GSA to hear fee increase proposal
GSA Council Meeting
➤ Graduate students interested in voicing their opinions on the fees can go to the GSA Council meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Rita Laden Senate Chambers in the Joe Crowley Student Union.
The University of Nevada, Reno Graduate Student Association will hear a proposal to raise graduate student fees by $10 on Tuesday. The Associated Students of the University of Nevada proposed the fees to provide extra money for performing arts, tutoring and student activities on campus.
The proposed fees will be used to fund a writing center and on-campus performing arts.
The fee proposal will be brought to the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents at their December meeting as part of ASUN’s Joint Vision 2017 Plan.
The GSA can vote on whether they believe the fees will provide enough benefit for graduate students in their meeting on Tuesday. Jillian Murdock, GSA President, said she doubts the council will have enough information to vote and expects it to be postponed. As president, Murdock serves as the chair of the GSA Council.
Eli Reilly, ASUN president, called the upcoming vote an equity issue and said that it wouldn’t be fair for the GSA not to help out. Reilly said that if the GSA voted to add the fees, it would dramatically impact the performing arts and tutoring services.
Murdock said that whatever the council decides will be “doing what’s best for the students.” One of the problems that the council faces is whether or not the money gathered from the fees will be used in graduate students’ best interest.
Murdock and Reilly said money to the writing center could help graduate students.
Murdock said the Joint Vision 2017 plan is a good idea but that it is geared more toward undergraduate students and, aside from the fees, lacks much relevancy for most graduate students.
Garrett Estrada can be reached at news@nevadasagebrush.com.
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2 Responses to “GSA to hear fee increase proposal”
Anyone else take issue with this: “The Associated Students of the University of Nevada proposed the fees to provide extra money for performing arts, tutoring and student activities on campus.”? When exactly did this allegedly happen? Or does President Reilly now have the power to unilaterally propose fees (Joint Vision 2017 Proposal)?
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Don’t know, Alpha Wolf, I would say the latter.
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