2008 Woodie Awards
Sports complex delayed: Students question fees involved
By: Dustin Alkema
Issue date: 4/30/08 Section: News
An Associated Students Inc. representative has raised concerns that students may have been misled by literature for a vote concerning a fee increase to support the student recreation complex.
California State University, Stanislaus students may have been misguided by advertisements to vote in the student-funded recreation facilities in 2006, causing students who may graduate before the opening to participate in the funding.
Information presented in an ASI student informational document implied that if the recreation complex were approved, students would not have to begin funding the project until the facility open in fall 2008.
"It is important to remember that students will not pay $80 until the facility opens in fall 2008," is the wording in the document.
Despite this information given to students, the wording in the document never got transferred over to the final referendum.
An ASI official, who whishes to remain anonymous, has indicated that the outcome of the vote may have been affected by the initial advertising.
"We now know that the completion of the project will carry over well in to the winter and possibly spring of 2009," the source said, adding, "Students were expecting the doors to be open by fall 2008. That was one of the stipulations that helped pass the vote."
Associate Vice President of Capital Planning and Facilities Management, Robert Gallegos, did not have anything to do with this advertising for the voting, but confirms the facilities will not be open by fall 2008 when the fee increase will be applied.
"Things such as rain days have had an impact on the schedule and the completion date may have to go from its original December mark into the first or second week of January," Gallegos said.
Several people associated with the project did not feel comfortable bringing up the topic of how the voting took place, but indicated that the approval of the project came from information on the referendum.
California State University, Stanislaus students may have been misguided by advertisements to vote in the student-funded recreation facilities in 2006, causing students who may graduate before the opening to participate in the funding.
Information presented in an ASI student informational document implied that if the recreation complex were approved, students would not have to begin funding the project until the facility open in fall 2008.
"It is important to remember that students will not pay $80 until the facility opens in fall 2008," is the wording in the document.
Despite this information given to students, the wording in the document never got transferred over to the final referendum.
An ASI official, who whishes to remain anonymous, has indicated that the outcome of the vote may have been affected by the initial advertising.
"We now know that the completion of the project will carry over well in to the winter and possibly spring of 2009," the source said, adding, "Students were expecting the doors to be open by fall 2008. That was one of the stipulations that helped pass the vote."
Associate Vice President of Capital Planning and Facilities Management, Robert Gallegos, did not have anything to do with this advertising for the voting, but confirms the facilities will not be open by fall 2008 when the fee increase will be applied.
"Things such as rain days have had an impact on the schedule and the completion date may have to go from its original December mark into the first or second week of January," Gallegos said.
Several people associated with the project did not feel comfortable bringing up the topic of how the voting took place, but indicated that the approval of the project came from information on the referendum.
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