Transportation Fee vote is March 9-10

Students will have the opportunity to vote on a proposed fee increase of $10 to improve shuttle services.

If the transportation fee referendum does not pass, reductions will continue to occur in shuttle transportation services.

Even if the fee increase is approved, surrounding apartment complexes will still be required to pay a fee, although Business Auxiliary Services Transportation Services Manager James Strahan said that the fee may be less than the $10,000 currently required. Off-campus complexes that elect not to pay will continue to not receive shuttle services at their location.

Senator awarded Women’s Advocate of the Year award

Senator Leticia Van de Putte was presented with the Women’s Advocate of the Year Award, March 1, at the kickoff ceremony celebrating Women’s History Month. Van De Putte was selected for the award by the Women’s Studies Institute for her continual efforts to “write women back into history.” The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Elena Gutierrez, who stressed the importance of women and the vital roles they serve.

Van De Putte complimented UTSA and the Women’s Institute. She pointed out that UTSA has recognized the power of a woman as evident with the university’s female athletic director and dean of the college of business—positions strongly dominated by males.
Van De Putte continued by addressing the increasing responsibility of the modern woman in the “sandwich generation,” which describes the task of caring for the grandparents of a family as well as the children.