Dear Editor,
Students will return from vacation to find themselves with a decision to make. Starting the second week of Winter Quarter, students will be able to vote on a referendum increasing the activity fee by $19.82 per student each quarter. After the hike, the cost for the campus activity fee will total $47.82.
The student activity fee increase will support UCSD financial aid needs for undergraduate students, the Sustainability Resource Center and A.S. Programming. The majority will go toward programming, student organizations, services and operations of the Associated Students with a total of 59.2 percent. UCSD financial aid needs will utilize 29 percent of the raise, while the remaining 11.8 percent will go to the creation, maintenance and operation of the Sustainability Resource Center.
Students can vote online at tritonlink.ucsd.edu and specific locations on campus beginning Jan. 12, 2009. For the referendum to pass, 20 percent of the undergraduate student majority must vote and if passed, the campus activity fee referendum will become effective starting Spring Quarter 2009. For more information regarding the A.S. campus activity fee referendum, visit as.ucsd.edu.