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| Senate Approves Beach Pride Resolution; Adjourns For Summer | ||||||
| The final A.S. Senate meeting of the semester saw an approval of a resolution authorizing a new agreement on the distribution of student fees. | ||||||
| Executive director of Associated Students Inc., Richard Haller, detailed the plan to the Senate and broke down how, exactly, the funds would be distributed. �The sports operating budgets, according to Haller, were reduced 5 percent, and he also said that A.S.I. will be responsible for annually auditing the sports, athletics and recreation department's agreement with the new terms. �Haller said he believes this will create more student involvement within S.A.R. | ||||||
| In other news, A.S.I. President Danny Vivian, in his weekly report to the Senate, discussed the deal that Charles Reed, chancellor of the Cal State University system, California Education Secretary Richard Riordan and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger came to regarding the budget crisis and its relation to higher education. | ||||||
| According to Vivian, they agreed not to increase the General Fund this year and they will not cut the Educational Opportunity Program. | ||||||
| Vivian also noted that while undergraduate fees could go up by 14 percent and graduate fees by 20 percent, next Wednesday the board of trustees would be meeting to vote to further increase the fees. �Vivian urged the Senate body to "Support the legislators that are [angry] about this," and to fight to preserve quality higher education. | ||||||
| While several of the Senate members will be returning next year to continue representing the students, certain senators will be moving on in their professional lives. Over the course of the year, the Senate intent on many conflicts and enacted numerous resolutions that affect a myriad of students on campus. �It also resolved what proved to be a controversial issue brought forth by the Armenian Student Association alleging Turkish involvement in the genocide of Armenians. �In the end, the two groups "agreed to disagree" and the Senate diffused what might have become a sticky situation.� In addition, they debated about issues relating to fees students have to pay, and fought for campus organizations. | ||||||
| The senators collectively agreed that they accomplished a large amount this year and a number of members expressed how honored they are to have served on the Senate. | ||||||
| Copyright Gerry Wachovsky, 2004, and Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. | ||||||
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