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NEWS
| NOVEMBER 9, 2005
Student Life
VP working to bring more performers
here
Initiative would require a $6
student fee; reaction has been favorable so far.
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| The Shorthorn: Mark Roberts |
| Dr. Frank Lamas, the vice president
of student affairs, speaks to student congress
Tuesday night in the SC chambers. Lamas discussed the
Student Life Initiative... Part II which deals with fee
increases and money transfer. |
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By Megan
Magaña
The Shorthorn staff
Students may pay an extra $6 fee per semester beginning fall 2006
as part of a new programming initiative.
Frank Lamas, vice president for Student Affairs, addressed Student
Congress to inform them Tuesday on ways to bring performers like
the band Cross Canadian Ragweed and comedian Dave Chappelle to campus.
He said this proposal comes as the second part of the Student Life
Initiative.
Dr. Lamas said he raised $180,000 for spring 2006 to pledge toward
student programming. He said the majority of the money came from
Student Affairs directors.
“We have an opportunity to get the ball rolling,” Lamas
said.
He said a committee made of students and staff will review proposals
from the Student Affairs directors by the end of November. The proposals
request a portion of the money from the raised funding for programming
in the spring.
“I’ve tried to encourage people to work together,”
he said.
The proposed fee increase would create an additional $200,000 to
$250,000 for programming each fiscal year, Lamas said.
“This is money that would go directly toward student programs,”
he said.
He said the fee would be a small investment with a minimal dollar
impact and that students’ reactions have been favorable.
Lamas said that now is the opportunity to make the first step and
that he wants to continue building on current programming. He said
he wanted to have events that were memorable and larger in scope.
“We would love to also have a concert,” he said. “Our
hope is as soon as April.”
Lamas said he thought it would be wise to survey the student body
about which performers to bring to campus.
He said additional programming would enhance students’ college
experiences.
“College students want their experience to be memorable,”
he said.
SC President Josh Sawyer said Lamas is hearing an “outcry”
from students who want to have better programming.
Sawyer said a bulletin board will be posted Wednesday by the Housing
Office in the University Center to receive student feedback.
“It’s going to be up to students to voice their opinion
on whether or not they want some of the bigger name performers on
campus,” he said.
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