CSUN UPDATE: STUDENTS WILL TAKE BACK FOOTBALL FUNDING.Byline: - Jill Painter The Cal State Northridge students will take back some or all of the money generated for football from a 1995 fee referendum and redirect it to other student activities. ``That's a guarantee - we're just trying to figure out how much,'' said Tari Hunter, CSUN's student body president. That could be a lot - somewhere in the neighborhood of $480,000 - which would be a blow to the athletic department. The fee referendum of $27 per semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s was passed by students and $9 was allocated for football. The school eliminated the football program because of budget concerns and an athletic deficit that is projected to reach $1 million in a few years. The operating budget Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. for the football program was $1.2 million. The school figured it would cover the budget deficit by cutting the program. Athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Dick Dull and president Jolene Koester Jolene Koester is the president of California State University, Northridge. The California State University Board of Trustees announced her appointment as president on November 16, 1999, and she took office as the fourth president of the University on July 1, 2000. were out of town on business on Friday and were unavailable for comment. ``These are the things that I know that we have been trying to bring to the attention of the administration since the thing began,'' CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge football coach Jeff Kearin said. ``The students spoke loud and clear that they wanted football and that was largely ignored. ``It seemed to me as I went through it in my simple mind with the simple facts I FACTS I Federal Agencies' Centralized Trial-Balance System had - and again I was denied a lot of information I asked for - that with reduced revenue from us and reduced revenue generated from student fees, that this athletic department is in the same shape as it was or worse.'' |
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