Senate to form new fee committee

HANNAH CLAYWELL Asst. News Editor | @Hannah_9504

At the second Student Senate meeting of the semester Jan. 24, it was announced it will be forming a new committee.

The Fees Committee will be formed to discuss any new fees that might be given to students. The committee will be given a full breakdown of possible fees. Treasurer Jillian McNamara and Senate Advisor Kori Hoffmann spoke about why this committee is forming.

“The state of Missouri passed a law, 15 or 20 years ago, that said basically you can not implement any student fees that apply to every student on campus without some representation,” Hoffmann said.

The Senate will be representing the Northwest students to maintain the regulations of this law. This new committee will be reviewing any fees the school might want to implement and either recommend it or not.

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