Western Front - 1991 May 14

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Western. Sutter said the board must remove warning stickers posted on and
near Penthouse, which read: "Research has shown magazines that objectify
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bookstore that the sale of Penthouse no longer be subjected to these false
and illegal restrictions, but that it be sold, openly in the same manner as any
other magazine, and that a corrective notice be published to the same
board's letter also invites the publishers of Penthouse to visit Western and
participate in a forum about First Amendment rights of publications, and
asking students if they favored retaining Penthouse, Playgirl and Playboy
magazines in the Student Co-Op Bookstore. The 1989-90 AS Board
removed the mag azines during spring quarter of last yearpending a student
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However, only the students voting to retain the magazines were able to vote
on point-of-sale information. Members of the AS Board who drafted the
referendum said it was assumed that any student voting to remove the
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fees may
increase
By Michele Thielke
staff reporter
S tudent fees could be elevated by
as much as $ 18 per quarter in the next
academic year.
A $3 increase in student activi­ties
fees, a proposed $5 increase to
student health service fees and a new
student building fee of $10 could be
added to student's bills next year.
That's an additional $54 for the aca­demic
year.
The $10 fee, recently approved
by the Associated Students Board,
will pay for renovations of the Viking
Union. This is the first time a building
fee has been imposed on Western
students.
At a meeting of the University
Services Council May 3, AS Board
member DeeAn Nakagawa, said the
renovations will combine the Viking
Addition and the Viking Union to
create more meeting rooms, put stu­dent
board offices in more accessible
locations and provide a central meet­ing
place with a friendly atmosphere
. for students.
Vice President for Residence Life
Tammy Daws expressed concern that
students were not asked if they were
willing to pay for the improvements.
She said there should have been a
referendum on the issue to make sure
students were in favor of the building
fee. Daws feared this fee is like
"taxation without representation."
Nakagawa said all discussions
on the issue were open to the public,
and the idea was discussed with the
Interhall Council.
Vice President of Student Affairs
Saundra Taylor said renovating the
VU has been an issue for the past five
years, when plans for the construc­tion
were first drawn. Taylor said
there was a referendum on the issue
five years ago that passed with over­whelming
support. The current plans
are no w out of date because of del ays.
Taylor said if students did not
pay for the renovations it would prob­ably
be about ten years before a stu­dent
building would have priority to
be constructed. State funds do notpay
for non-academic student-use build­ings.
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Nakagawa said the AS Board
decided the new $10 fee was to be
added to students bills for a time
period not to exceed 20 years.
The $5 increase to student health
service fees will provide a wellness
programming consultant, fund
wellness programs on campus and
support the Substance Abuse Center,
said Nathan Church, director of
Counseling/Health Services. The in­crease
might also make it possible to
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sports, page 11