Computer Lab Fees
By Ryan Avila
A proposal keeping student computer lab fees unaffected passed by the fee board meeting on Friday. The proposal states that lab balances will be allocated among all lab balances based on a percentage of those balances as a whole, said Kevin Abernethy, the academic senate president.
This means that instead of letting the central account for the computer labs stay in a deficit, all the individual labs will send a percent of their balance to the central account creating a zero deficit.
This benefits students because all the computer lab fees will be recycled to cover deficits, making it unnecessary to raise those fees. "I think it's about time they do something to save us students money," said Lance Brown, a junior majoring in business marketing.
With 12 students and four faculty members, the proposal passed in a unanimous vote. This issue was brought to attention because the central lab has remanded in a deficit annually, while extra money has been given to other labs, said Nick West, HASS senator and ASUSU senate pro-tempore.
The next proposal passed says there will be a 5 percent decrease in each lab budget, mentioned at the fee board meeting. One reason for the decrease is because old machines such as computers will be replaced and the 5 percent decrease will allow for money to cover that cost, said Abernethy.
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Jessica Prado
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Good job Ry. But this sentence sounds kind of funny..."The proposal states that lab balances will be allocated among all lab balances based on a percentage of those balances as a whole, said Kevin Abernethy, the academic senate president"
...I think it has the word "balances" in it too many times.
Good job overall. It is hard to make a story about computer lab fees exciting, but you were able to get all of the facts in there.
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