SA passes referendum, students elect SA senators

Mandatory Student Activity Fee increased after SA vote

<p>Students approved a $4.75 increase to the mandatory student activity fee during last week’s referendum vote, while only nine senators were elected for the 12-person Senate which oversees those funds.</p>

Students approved a $4.75 increase to the mandatory student activity fee during last week’s referendum vote, while only nine senators were elected for the 12-person Senate which oversees those funds.

The Student Association’s mandatory student activity fee will now be $109 starting fall 2019, according to SA President Gunnar Haberl.

Students elected nine Student Association senators, kept the fee mandatory and increased the fee by $4.25 in SA’s senate election and referendum vote this week.

Between Tuesday and Thursday, 966 students voted in the election, 931 voted whether to keep the fee and 866 voted on the fee increase, according to Haberl.

Of the students who voted on the referendum, 817 voted to keep the fee and 114 voted to discontinue it. Six hundred sixty-four students voted to increase the fee and 202 voted not to.

The elected senators are Omaran Albarazanchi, Daniel Mark Connolly, Hayden Gise, Kendra Harris, Shelbi Molin, Rodney Payamps, Nicholas Singh, Erikah Vilceus and Eric Weinman.

The SA Senate requires 12 senators to function. Haberl said he will fill the remaining three seats with approval from the assembly.

Max Kalnitz is the senior news editor and can be reached at max.kalnitz@ubspectrum.com

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