The Arts and Science Federation of Associations held a referendum to have their own 60 cent per credit fee levy, which would benefit associations under their umbrella.
The referendum, held from Oct. 29 to 31, will be tallied by the night of Oct. 31. Associations will then be able to get their funding, if the question passes.
At this point they do not have any funding.
“The fees will be directly billed to the students by the university,” said
Donald Boisvert, Concordia’s dean of students.
Last year, a referendum was held in March 2001 to give ASFA its own funding, but the question was defeated by 19 votes. The CSU refused to give ASFA funding unless it was in the form of a loan. ASFA council rejected the offer and said that there was no way they could repay the loan.
“The CSU was operating in bad faith,” said Riccardo Filippone, VP finance for ASFA.
Both Filippone and Boisvert pointed out that every other undergraduate student pays fees to a faculty association. Up to this point, only art and science students did not have a faculty association fee.
“The ASFA fee is the lowest fee for all the undergraduates,” said Filippone.
Other faculties pay higher fees to their associations. Students from the Fine Arts and Student Alliance (FASA) pay $1 per credit, the Engineering and Computer Science Association (ECA) pay $2.66 per credit and the Commerce and Administration Student Association pays $5.00 per credit.
Additional reporting by Diana Thibeault.
The referendum, held from Oct. 29 to 31, will be tallied by the night of Oct. 31. Associations will then be able to get their funding, if the question passes.
At this point they do not have any funding.
“The fees will be directly billed to the students by the university,” said
Donald Boisvert, Concordia’s dean of students.
Last year, a referendum was held in March 2001 to give ASFA its own funding, but the question was defeated by 19 votes. The CSU refused to give ASFA funding unless it was in the form of a loan. ASFA council rejected the offer and said that there was no way they could repay the loan.
“The CSU was operating in bad faith,” said Riccardo Filippone, VP finance for ASFA.
Both Filippone and Boisvert pointed out that every other undergraduate student pays fees to a faculty association. Up to this point, only art and science students did not have a faculty association fee.
“The ASFA fee is the lowest fee for all the undergraduates,” said Filippone.
Other faculties pay higher fees to their associations. Students from the Fine Arts and Student Alliance (FASA) pay $1 per credit, the Engineering and Computer Science Association (ECA) pay $2.66 per credit and the Commerce and Administration Student Association pays $5.00 per credit.
Additional reporting by Diana Thibeault.
