Student fees
During Tuesday’s Student Senate meeting, the Senate Finance Committee discussed Portland State’s summer fee. Currently, undergraduates pay $100 during the summer if they take a full load. On the other hand, graduate students pay slightly less when they take a full load of nine credits.
The SFC is exploring the possibility of changing this disparity by determining whether grad students taking only nine credits should pay the same amount as undergrads taking 12 credits.
The Finance Committee discussed the possibility of creating a non-profit lottery for PSU students that would operate in a many ways like the Oregon lottery, but remain restricted to the PSU campus. The winnings, whatever it amounts to, could be split between 10 students whose names are drawn. One senator referred to this as a “backdoor scholarship.”
Student code of conduct
Senators Adam Rehmlow and Jake Fenski are still working on adding a clause to the student code of conduct that addresses cyber-bullying. They are waiting to hear back from Dean of Student Affairs Michele Toppe.