony Frank, who presents it to proud of their unique level of President Cole Wise, are at work because the vote hasn’t happened the SFRB, a body comprised of the Board of Governors for final shared governance with students this semester to determine what yet.” student members intended to approval, according to Wise. in the fee budgeting process. changes students can expect to SFRB cannot deny mandatory provide efficient, equitable and “As far as SFRB goes, their see to their student fees. costs, which are either due to consistent review of student fees role is really the students’ voice in Wise said that the fee areas increases in facility maintenance, and fee services, according to the where their money is being spent. see FEES on page 5 >> COLLEGIAN.COM 2 Tuesday, February 13, 2018 FORT COLLINS FOCUS Sophomore Interior design student Sierra Finney uses a light box in the Aylesworth interior design lab. “Right now I’m designing a cabin retreat in the mountains because I want to go into hospitality design,” Finney said. 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With the March 5 deadline Galvan encouraged people approaching, Dreamers are to rally, write letters and facing the risk of deportation if make calls to senators and Congress does not reach a deal. congressmen, and register to Five “Dreamers,” the vote in the upcoming midterm name given to people who elections. are recipients of the Deferred “All we have been Action for Childhood Arrivals hearing from Democrats program and based on the and Republicans is finger failed Development, Relief and pointing, (and) that they are Education for Alien Minors thinking about 2018 midterm Act, spoke out about their elections. That’s why they are American Dream and called not moving on the DREAM Act,” for action at the Lory Student Galvan said. “It is time for us as Center Thursday, Feb. 8 in constituents to call them out. connection with the Colorado This is our government. This is Immigrant Rights Coalition. our country. We deserve a better Victor Galvan, director of democracy.” membership and engagement of According to Galvan, every CIRC, was brought to America single day since President in 1991 when he was 8 months Donald Trump announced old with his parents and older the repeal of DACA, 122 people brother. have lost their status and after “I realized that immigration March 5, that number is Victor Galvan recounts his childhood in Mexico. He tells the story of how he grew up with his mother who sold was going to be a problem when expected to increase to 1,400 burritos to get by. PHOTO BY BRANDON MENDOZA COLLEGIAN one day my mom came home people per day. crying that she was fired for Galvan said he hopes to fourths of Coloradans ... support student, but the summer before said she went back to school, not having status,” Galvan said. change hearts and minds and creating a path for people like she entered high school, her but it was hard to pick up where “This is something that didn’t call on the community to step me to earn citizenship. We don’t father told her that she would she left off. Her DACA permit happen once, but multiple out and fight back. need a wasteful and ineffective not be able to go to college expired last month. times.” “We are the people building wall to get that done.” because she was undocumented. “Now I have nothing, but the American Dream and that Most of the audience “Instead of giving me a push, I’m still hopeful,” Beltran said. idea of creating opportunity identified as Dreamers and it really put me in a hole and I “I want to let people know that “It is time for us as out of nothing is born on the two of them, Betzy Valdez and started to be really depressed,” we are not criminals.