Senate reports an increase to student fees, tuition

Senate allocated $109 for food provided for that Monday’s meeting.

Student Trustee Coy Clark said this summer at two Board of Trustees meetings the Board raised the activity fee for all three state colleges—Chadron State College, Peru State College, and Wayne      State College.

The Board also increased tuition 5.5 percent. Clark said the reason for the increase was to “play catch up” from the two-year tuition freeze from academic years 2013-14 and 2014-15. The Board also approved the Cuba Libre program for CSC.

Chief Justice applications are available now until Sept. 2. Interviews will be the week after the applications are due and applications can be turned in the Student Senate office or under the door.

The Chief Justice position is open for any student on campus but preference will be shown to full-time students in the legal studies or criminal justice departments, Senate President Katrina Hurley said.

Petitions for dorm hall senators will be due Sept. 1, Hurley said. The new senators will be sworn in on Sept. 12.

Senate will be hosting an open forum at 7 p.m. every Thursday in the Scottsbluff room in the Student Center, unless otherwise posted, to give students the opportunity to come and voice their opinions on various topics.

Hurley will also be hosting office hours in the Student Senate office in the Student Center, from noon-3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and from 10 a.m.-noon Tuesday and Thursday.

Former director of student activities Chris Green will be stepping down from his position as Senate adviser after the Aug. 29 meeting due to his new position as associate athletic director. He did mention that the Guidebook App, where all the clubs and organizations on campus can pool a calendar together for all the students, is up and running. He said there is a link on the Senate webpage for a submission form that clubs and other organizations can fill out to add their events to the calendar.

Alyssa Bauer, athletic graduate student worker, will be making Wal-Mart trips for clubs that need to buy supplies this semester. If clubs need to go to Wal-Mart they should email Bauer at [email protected], Green said.

CAB Chair Molly O’Connell encouraged senators to attend CAB meetings to see what clubs are interested in. She also said there will be a club fair from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 31.

CAB will be hosting Free Movie Night every month this semester, but free bowling night will be no more because the bowling alley is closed on Saturdays.

CAB will also be hosting an outdoor movie night three Fridays a month with the projector and screen. Senate agreed to host the first outdoor movie night on Sept. 9.