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Proposed segregated fee changes draw criticism (UW-EC Spectator)

All UW System chancellors received copies Monday of a proposed segregated fees policy that could alter what student organizations can and cannot do with state funds.

A committee of System administrators and students met Nov. 7 to discuss minor changes to the System’s current policies regarding the use of student segregated fees and to condense the two current policies into one document, said UW-Eau Claire Student Senate President Ray French, a member of the committee.

A group of UW-Madison students attended the meeting in opposition to the consolidated policy. But French said the committee was only voting in favor of sending the policy to schools for comment, and he doesn’t think the proposal restricts the student voic