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Originally Posted by Nlkko
Ignorant. You're seriously think buildings are built, renovated based on your little pathetic AMS fee? Please stop talking. The majority of funds upgrading your little "shack" in endowment lands come from UBC administration's fund raising and of course some rip off from student tuition fees (read: Henry Angus's renovation scandal).
Meanwhile, part of the AMS fees are used to funds service like $140 PER WALK. Is this a campus or a 5-star resort? To think that most of that amount is to pay administration who run the programs..
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That part of my post was meant to cover all fees: AMS, faculty-specific undergrad and miscellaneous fees taken on top of tuition. My fault for not specifying that.
Of course the majority of the funds for construction/renovations of buildings should be and is covered by the University, government, fundraising, private sector and private individual. With that there is no doubt. However, undergrad societies also take a small fee for construction or improvement of faculty buildings (ex. the new ESS/EUS building).
On a side note, I agree that $140 is a bit steep for one walk and there's gotta be a better way to administer the program--because it is an important program. Spending a little bit of cash to save one girl from getting raped is worth a little more than $140, don't you agree? If there is a more efficient and effective way to have more Walks with the same budget then I'm all for it.
Either way, both our positions are clear and there's probably no changing that. I'm satisfied with the variety, access and level of service I'm getting from UBC.