Thursday, March 26, 2009

Utah State gets more athletic funding

File this under Just What The Other WAC Teams Need:

USU votes to increase athletics fees
Deseret News
March 24, 2009


Utah State University students voted in record numbers during the past two days and approved Tuesday the proposed $65 per semester increase to support Aggie Athletics.

Steven Russell, the ASUSU student advocate vice president, announced that voter turnout was 4,574 for the stand-alone referendum. In 2000, the USU student body voted for a new recreation center and only 1,400 students voted.

The referendum passed with 2,415 votes (53%) in favor and 2,159 (47%) against the proposed student athletic fee increase...

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The vote was fairly divided. Here's a Salt Lake Tribune article on the same subject.

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