Master Plan Voting

[Just1More]

Awesome! They will not regret the investment.

[SlappyCajun]

Why this is huge. Consider this. What if 12,000 (my guess at the number of students that take 15 hours or more) alumni announced tomorrow that they were each going to give over $225 annually in capital contributions to the University to further campus facilities. In other words, the University will receive a capital contribution of over 2,000,000.00 every semester.

This is huge indeed. Great news indeed. Now if alumni make a similar contribution we would really be on our way.

[cajunhawk]

Thumbs up students!!!

[Frenchie35]

Good to know a majority of students aren't knuckleheads

About 9000 are knuckleheads. That's a majority of the student body........screw the vote.......

[Cajunsmike]

IMO this is a low number, less than 20%. At least 10% are athletes who will benefit. Surprised that so few care, and that means in a free land, a low vote says most people are very happy with whatever you, the majority wants.

There are about 200 student athletes. They make up about 1% of the student body. 3000 students represents about 19% of the total enrollment. If all 200 athletes voted, they were 6% of the amount voting. Athletes only did not drive this. The SGA endorsement is what got it passed in my view.

[Boomer]

proud of the students today

---I guess after UNO and Monroe voted theirs down that I couldn't expect a blow out YES --but I will take it---tech passed theirs and I am not sure about percentages!!! Would love to talk to the NOers of the student body and ask why their negative vote!!!

[ULvictory]

---I guess after UNO and Monroe voted theirs down that I couldn't expect a blow out YES --but I will take it---tech passed theirs and I am not sure about percentages!!! Would love to talk to the NOers of the student body and ask why their negative vote!!!

A lot of the "no" voters probably had the mindset of "why should I vote for a tuition increase if I'm going to be long gone to see the improvements?" I guess it's sort of the "where does this benefit me" attitude. They just see TUITION INCREASE, yet most fail to realize that even with the tuition increase, the cost of tuition is still one of the cheapest in the country.

[TechAlum05]

---I guess after UNO and Monroe voted theirs down that I couldn't expect a blow out YES --but I will take it---tech passed theirs and I am not sure about percentages!!! Would love to talk to the NOers of the student body and ask why their negative vote!!!

Monroe's students voted down their fees by a slim margin the last couple of years. I think Tech passed their student self-assessed fee last Spring by an overwhelming margin, something like an 80-20 vote in favor.

[Tripple Threat]

A lot of the "no" voters probably had the mindset of "why should I vote for a tuition increase if I'm going to be long gone to see the improvements?" I guess it's sort of the "where does this benefit me" attitude. They just see TUITION INCREASE, yet most fail to realize that even with the tuition increase, the cost of tuition is still one of the cheapest in the country.

We dealt with same thing with library upgrade, we won't be here to see it. The wiser voters stepped up. It's a hard choice for young 20 something's, but like everyone else is saying... This rocks!

[DocCajun]

Wow, I am truly surprised. I thought no way this would pass. This is great news!

[SlappyCajun]

Boomer -

Also I think the fees were different at each school

[TechAlum05]

Boomer -

Also I think the fees were different at each school

The fees at ULM and Tech were different.

Louisiana Tech's student self-assessed fee in 2012 was focused on demolishing three old men's dorms, improving parking, developing green spaces, and creating a new intramural field to replace one that was eliminated when the Intramural Center was expanded recently.

The fee ULM tried to push in 2011 was a $130/semester "student fee" which was essentially an athletic fee with a very small token fee for "campus beautification" and arts programs attached to it. That fee failed. The fees ULM tried to push a year later was a $65/semester fee to create a new outdoor recreational facility (like Tech did recently with their new swimming pools at the Intramural Center) and a $25/semester fee to renovate the existing natatorium into an event center for the YMCA. That fee also failed.