BY DEEANNA ROLLINS A student priority fee of $40 per semester was introduced in 2004 to help with Student Life programming. Now, in 2016, this fee has risen to $49.45 per semester. Although the increase isn’t large, the fact that 73 per cent of that fee goes toward payroll and salaries for all of the people working in Student Life is of a concern. In the upcoming school year, those … Continued
BY SCOTT BLINKHORN Conestoga students attending Wilfrid Laurier University’s Bra ntford campus will soon have the chance to vote on whether or not they want a universal bus pass (U-Pass). On Sept. 26, the Conestoga Students Inc. (CSI) board of directors agreed unanimously to hold a referendum that asks if a Brantford Transit pass should be mandatory and included in students’ fees every semester. The U-Pass would allow students to … Continued
BY MATT HOWELL Students might be seeing a few extra bucks added onto their student fees come September. The increase would be either $5 or $7, and would be used to cover services that have been added over the past year. Conestoga Students Inc’s board of directors discussed the possible increase at their meeting on Feb. 23. There was no increase last year due to a budget surplus. The fee … Continued
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