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UNM may undergo more than $4.6 million in revenue reductions, the University is left with roughly $1.9 million in total revenue from tuition and fees. “The Legislature imposes this 3.1 percent tuition credit, so I saw it as a
3 percent tuition increase,” student regent Jake Wellman said. “This, in my eyes, is something I’m willing to pay for — $2 million invested in new faculty members who will really make my education enriching.” Although the Regents’ Finance
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The UNM Board of Regents decided not to increase student fees and approved a 5.5 percent tuitionand-fee increase that will raise costs to students roughly $305 next year. Tuition alone will increase 7 percent next year. The regents retracted a proposal to increase student fees by $40 per student, dropping the total tuition-and-fee increase from 6.3 to 5.5 percent. Overall in-state tuition will be $5,810 next year. President David Schmidly praised the regents for completing “the most constructive budget process to ever take place at the University.” UNM expects to make more than $6.5 million in tuition revenue next year, but because of the tuition credit, the state will take more than $3.8 million from the University. Since
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ASUNM passed a resolution March 30 that proposed eliminating one graduate student position and adding three undergraduate student positions to the Student Fee Review Board. The resolution backs a Student Fee Review Task Force recommendation that contends changing the ratio of the SFRB would make it proportional to the student population. The recommendation would change the number of SFRB members from seven to nine. Seven would represent ASUNM and two would represent
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and Facilities Committee recommended the $40 student fee increase, the measure didn’t have enough support from the full board. Instead, the regents approved a
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“The undergrads already have a majority.” ~Katie Richardson GPSA President-elect GPSA. “It’s purely to create more equitable representation for undergraduates on the SFRB,” said ASUNM Sen. Heidi Overton, who introduced the measure. Last summer, Overton said, the SFRB Task Force examined the board’s process and UNM policy 1310, the Student Fee Review Board Policy, and came up with recommendations, which are in the public comment phase. “One of the things they found was that the undergraduates contribute more money, and that is not in representation of the board,” Overton said. To change the board’s makeup, President Schmidly and the Board of Regents would have to approve it. However, GPSA President-elect Katie Richardson said the task force’s recommendation to change the ratio of the board is detrimental to students, because graduates bring a unique, more experienced perspective to the board, and many graduate students teach undergraduate classes. “Even as the board stands now, graduates need at least one undergrad to agree for any proposal that we make; the undergrads already have a majority,” Richardson said. “I think it’s always about working together as students, and everything we have in common, but I think losing graduate representation is not what is best for this campus.” Richardson said graduates historically try to give more support to the resource centers than undergraduates, and those centers impact all students on campus. “I’m concerned that if we lose
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Undergrad ballot to offer rec center vote by Hunter Riley hriley@unm.edu
ASUNM plans to include two questions on its annual election ballot to determine if students are willing to pay for a recreational facility. ASUNM Sen. Greg Golden introduced the bill to add in the questions at the ASUNM full-Senate meeting March 30. “It’s a call to action for students to get the opportunity to give their
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perspective of whether or not they are willing to pay (for a new center),” Golden said. In addition to casting votes for next year’s ASUNM senators, president and vice president April 20, the ballot will ask students, “Are you aware that in the academic year 2011 your tuition may be increased by as much as 8 percent ($220.00 in-state) or ($747.00 out of state)?” and “With knowledge of this tuition increase, would you be willing to pay an additional $107.50 per se-
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mester in student fees (separate from tuition) for a (bond of 25-30 years) to fund the construction of a new Student Recreation Center on campus?” according to ASUNM’s resolution. Some representatives at the meeting criticized the measure, saying the many students casting their votes in this election will graduate before the recreation facility is completed. Student fees would cover the building’s expenses, Golden said, but
recreation facility plans haven’t been completed. Golden said a bond would initially fund the center. Students would pay back the bond in fees when the center opened. “You’re ensuring that students aren’t giving up the costs for something they can’t use,” he said. Golden said undergraduate students’ interests don’t change much
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