SA wants withdrawal fee withdrawn

The class withdrawal fee suggested to be discarded for all students at Thursday's GA meeting.

Plans to put pressure on the administration to get rid of the course withdrawal fee were presented last Thursday, Nov. 8 at the Student Association General Assembly meeting.

Amanda McVay, a senior political science and French major and chair of the Academic Affairs committee, met with Virginia Horvath, vice president for Academic Affairs on Friday morning to discuss the plan.

"The reason first semester freshmen have the extended add-drop deadline is because things change in your life when you first go to college, but what about people who change majors or add another major?" McVay said.

The rationale for getting rid of the fee also includes the fact that withdrawals will still show up on a student's academic transcript without the fee.

Vice presidents and other administrators plan to meet with members of SA to discuss the plan during the next few weeks. McVay said that she plans meet with people from the Registrar office to find out what the money from the fee goes toward.

The General Assembly meets Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. in G-124 McEwen Hall.

-Reporting done by Peter Viglietta, News Editor