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Tampa Campus Fees Eyed

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By ADAM EMERSON

aemerson@tampatrib.com

Published: October 17, 2008

University of South Florida trustees gave preliminary approval Thursday to a plan that would raise the fees students at the Tampa campus pay to support athletics.

But the university's second highest executive said those students already may be paying an unfair share of the cost.

Students at USF's St. Petersburg campus, for instance, pay one-fifth the athletic fees as their counterparts in Tampa, but those students have the same free access to sports events, such as football games, Provost Ralph Wilcox said.

It's only fair to ask students to pay a greater share of athletics at the regional campuses - including Lakeland and Sarasota - considering they get the same perks as a student in Tampa, Wilcox said.

The extra money would help an athletics department that is "underinvested," he said.

Trustees gave an early nod to a proposal that raises athletics fees in Tampa by 26 cents a credit hour.

Adam Emerson

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