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The Banana Slugs are in peril!
http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_29738136/uc-santa-cruz-vote-whether-cut-ncaa-programUC Santa Cruz students will once again decide whether they want to pay a significantly higher fee to support their university's intercollegiate sports program in an online poll open to students from May 11 to May 16. The results of the poll will be released May 27.
If a simple majority of voters want to see intercollegiate athletics continue, a fee proposal will be taken to students in spring 2017 for a vote....
UCSC students currently pay $15 a year to support the university's NCAA program. The university considered phasing out intercollegiate athletics altogether in 2013, but instead opted to provide a $1 million annual subsidy until 2017, hoping the supplemental income would give the department time to find alternative funding.
Two years ago, campus Provost Alison Galloway informed the athletics office that it would need to transition from central campus funds to a funding model that relies solely on student fees. However, in February 2015, students voted against a $351 annual fee that would have provided the UCSC Athletics Department with an estimated $3.55 million in additional funding.
If a simple majority of voters want to see intercollegiate athletics continue, a fee proposal will be taken to students in spring 2017 for a vote....
UCSC students currently pay $15 a year to support the university's NCAA program. The university considered phasing out intercollegiate athletics altogether in 2013, but instead opted to provide a $1 million annual subsidy until 2017, hoping the supplemental income would give the department time to find alternative funding.
Two years ago, campus Provost Alison Galloway informed the athletics office that it would need to transition from central campus funds to a funding model that relies solely on student fees. However, in February 2015, students voted against a $351 annual fee that would have provided the UCSC Athletics Department with an estimated $3.55 million in additional funding.
Fiat Slug! I suspect that if they did a GoFundMe with the theme "Save The Banana Slugs!", they could not only fund the program, but get some national publicity and recognition for UCSC.
