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ASCSU: Students want reductions to athletics, marketing first
Shelley Woll
Issue date: 3/12/09 Section: News
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Per the results of the over-200 students they surveyed last month, student government President Taylor Smoot, Vice President Quinn Girrens, student at large Blake Gibson, Sen. Dan Palmer and Sen. Matt Worthington informed university decision-makers that students felt cuts should be dispersed among marketing, green initiatives, athletics and research Super Clusters.
The five presented the Associated Students of CSU's Tuition Taskforce Assessment, an overview of student priorities, which CSU Interim President Tony Frank requested for the first time.
The group said it hopes their recommendations will persuade administrators to take students into consideration when drafting next year's budget.
"These recommendations are not only very thoughtful, but they're very important for the students," Gibson said. "Heeding the student's recommendations about what to cut and what to keep is a response to the customers of this university."
Additionally, Girrens provided an update on the Student Fee Review Board's currently outstanding fee proposals. She said the only areas requesting fee increases were athletics, the Career Center and Off-Campus Student Services.
The Tuition Taskforce survey was conducted via e-mail sent to over a thousand students.
Out of those who received the e-mail, 213 undergraduate students and one graduate student replied.
When asked how important varsity athletics were in their overall "CSU experience," 43 percent of students responded by saying "unimportant" -- ranking it least popular out of all aspects that contribute to student life at CSU, including student clubs and organization, the Campus Recreation Center, the homecoming concert and student services.
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