Fees
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But what many students don’t ful
ly realize is that because their inci
dental fees fund the existence of
student groups on campus, they do
not have to pay to attend student
group events.
Jackie Ray, president of the
2002-03 ASUO Student Senate,
said there is a rule that prohibits
PFC-funded programs from requir
ing students to pay admission to
attend fee-supported events. Ray
added the rule has only been in
place a few years, but it’s neces
sary to protect students from dou
ble taxation.
Forcing students to pay a ticket
price to attend events actually ex
tracts money from student atten
dees twice because incidental fees
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“Double-charging a student is not
the way to increase participation,”
Ray said. “I think if they knew it was
free, it would bring a lot more peo
ple out.”
While the senate and many stu
dent group leaders are aware of the
rule, the student body has not been
well-educated on the policy. For in
stance, the #15-per-person Hawaii
Club Luau is free for fee-paying
students — the admission cost is
actually just a suggested donation
for students.
The gap between those involved
in student politics who know the
rule and the largely uniformed stu
dent population is partially caused
by student groups’ promotional
materials. PFC-funded groups are
not required to inform the public
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that their ticket prices are unen
forceable.
Ray said the 2002-03 senators
did not take it upon themselves to
launch a campaign to raise stu
dent awareness on this issue be
cause it was not in their jurisdic
tion; the senate is primarily a
fee-allocating body.
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do is just promote
our culture"
Marco Lee
CTSA vice president
Andrea Eide, a University fresh
man and performer in the Hawaii
Club Luau, said she was floored
when she learned about the rule.
“I had no clue,” Eide said.
She added that had she known
ticket prices advertised on promo
tional materials are actually only
supposed to be suggested donations,
she would have attended many
more student events and taken the
opportunity to enjoy the benefits of
her student incidental fee.
Chinese Taiwanese Student Asso
ciation President Vickee Liang said
student groups will have a hard time
operating if they are forced to adver
tise their ticket prices as suggested
donations. She added that ticket
revenue is an important source of
income for student groups, and
without it, the groups will go into se
r
nous deficit trying to pay the high
costs associated with putting on
events.
GTSA Vice President Marco Lee
also argues that letting students get
into events for free will cause prob
lems. Marco said GTSA depends
heavily on volunteers to put on Chi
na Night, the group’s biggest event of
the year, and lures in its volunteers
by promising them free tickets to
the event.
Lee said he is worried that with
out this incentive, the group will not
be able to find a sufficient number
of volunteers and the quality of the
event will suffer.
“What we are trying to do is just
promote our culture,” Lee said.
“We’re not making money.”
Paul Manokore, co-director of the
International Student Association,
said his group is aware of the rule
and has no objections to letting stu
dents attend International Night for
free. For example, Manokore said
more than 50 people watched the
show free of charge this year from
an overflow room.
However, because International
Night sells out year after year and
occupancy restrictions in the EMU
Ballroom limit the number of peo
ple at the event, students who pay
have a better chance of getting into
the ballroom.
“We don’t bar anyone from at
tending the show itself, but we give
first priority to ticket-paying peo
ple,” Manokore said.
Tim Gleason, dean of the School
of Journalism and Communica
tion, said even though the student
government and the student
groups take the rule into consider
ation, it is unethical to allow stu
dent groups to advertise ticket
prices without explaining they are
suggested donations. He said ad
vertisers have an obligation to ful
ly inform consumers about what it
is they’re paying for, and commer
cial messages having the potential
to mislead consumers, such as stu
dent groups’ promotional materials
for events, are unethical.
“It’s deceptive to not make that
clear,” Gleason said.
Ray said the 2003-04 ASUO will
need to incorporate this issue into
its drive to represent the interests
of students next school year. She
said the main difficulty will be in
forming students about the stu
dent incidental fee process and
helping them understand where
their money goes.
Ray added that with all the wor
ries and troubles associated with life
as a college student, most University
community members don’t have
the time or attention span to inves
tigate the payoff they get from the
student incidental fee.
“I don’t think students realize
they pay for the programs and can
take the opportunity to explore
what our campus has to offer them,
free of charge,” Ray said.
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