Marcu
      23,
      2005
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      CADRE
      e
      15
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Beyond
      Tuition:
      Student
      Capital
      Campaigns
      are
      a
      Time-Honoured,
      Controversial
      Tradition
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      William
      Wolfe-Wylie
     
     
      CUP
      Atlantic
      Bureau
      Chief
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SACKVILLE,
      N.B.
      (CUP)
      --
      Univer-
     
     
      sities
      across
      Canada
      have
      been
      asking
     
     
      students
      to
      contribute
      to
      capital
      cam-
     
     
      paigns
      for
      more
      than
      a
      decade.
      While
     
     
      the
      amounts
      vary
      from
      a
      mere
      $16
     
     
      million
      at
      the
      University
      of
      Western
     
     
      Ontario
      to
      an
      incredible
      $230
      million
     
     
      at
      Queen’s
      University,
      universities
     
     
      take
      a
      variety
      of
      steps
      to
      admit,
      or
      re-
     
     
      strict,
      student
      input
      on
      fee
      increases.
     
     
      But
      regardless
      of
      how
      it’s
      done,
      uni-
     
     
      versities
      are
      increasingly
      looking
      to
     
     
      students
      to
      help
      fund
      major
      capital
     
     
      projects.
     
    

    
     
      Major
      fundraising
      campaigns
      at
     
     
      Queen’s
      University,
      The
      University
      of
     
     
      Western
      Ontario,
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Alberta,
      The
      University
      of
      Regina,
      the
     
     
      University
      of
      New
      Brunswick
      and
     
     
      several
      others
      have
      collectively
      en-
     
     
      gaged
      in
      hundreds
      of
      millions
      of
      dol-
     
     
      lars
      worth
      of
      fundraising
      activity
      in
      the
     
     
      past
      two
      decades.
      But
      rather
      than
      ap-
     
     
      proaching
      the
      students
      directly
      for
     
     
      funds,
      these
      universities
      have
      used
      the
     
     
      students’
      unions
      as
      a
      go-between
      in
     
     
      order
      to
      assess
      student
      reaction
      to
      the
     
     
      fees.
      Studen
      reaction
      has
      been
      mixed.
     
     
      The
      University
      of
      Toronto’s
      student
     
     
      union
      sent
      their
      students
      to
      a
      referen-
     
     
      dum
      in
      the
      spring
      of
      2002
      asking
      all
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2007
      Grads
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ready
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ®
      Interview
      with
      recruiters
     
    
   
   
    
     
      designations
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      students
      to
      approve
      a
      $25
      per
      student
     
     
      fee.
      That
      fee,
      however,
      would
      nearly
     
     
      triple
      after
      most
      of
      those
      students
      had
     
     
      graduated,
      rising
      to
      $70
      three
      years
     
     
      later.
      That
      referendum
      was
      soundly
     
     
      defeated
      with
      78
      per
      cent
      of
      under-
     
     
      graduate
      students
      voting
      not
      to
      accept
     
     
      the
      increased
      fee.
     
    

    
     
      Queen’s
      University
      followed
      the
      pat-
     
     
      tern
      three
      years
      later
      in
      the
      spring
      of
     
     
      2005.
      In
      an
      attempt
      to
      help
      fund
      a
     
     
      massive
      $230
      million
      student
      life
      and
     
     
      athletic
      center,
      dubbed
      the
      Queen’s
     
     
      Center,
      students
      were
      asked
      to
      pro-
     
     
      vide
      $71
      per
      year
      for
      the
      first
      five
      years.
     
     
      After
      five
      years
      had
      passed,
      the
      fee
     
     
      would
      be
      increased
      to
      $141
      for
      an
      un-
     
     
      determined
      time
      frame
      until
      a
      total
      of
     
     
      $25
      million
      had
      been
      collected.
     
    

    
     
      The
      fee
      at
      Queen’s
      University
      was
     
     
      approved
      by
      approximately
      two
      thirds.
     
     
      Exact
      numbers
      are
      not
      available
      be-
     
     
      cause
      no
      specific
      votes
      were
      actually
     
     
      counted.
      Rather
      than
      hold
      a
      referen-
     
     
      dum
      on
      campus
      to
      measure
      student
     
     
      reaction,
      the
      student
      union
      made
      the
     
     
      motion
      part
      of
      their
      Annual
      General
     
     
      Meeting
      which
      was
      held
      in
      a
      room
     
     
      able
      to
      hold
      a
      maximum
      of
      800
      stu-
     
     
      dents.
      Queen’s
      University’s
      student
     
     
      population
      is
      approximately
      15,000.
     
