Readership, bus fees no longer in consideration

While the board of trustees approved the controversial one year, $30 student athletics fee, more fees do not seem to be on the immediate horizon for IU students. \nThe Collegiate Readership Program, a $2-per-student service that sought to bring numerous national newspapers to college students, was one of the fees brought before the board. \nAlong with the creation of a mandatory transportation fee which would eliminate the need for specialized bus passes and make buses available to all students.\nTrustees President Fredrick Eichhorn said the proposed fees were within the University's 4 percent tuition increase passed April 2.\n"All of the fees that we spoke about were within the 4 percent tuition limit," Eichhorn said. "Essentially, there wasn't any specifics other than the athletics fee. There was talk about a newspaper fee and an increase in the bus fee -- we spoke about those fees, but they weren't enacted, and both of those fees are currently not pending."\nEichhorn said the Collegiate Readership Program was a relatively difficult decision because it provided a legitimate service to the students, but brought an increased amount of trash into the Indiana Memorial Union after a pilot program conducted earlier this year.\n"The newspaper fee is both a plus and a minus," Eichhorn said. "It provides newspapers to the students, but it also accumulates a lot of trash that has to be picked up."\nEichhorn said the trustees seeks to avoid any increased financial burden on the students, but is sometimes a necessary evil. \n"The athletics fee is regrettable but I think it's necessary," Eichhorn said. "Every increase in student cost is regrettable, but sometimes they have to be enacted"