Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are voting this week on whether student fees should be raised to pay for reconstruction and upgrades of the two campus student unions.
If the referendum passes, segregated fees would go up 30 percent, or about $200 per student each year. The money would help pay to rebuild Union South and renovate Memorial Union.
The increase would make the university less affordable, said Ashok Kumar, a member of the Student Labor Action Coalition, a campus group opposed to the measure.