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Vol XXXV No. 101

Thursday, February 28, 2002

Senators approve activity fee increase

      After a month of debate and committee work, the Student Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night calling for the University to raise the student activity fee. Unlike previous resolutions the Senate considered, however, the one passed Wednesday night called for a $15 dollar increase for the 2002-2003 school year but made no mention of additional increases in later years. The resolution initially proposed called for the fee to go increase by ... [more]
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