Texas State Recieves $1.3 Million Donation....

FirefightnRick · February 25, 2008

Regents name sports annex for donor, approve fee hike

Feb. 22, 2008

SAN MARCOS – The Athletic Administration Annex at Texas State University-San Marcos has been named in honor of Texas State alumnus and benefactor Darren Casey.

The Texas State University System Board of Regents, meeting in Beaumont Thursday and Friday, Feb. 21 and 22, approved renaming the building the Darren Casey Athletics Administration Complex.

Casey recently donated $1.3 million to Texas State, with $1 million to be used to advance Texas State’s athletic program and $300,000 to support the Darren Casey Endowed Professorship in the Emmett and Miriam McCoy College of Business Administration at Texas State.

Casey is a 1981 graduate of Texas State and head of Darren Casey Interests, Inc., a diversified real estate development company based in San Antonio.

The regents also approved an increase in the fee students pay to support the intercollegiate athletic program at Texas State.

The measure allows the university to increase the student athletic fee by $2 per semester credit hour beginning in the fall semester of 2009. The fee will continue to increase $2 per semester credit hour per year through 2013. By that time, students will be paying more than $10 million per year to support Bobcat athletics.

Texas State students gave their overwhelming support of the incremental increase in athletic fees during a student referendum held Feb. 12 and 13. The proposal passed 4,738-1,214.

The Athletics Strategic Planning Committee, appointed by Texas State President Denise M. Trauth in May 2007 and chaired by Frost Bank Senior Vice President John Schott, made several specific recommendations regarding athletics at Texas State. Those recommendations include maintaining academic success, facilities improvements, establishing competitive success in all programs, increasing attendance at athletic events and eventually moving the university’s football program from the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision to the higher Football Bowl Subdivision. The NCAA currently has a temporary moratorium on schools moving within football subdivisions.

Increased funding for athletics is seen as a key to implement the recommendations of the committee.

LoveMG · February 25, 2008

Regents approve fee hike
Feb. 22, 2008
SAN MARCOS –
The regents also approved an increase in the fee students pay to support the intercollegiate athletic program at Texas State.
The measure allows the university to increase the student athletic fee by $2 per semester credit hour beginning in the fall semester of 2009. The fee will continue to increase $2 per semester credit hour per year through 2013. By that time, students will be paying more than $10 million per year to support Bobcat athletics.

someone please send copy to BOR and RV.

Edited February 25, 2008 by LoveMG

FirefightnRick · February 25, 2008

someone please send copy to BOR and RV.

And that's extra extra money for them too(the $10 Million by 2013) because they already have a nice football facility with a very nice, new endzone complex to go with it. They may only have to add some seats down the road but not now, plus they already have baseball. Many think the donation will be going towards a new baseball complex. By 2013 they will have a similar enrollment as NT and have all of their facilities well in place.

Rick

greenminer · February 25, 2008

someone please send copy to BOR and RV.

nonononono, all they will do is say we have a model to watch for 10 years...to see if it actually works. They'll want to verify if Texas State loses any students.

_{feels like the world is passing us above while administration is content to sit and watch it from the bottom of our metaphorical sea floor.}

ADLER · February 25, 2008

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT NORTH TEXAS NEEDS TO DO!

UNTflyer · February 25, 2008

$10 million a year. They are going to blow right by us in funding.

Is it time for UNT fans to do something? Petition the Board of Regents, perhaps?

emmitt01 · February 25, 2008

$10 million a year. They are going to blow right by us in funding.
Is it time for UNT fans to do something? Petition the Board of Regents, perhaps?

Save your breath. RV is already on record as saying a student fee increase is not gonna happen.

Let's just enjoy being 3rd in enrollment and soon to be about 10th in facilities.

Edited February 25, 2008 by emmitt01

Mean Green 93-98 · February 25, 2008

Question: Who first suggested the fee increase at Texas State? It sounds like the students did, then the BOR approved it.

I know that the students at UNT have rejected athletics fee increases, but what if SA were to get something like this started?

