Master Plan Voting

[Zeebart21]

Yes. (You're dealing with Boomer. He would like a detailed report and audit that would make an IRS auditor blush.)

What is it with these Tech people overly concerned with what we are doing at UL?? I dont get it.

Z

[Bandwagon King]

What is it with these Tech people overly concerned with what we are doing at UL?? I dont get it.

Z

Hey Z. Now that the plan passed, you no longer have to keep it under wraps. I heard they are going to officially introduce it as the Rey Authiment master plan & vision for the future. Could you give us a little drum roll & maybe bring out the pic one more time for posterity's sake. Isn't it wonderful to know your old mentor was the one behind the whole movement.

[CajunEXPRESS]

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.

CM you are probably right about the count, I thought it was closer to three hundred. I would think at least 90% voted for it, and those who did not probably did not vote against it. Most of these athletes have a boyfriend, girlfriend that they have a heavy influence on, say 50%. So there you have it 180 + 100 is more than the the balance. IMO no athletes not passing, so having Division One Sports pays for itself again and again for this university.

I never said that this was athlete driven, I said they were the difference, and I still maintain that.

[moorecajun]

Yes. (You're dealing with Boomer. He would like a detailed report and audit that would make an IRS auditor blush.)

Yep, he's stuck on the flytrap now!

[Zeebart21]

Hey Z. Now that the plan passed, you no longer have to keep it under wraps. I heard they are going to officially introduce it as the Rey Authiment master plan & vision for the future. Could you give us a little drum roll & maybe bring out the pic one more time for posterity's sake. Isn't it wonderful to know your old mentor was the one behind the whole movement.

Damn Kyle, we keep trying to exorcise the old bastige and you keep dredging him back up... I know he cringed when he found out that this had passed....
Cant wait for the "old guard" to be completely out of the doings of our fine University.

Z

[Cajunsmike]

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.

I thought Tech's fee increase was related to only their field house project, not a master plan like we are moving forward with.

[moorecajun]

Isn't everybody excited. This by far, is the best time in the history of the University of Louisiana, and we are here to witness and be a part of it!

God bless America and Louisiana!

[Hammer58]

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.

Is this a fee in perpetuity or does it have a finite run?

[CajunEXPRESS]

Is this a fee in perpetuity or does it have a finite run?

Hammer I read in the thread that the fee will run until it is repealed. So it pretty much will go on forever. At some point they will have to increase the value to keep up with inflation, and that is probably when it might get repealed.

Long term athletics need an independent source of revenue, and so does academics. We can no longer count on the state for much help cause God knows there is a horse ranch in Rapids parish that needs to be included on some politicians slush fund list, I mean economic development list.

[Just1More]

Isn't everybody excited. This by far, is the best time in the history of the University of Louisiana, and we are here to witness and be a part of it!

God bless America and Louisiana!

This is a monumental step change event. It is a massive financial lift for the university and the Acadiana community.

As a move going forward, I see this as an opportunity for alumni and the community to be investment partners with the UL students. The dollars that will circulate in the local economy as a result of this vote, are significantly meaningful to the community. When "all things UL" become presented to the community at-large, we need to participate, invest, support and help in every way available. The students have voted to support UL. The rebound effect from the community needs to quadruple that commitment.

I would announce this to the area community as a commitment that UL students recognized and made as an investment in Lafayette and Acadiana, not just UL. Local businesses need to reciprocate and provide even greater support to UL and UL students.