     
      While
      the
      vote
      was
      constitutional
      as
     
     
      per
      the
      regulations
      of
      the
      union,
      it
     
     
      sparked
      protest
      and
      letters
      to
      the
      edi-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      September
      14
      and
      15,
      2006
     
     
      Wu
      Conference
      Centre
     
     
      University
      of
      New
      Brunswick,
     
     
      Fredericton
      campus
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tor
      of
      the
      university’s
      student
      news-
     
     
      paper,
      The
      Journal,
      arguing
      that
      since
     
     
      the
      meeting
      was
      held
      at
      the
      same
      time
     
     
      as
      some
      evening
      classes,
      some
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      were
      unable
      to
      attend
      and
      vote.
     
     
      The
      University
      of
      Western
      Ontario,
     
     
      however,
      is
      the
      only
      school
      to
      hold
      a
     
     
      capital
      campaign
      referendum
      which
     
     
      resulted
      in
      a
      lawsuit.
      Over
      five
      years
     
     
      between
      1991-96,
      students
      contrib-
     
     
      uted
      approximately
      $16
      million
      toward
     
     
      a
      new
      Student
      Life
      Center.
     
    

    
     
      This
      amount
      represented
      approxi-
     
     
      mately
      98
      per
      cent
      of
      the
      total
      con-
     
     
      struction
      costs.
      The
      Students’
      Union
     
     
      then
      launched
      a
      lawsuit
      against
      the
     
     
      university,
      arguing
      that
      since
      students
     
     
      had
      provided
      the
      vast
      majority
      of
      the
     
     
      funds
      to
      build
      the
      center,
      they
      should
     
     
      have
      the
      right
      to
      administer
      it
      and
      reap
     
     
      revenues
      from
      it.
     
    

    
     
      The
      lawsuit
      was
      successful,
      but
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      at
      Western
      now
      contribute
      ap-
     
     
      proximately
      $13
      per
      year
      in
      order
      to
     
     
      help
      pay
      for
      the
      mortgage
      the
      univer-
     
     
      sity
      had
      to
      take
      on
      in
      order
      to
      pay
      the
     
     
      remainder
      of
      the
      construction
      costs.
     
    

    
     
      In
      Atlantic
      Canada
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      New
      Brunswick
      is
      the
      latest
      to
      have
     
     
      announced
      a
      facilities-oriented
      fee
      for
     
     
      its
      students.
      In
      the
      spring
      of
      2005
      that
     
     
      university
      approached
      the
      students’
     
     
      union
      with
      a
      proposal
      to
      add
      a
      $175
     
     
      deferred
      maintenance
      fee
      to
      the
      stu-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dents
      of
      both
      the
      Fredericton
      and
      Saint
     
     
      John
      campuses,
      totaling
      approximately
     
     
      12,000
      students.
     
    

    
     
      The
      union
      agreed
      to
      the
      fee
      without
     
     
      referendum
      or
      forum
      but
      did
      not
      elicit
     
     
      any
      negative
      reaction
      from
      the
      student
     
     
      body.
      The
      incoming
      union
      in
      the
      fall
     
     
      of
      2005
      expressed
      their
      disappoint-
     
     
      ment
      that
      no
      action
      was
      taken
      to
      bring
     
     
      the
      issue
      to
      the
      students,
      but
      no
      fur-
     
     
      ther
      action
      has
      been
      taken.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mount
      Allison
      University
      will
      hold
      its
     
     
      referendum
      at
      nearly
      the
      same
      time
      as
     
     
      the
      University
      of
      Regina.
      Mt.
      A’s
      ref-
     
     
      erendum
      will
      take
      place
      on
      March
      30
     
     
      and
      31
      while
      the
      U
      of
      R’s
      will
      take
     
     
      place
      on
      March
      28,
      29
      and
      30.
      The
     
     
      University
      of
      Regina
      is
      putting
      forward
     
     
      a
      referendum
      to
      accept
      $30
      per
      year
     
     
      from
      students
      to
      a
      total
      of
      $3.3
      mil-
     
     
      lion
      which
      will
      go
      toward
      a
      new
      dou-
     
     
      ble
      hockey
      arena
      facility.
     
    

    
     
      Mt.
      A’s
      referendum
      question
      is
      cur-
     
     
      rently
      unclear.
      Originally
      scheduled
     
     
      for
      March
      23
      and
      24
      to
      vote
      on
      the
     
     
      approval
      of
      a
      $100
      levy
      ($15
      of
      which
     
     
      would
      go
      to
      the
      library
      and
      $85
      to
      the
     
     
      new
      student
      centre)
      it
      was
      postponed
     
     
      following
      negative
      student
      reaction.
     
     
      Instead,
      a
      survey
      on
      what
      students
      are
     
     
      willing
      to
      pay
      and
      to
      what
      cause
      will
     
     
      be
      held
      on
      those
      dates
      and
      the
      actual
     
     
      referendum
      on
      March
      30
      and
      31.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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