University fees fund programs and provide benefits to students
Taniah Tudor
Issue date: 9/5/08 Section: News
Safe Ride and Razorback Readership are both ASG programs but are funded by separate fees. Safe Ride provides students a safe way to avoid situations like walking home in the dark or being without a sober ride home. The Razorback Readership Program provides national and local papers on campus to students free of charge.
Students also pay a health fee, which pays for a number of free services provided by the Pat Walker Health Center, such as office visits, pregnancy and other counseling, confidential HIV testing, diabetes education and consultations with nutritionists, according to the Web site.
"The student health fee makes health care available," Tonyan said. "A lot of students wouldn't have access to health care without it being available on campus."
Though as a graduate student Tonyan is exempt from most student fees, he said he thought several of the fees were helpful to students.
"One of the things I have been impressed with is the transit system and that the UA encourages public transit and for people not to rely so much on cars," he said.
For their transit fee, students pay a $2.41 a credit hour, which helps fund the Razorback Transit System, providing free transportation to locations on and off campus yearlong.
"[The transit system] offers students the ability to explore Fayetteville and all it has to offer, instead of being trapped on campus," Norman said.
Norman also said he thinks it's great that off-campus students can use the transit system.
"I just wish they would expand the routes," he said. "The closest it comes is like two miles from my house."
A fee that has caused controversy, however, is the health, physical education and recreation fee, which is mandated by the board of trustees to support physical education activities and programs in the HPER. Students are given free access to use the facilities provided in the HPER, such as the fitness center.
"I don't use the HPER at all, [and] especially a proposed plan for building a new one would probably increase fees," Norman said. "I would not be for that at all."
Students also pay a health fee, which pays for a number of free services provided by the Pat Walker Health Center, such as office visits, pregnancy and other counseling, confidential HIV testing, diabetes education and consultations with nutritionists, according to the Web site.
"The student health fee makes health care available," Tonyan said. "A lot of students wouldn't have access to health care without it being available on campus."
Though as a graduate student Tonyan is exempt from most student fees, he said he thought several of the fees were helpful to students.
"One of the things I have been impressed with is the transit system and that the UA encourages public transit and for people not to rely so much on cars," he said.
For their transit fee, students pay a $2.41 a credit hour, which helps fund the Razorback Transit System, providing free transportation to locations on and off campus yearlong.
"[The transit system] offers students the ability to explore Fayetteville and all it has to offer, instead of being trapped on campus," Norman said.
Norman also said he thinks it's great that off-campus students can use the transit system.
"I just wish they would expand the routes," he said. "The closest it comes is like two miles from my house."
A fee that has caused controversy, however, is the health, physical education and recreation fee, which is mandated by the board of trustees to support physical education activities and programs in the HPER. Students are given free access to use the facilities provided in the HPER, such as the fitness center.
"I don't use the HPER at all, [and] especially a proposed plan for building a new one would probably increase fees," Norman said. "I would not be for that at all."
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