Campus Life Council: Poorman lauds group for fee action
By JASON McFARLEY
News Writer
Campus Life Council members read a letter Monday from Father Mark Poorman, thanking them for research on and support of the recent student activity fee increase.
In the March 21 letter, Poorman, vice president for Student Affairs, congratulated the Council for approving a resolution in favor of the increase, calling the measure a "worthy initiative."
University officers last month unanimously approved the proposed $15 hike.
"The officers agreed with your findings that the proposed funding increase would benefit the student body in a number of important ways," Poorman wrote to then-Student Body President Brooke Norton, who chairs the CLC through May 1.
The increase raises the current $65 fee for undergraduates to $80 annually.
Poorman said because of the importance of the issue, he was able to rush passage of the measure but that student government officials would have to ensure in the future that proposals involving financial matters reach his desk earlier in the year in order to coincide with the University's budget cycle.
In other news at Monday's brief meeting, members received in their agenda packet a Student Senate resolution supporting the petition calling for Notre Dame to reverse planned changes to the alcohol policy. The Senate on April 15 passed the resolution and forwarded it to the CLC, who took no action on the measure Monday.
Student leaders began the petition last week and have unofficially collected more than 4,000 signatures.
The CLC's last regular meeting is April 29. On that date, members expect to finish task force work by presenting either reports or resolutions. Task forces this year have focused on four issues: alcohol use and abuse, off-campus living, student-administrator communication and campus community.
All News Stories for Tuesday, April 16, 2002
