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Following student fees: SIFC confirms budget
Student Incidental Fees Committee confirms all but one of 12 budgets on Friday; will meet again for open hearing on Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. in MU 109
Shanna Woodruff
Issue date: 2/23/09 Section: News
The Student Incidental Fees Committee (SIFC) finished reviewing all but one of the 12 budgets included with student fees on Friday to determine increases in fees for the next year.
Each organization has 30 minutes to present its budget, and this often includes a review of the program's functions and services. The SIFC then may ask further questions until it finally discusses and makes its decision on the budget.
Both parties attempt to do their best at representing the appropriate organization.
"I think [it has] a lot of different backgrounds and they add different views," said ASOSU intern Jimmy Rosacker, a sophomore in education who attended the meeting. "I think [it does] a really good job."
The SIFC tries to consider what the students would want and be willing to pay for. This requires the SIFC to determine whether the programs offered are worthwhile to students and if the proposed increases are necessary or helpful.
Each organization is also wary of the current economic situation and has worked to prepare a budget proposal that includes only the most minimal increases for specific needs. A few organizations proposed no increase in its budget.
Split up into two sessions during the day, the SIFC assessed the budgets of the MU, Corvallis Transit, Counseling and Psychological Services, Student Health Services, Recreational Sports and Musician Advisory Boards.
The MU did not propose any new programs, but discussed the necessary increases for the next fiscal year.
The increases in the student fees were approved by SIFC and will go toward the increase in student jobs. These increases are the mandated amount for the minimum wage increase.
The Corvallis Transit Program had the largest increase approved by the SIFC.
This increase was largely due to the adoption of the Beaver Bus Program that ASOSU stopped funding.
Counseling and Psychological Services expects the requests for its services to go up in the near future.
Each organization has 30 minutes to present its budget, and this often includes a review of the program's functions and services. The SIFC then may ask further questions until it finally discusses and makes its decision on the budget.
Both parties attempt to do their best at representing the appropriate organization.
"I think [it has] a lot of different backgrounds and they add different views," said ASOSU intern Jimmy Rosacker, a sophomore in education who attended the meeting. "I think [it does] a really good job."
The SIFC tries to consider what the students would want and be willing to pay for. This requires the SIFC to determine whether the programs offered are worthwhile to students and if the proposed increases are necessary or helpful.
Each organization is also wary of the current economic situation and has worked to prepare a budget proposal that includes only the most minimal increases for specific needs. A few organizations proposed no increase in its budget.
Split up into two sessions during the day, the SIFC assessed the budgets of the MU, Corvallis Transit, Counseling and Psychological Services, Student Health Services, Recreational Sports and Musician Advisory Boards.
The MU did not propose any new programs, but discussed the necessary increases for the next fiscal year.
The increases in the student fees were approved by SIFC and will go toward the increase in student jobs. These increases are the mandated amount for the minimum wage increase.
The Corvallis Transit Program had the largest increase approved by the SIFC.
This increase was largely due to the adoption of the Beaver Bus Program that ASOSU stopped funding.
Counseling and Psychological Services expects the requests for its services to go up in the near future.
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