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Face Off: Students peel back on the layer of the ASCSU fee proposal
Sean Reed
Issue date: 4/21/08 Section: Opinion
Danny Christopher, a sophomore journalism major, sat down with the Collegian and explained why he thinks Smoot's proposal is a good idea.
Q: Do you approve of Taylor Smoot's student fee proposal?
A: I do. I think getting a concert would get people more involved and make people more happy with the campus and make people more proud to go to CSU. That's a good thing and for nine bucks a year -- I don't think that's a terribly big thing for a concert, additional bike racks, stuff like that.
Q: Is there anyone in particular you would like to see come to CSU?
A: You know, something a little less expensive than the Common concert, but someone good's gonna be hard to get for that price. I know Yellowcard came. Get the Foo Fighters here.
Q: What kinds of things would you like to see Taylor Smoot push during his presidency?
A: I think the textbook [program] has recently gone in a good direction. I would deal with parking -- it's a mess right now. Other than that I can't think of a whole lot.
Q: Do you think your fellow students will support Smoot's proposal?
A: I know a lot of my friends voted for him. I did. So I don't think for most of my friends nine bucks a year is a big deal.
Taylor Smoot, Associated Students of CSU president elect, recently pitched a student fee increase proposal of about $120,000 primarily geared toward bringing a homecoming concert and the satirical newspaper The Onion to our campus, among other things.
Christ Tarver, a senior liberal arts major, took some time out of his Friday to explain why, even though he is graduating this semester, he feels Smoot's increase is not a good idea for the CSU campus.
Q: Do you approve of Taylor Smoot's student fee proposal?
A: No. It seems his priorities are in the wrong place as far as why he wants the money … It would be good if he wanted most of the money for [Walk for Cheaper Textbooks], but for concerts and some of the other stuff he's talking about, I think it's a little much to be asking for.
Q: Is there anything for which you would be willing to accept a student fee increase?
A: I don't know. I haven't really thought about it … I'm graduating in May. Probably mostly just the textbook program.
Q: Do you think it is valuable to bring things like concerts and The Onion to campus?
A: Yeah, but I don't think it should be within reason as far as how much we spend for something like Homecoming.
Q: Do you approve of Taylor Smoot's student fee proposal?
A: I do. I think getting a concert would get people more involved and make people more happy with the campus and make people more proud to go to CSU. That's a good thing and for nine bucks a year -- I don't think that's a terribly big thing for a concert, additional bike racks, stuff like that.
Q: Is there anyone in particular you would like to see come to CSU?
A: You know, something a little less expensive than the Common concert, but someone good's gonna be hard to get for that price. I know Yellowcard came. Get the Foo Fighters here.
Q: What kinds of things would you like to see Taylor Smoot push during his presidency?
A: I think the textbook [program] has recently gone in a good direction. I would deal with parking -- it's a mess right now. Other than that I can't think of a whole lot.
Q: Do you think your fellow students will support Smoot's proposal?
A: I know a lot of my friends voted for him. I did. So I don't think for most of my friends nine bucks a year is a big deal.
Taylor Smoot, Associated Students of CSU president elect, recently pitched a student fee increase proposal of about $120,000 primarily geared toward bringing a homecoming concert and the satirical newspaper The Onion to our campus, among other things.
Christ Tarver, a senior liberal arts major, took some time out of his Friday to explain why, even though he is graduating this semester, he feels Smoot's increase is not a good idea for the CSU campus.
Q: Do you approve of Taylor Smoot's student fee proposal?
A: No. It seems his priorities are in the wrong place as far as why he wants the money … It would be good if he wanted most of the money for [Walk for Cheaper Textbooks], but for concerts and some of the other stuff he's talking about, I think it's a little much to be asking for.
Q: Is there anything for which you would be willing to accept a student fee increase?
A: I don't know. I haven't really thought about it … I'm graduating in May. Probably mostly just the textbook program.
Q: Do you think it is valuable to bring things like concerts and The Onion to campus?
A: Yeah, but I don't think it should be within reason as far as how much we spend for something like Homecoming.
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Dear Danny,
posted 4/21/08 @ 5:04 PM MST
I don't know if you were aware of this, but Yellowcard had already peaked. Common, however, was on the rise, but still has not peaked (oh well, perhaps he'll move into acting). (Continued…)
Alan Riley
posted 4/21/08 @ 9:43 PM MST
These two are absolutely ridiculous. They do not have the students best interest in mind. We are paying great amounts of money TO GET AN EDUCATION. I am not paying this school to go to a concert. (Continued…)
Thats right
posted 4/22/08 @ 3:13 PM MST
Thank you Alan. If we want to go to a concert, we will buy tickets and we will choose to go to one that we personally enjoy. You can't waste our fucking money on this shit. (Continued…)
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