By Timothy Sandoval

Associated Students Inc. President Terry Martin switched his position from encouraging ASI to draft a resolution on student fee increases that support athletics and The State Hornet to stating that he was not sure ASI should take a position on the fees.

Organized by Jayme Fraser

This is the final edition of a four-part series exploring the possible effects of more than $32 million in budget cuts to Montana's higher education over the next two years.

This part tells about the Bitterroot College Program, which is a fledgling satellite campus designed to revive a neighboring community. The analysis shows how budget cuts could crush people's dreams of expanding the new campus to match its enrollment, which has doubled in the last year.

Organized by Jayme Fraser

This is the third edition of a four-part series exploring the possible effects of more than $32 million in budget cuts to Montana's higher education over the next two years.

This part explores unique challenges that the College of Technology satellite campus faces and the hope provided by the state's bonding bill.

Organized by Jayme Fraser

This is the second edition of a four-part series exploring the possible effects of more than $32 million in budget cuts to Montana's higher education over the next two years.

By Jayme Fraser

This is the first article of a four-part series exploring the possible effects of more than $32 million in budget cuts to Montana's higher education over the next two years.

The Montana Senate is expected to vote on the state's budget this week before sending it to the governor for approval. This topic has been difficult to nail down because the legislature has authority only to dictate how much the regents receive, not how they appropriate the funds, and the regents don't want to reveal their cards until the session is over.

By Jayme Fraser

They want to change the world.

And they want to do it with money from student fees.

Last Spring, Montana Public Interest Research Group told University of Montana students that for just $5 a semester, they would combat rising textbook prices, fight for higher education funding, guard the environment and protect consumers from corporate greed.

Why not? They'd done it before.

By Timothy Sandoval

Student activity fees that support the Sacramento State athletics program have become its largest source of revenue, outpacing dwindling direct and indirect university support.

Student activity fee revenue made up $4.5 million, or 29 percent of total athletics revenue.

By Frannie Sprouls, edited by Kiah Haslett

In 2009, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Residence Hall Association took away trays from the student dining hall, citing finances and a push for sustainability. But two years after the fact, the effects of the trayless system have proved nearly impossible to measure because of the way the dining hall keeps information about utilities, food waste and food orders.

By Chelsea Boozer

Student paid fees fund tuition for SAC, SGA officer
This first article in this series examined the perks of undergraduate administration, including paid tuition, parking and stipends for six full-time students totaling $68,752 and funded by The U of M’s Student Activity Fee, a mandatory charge included in student tuition. In addition we found this was approved by University administration each year.*

By Jayme Fraser

This article examines plans by the architects and administration at the University of Montana to promote a campus building project that depends on federal funding. The $15 million project requires a $5 million earmark, or plus-up, to be approved by Congress, bringing the university's total request to $14.25 million for fiscal year 2012. The plan would fulfill a 13-year-old building project to create new journalism and forestry buildings.