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The Student Activity Fee.

Where does your money go?

Students pay $38/semester for the Student Activity

Fee,

52% of that money goes to administrative overhead

(Cell 1).

The rest is distributed among the student

organizations (cell 2) and colleges (cell 3).

Here's the 1998 breakdown:

Total Breakdown

1. Department of Student 191039749

Activities (Administrativ

2. All Campus Programs and 8539326

Activities (clubs such as

University Union)

3. Schools and Colleges 1659519

Total 291229594

2. All Campus Programs Activities.

(Student Organizations. $853,326)

Union 438~O

Recreational 649434

Sports

Media and 569759

Publications

Student 269916

Government

Minority Student 589138

Programs

Additional 1679658

Programs

3. Schools and Colleges (1997

numbers)

College of Agricultural & 10,909

Environmental Sciences

Arts and Sciences 639721

Business 209600

Education 259397

Environmental Design 49508

Forest Resources 59105

Family and Consumer 7~490

Sciences

Journalism 69865

Pharmacy 4931

Social Work 697

Vet. Med 3695

Total (1997) 1719611

1. Breakdown of Administrative

Budget ($1,103,749)

Student Activity 779300

Administration

0 169750

Student Activities

Business Office

Staff Salaries 5909248

Staff Benefits 1329142

Department 1289433

Labor Pool

Recreational 1589876

Sports

Administration

Total 191039749

Things to think about:

1. VVhy is administrative overhead 52%?

2. The enrollment formula for the school and college funding.

3. M%y Rec Sports overhead 65%?

4. What is the surplus funding from the prior year?

5. If student pay through the activity fee to run the Tate Center, shouldn't Food Services pay rent and utilities?