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"Our fees an* already going up because we're sin dents. and our tuition is already going up Noxx. simply by the far t we live in housing, we're Iwing asked to subsi dize the University Mn hard Fvster. I 'mversity Housing dirts lor. said. "I don't like to charge mv residents more than I have to." but said he understands xs its tile l Iniversity is assessing his depart ment the $300,000 fee Although the housing is entirely self-supporting and ret eives no money from either tuition or taxes, il does rely on tin* University to provide i ertain administrative serx ices such as human resources administration, budgeting and bookkeeping. And as the l diversity fat es the groxx mg budget short fall caused hy 1 Odd's Ballot Measure 5. it most look lo oth er sources for revenue. Fvster said "The tbs ision makers are faced xx ith a terrible dilemma." he said "I have to assume that this xvas the least unpalat able option of several unpalatable options " Forrest doesn’t buy that argument "If that's the limited scope of their thinking, then they not'd to think harder." she said "This would he well and good if we were some of the richest students on tampus." she saitl. "As a matter of fatrt. it's like a reverse sliding scale. Most of us are among the poorest students on campus." Todd Newman-Barnhart of the Westmoreland Tenant’s Council and co-chairman of the Family Housing Board, said the decision to charge the $300,000 fee "isn't made on any sort of sound study." "I don't know what tiasis it's made on." he said. "Nonethe less. they're assessing it. and the more I think about it, the more unfair it seems to me." Newman-Barnhart said the University Budget Office t»uld not provide him with specific costs for the support the Uni versity provides, and he said he believes tin* $300,000 fig ure is merely on "educated guess." Forrest, a graduate student in International studies, echoed that sentiment. "When xve have actually pressed them for specifics (and asked). 'How much do we cost?,’ they don't know," she said "Most of their rationale so far has not been something they tan show us on paper They’re asking us to totally trust them on this, and I’m sorry. I don’t." However. Dan Williams. University vice-president for ‘It's really distressful. Most of us do not get help from home. We live on student loans and are supporting dependants.’ — Nancy Forrest, Amazon Tenant's Council administration, said the $300,000 "is a vurv legitimate expense." Williams said that, in the past, tin* University has not charged the full < os! of serv ices it provides. "Now that the University < onlinues to have this finan cial crisis, it s been decided that we ought to recover some ol the indiret t costs the University incurs" in providing administrative support, Williams said. Williams at knowledged that the $300,000 figure is not based upon any clearly documented costs, but said. "I'm sure the housing department enjoys more than $300,000 worth of benefits from the indirect services the institution provides." Williams said the University plans to study the actual costs during the 1093-94 school year "When we get a (dearer definition." he said, "my guess is the amounts will lie larger. It doesn't necessarily mean that we'll collect those" Forrest said some housing administrators have told her that several departments are being asked to do their share in the wake of Measure 5 cutbacks and that accepting the assessment is the housing department's "duty." "It's like this patriotic thing,” she said. "They're saying because we live in housing it’s our patriotic duty Hut it's not our duty We're already paving more — we're students "It would lx- like only taxing athletes, or only taxing peo ple who take Spanish," she said. Williams said he understands why some people are unhappy with the increase. "It lends itself to a lot of misunderstanding." Williams said "When you have never done it before, and you start doing it and it s reflected in people’s (rental ) rates, the response is VVhat the hell is going on?' " Kystur said he fears the increase will force some students to leave the University. "Many of these people are. in fact, living in poverty and have come to the University as a means of pulling them selves and their families out of poverty through education.” he said "At one point. they thought an education was within their grasp, and they had a possible means of pulling themselves out of poverty. Now. for at least some of our residents, they don't see a way they an- going to he able to continue," Evster said Forrest said many students in family housing do not have similar financial means as other students. "It's really distressful." she said. "Most of us do not get help from home. We live on student loans and are supporting dependants." Forrest also criticized the University for "(lacking away from its mandate to provide low-income housing for stu dent families." Forrest said she's aware of one Amazon tenant who sub lets her apartment and. with her five children, lives in a tent during the summer. Forrest said the woman receives no financial aid during the summer and cannot afford to pay her rent.