RESOLUTION 56

 

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

An act TO SUPPORT THE carmichael gymnasium expansion project STUDENT FEE INCREASE REQUEST

 

Short Title:Carmichael Gymnasium Expansion Project                                                             (Public)

Sponsored by: Senators Hoy, Small, Kohler, and Cleary

First Reading: September 24, 2003                                                 Version Date: October 27, 2003

Referred to: Tuition and Fees Committee.

 

WHEREAS,   Article IX, Section 9 of the N.C. Constitution states, “The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of The University of North Carolina and other public institutions of higher education as far as practicable, be extended to the people of the State free expense;” and,

 

WHEREAS,   the UNC Board of Governors has extended “free as far as practicable” to all charges exacted by the state's 16 public universities, including student fee; and,

 

WHEREAS,   a request has been made for a student fee increase for the Carmichael Gymnasium Expansion Project; and,

 

WHEREAS,   the $15.00 debt service fee to pay for the 1987 expansion of the Carmichael Gymnasium will be retired in the spring of 2004; now, therefore be it

 

RESOLVED,  that the North Carolina State University Student Senate supports a $22.50 per semester increase in the gym expansion debt service fee, to take effect in the spring of 2005; and be it further,

 

RESOLVED,  the Student Senate recommends that other alternative funding sources be sought; and, be it further

 

RESOLVED,  the Student Senate recommends that a profit sharing arrangement be negotiated with University Dining annually for operation of the juice bar.