UNTflyer · February 25, 2008

Question: Who first suggested the fee increase at Texas State? It sounds like the students did, then the BOR approved it.
I know that the students at UNT have rejected athletics fee increases, but what if SA were to get something like this started?

The SGA may be the way to go. I just emailed my student senators from COBA, asking one of them to consider proposing a bill to do exactly what Texas State has done: impose a modest $2 per hour student athletic fee, and increasing $2 a semester for two additional years. if it doesn't happen, I'm throwing my hat in the ring for the next election.

I've been thinking about this ever since it became known that there will be no student fee. It's time someone did something proactive. I may fail in my efforts, but at least I can say I tried.

February 25, 2008

The SGA may be the way to go. I just emailed my student senators from COBA, asking one of them to consider proposing a bill to do exactly what Texas State has done: impose a modest $2 per hour student athletic fee, and increasing $2 a semester for two additional years. if it doesn't happen, I'm throwing my hat in the ring for the next election.
I've been thinking about this ever since it became known that there will be no student fee. It's time someone did something proactive. I may fail in my efforts, but at least I can say I tried.

I am not exactly sure why you seem to think that there will not be an increase in the student fees proposed. Everyone recognizes it is necessary, it is just a matter of timing it right.

FirefightnRick · February 25, 2008

I am not exactly sure why you seem to think that there will not be an increase in the student fees proposed. Everyone recognizes it is necessary, it is just a matter of timing it right.

It's because the AD has stated that it's not going to happen, that it's out of the question. Of course I have no idea on whether or not the BOR has been approached about it with the same fervor as ADLER has so directly pointed out on the VIP board. If then his statements of FACTS as he has written them out were presented to the BOR and then the BOR still were not receptive to the idea of imposing a student fee to get this project off the ground then it's dead in the water and we will have to find funding for it some other way, possibly waiting for the capital campaign to takes it's snail of a slow pace?

Rick

Eagle1855 · February 25, 2008

Question: Who first suggested the fee increase at Texas State? It sounds like the students did, then the BOR approved it.
I know that the students at UNT have rejected athletics fee increases, but what if SA were to get something like this started?

In my experiences, Texas State students generally have more school spirit than UNT students, so it wouldn't surprise me if this were a student initiative.

GreenAlums · February 25, 2008

Save your breath. RV is already on record as saying a student fee increase is not gonna happen.

To defend RV a bit here, I thought I heard him say "rather not" or "unless we absolutely had to" kind of references to increased student fees. He mentioned (after a question from DallasGreen) that they were exploring all the options for funding. DG had a great qeustion and RV answered it as though he was very schooled on the options. This is not RVs first rodeo. He has to know that somewhere, somehow down the line, if increased student fees was the option required, he would use that option. I just think he's a great guy for not forcing it down their throat without good reason. To me, THIS IS A GOOD REASON!!

Green Dozer · February 25, 2008

Didn't the student vote against an increase in the athletic fee a few years ago?

UNTflyer · February 25, 2008

Didn't the student vote against an increase in the athletic fee a few years ago?

As far as I can tell, there is no athletic fee at UNT. I have combed through my previous statements and looked at the UNT website fee schedule and see nothing similar to an "athletic fee".

MeanMag · February 25, 2008

As far as I can tell, there is no athletic fee at UNT. I have combed through my previous statements and looked at the UNT website fee schedule and see nothing similar to an "athletic fee".

There is. It's like 50 bucks. Why do you think students get free tickets? Because they already pay for them, whether they go or not.

UNTflyer · February 26, 2008

Hmm, I just again went through line by line on my semester statement and still do not see an athletic fee. Also, I don't see one here:

http://essc.unt.edu/saucs/tuition.htm

I could be wrong... first time for everything. But even if there is a fee of $50, it is woefully inadequate.

February 26, 2008

Hmm, I just again went through line by line on my semester statement and still do not see an athletic fee. Also, I don't see one here:
http://essc.unt.edu/saucs/tuition.htm
I could be wrong... first time for everything. But even if there is a fee of $50, it is woefully inadequate.

It is part of the overall student service fees. They cover a variety of things like athletics, debate, and if I remember, things like SGA, Learning Center, etc.