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Athletics big winner again in the student fee game The nightmare of doling our student dollars begins again. The biggest allocation goes to the Department of Athletics, $1.3 million. The Incidental Fee Committee for the most part kept allocations at last year’s levels, which resulted in fees of about $105 per student. The committee found fault with the charter of Student Publications, and zero-funded the Viking Yearbook and the University Sentinel, an alternative newspaper critical of the committee’s work. The IFC also shot down a 100 percent increase for student government, freezing the budget at last year’s amount of about $50,000. The money would be released in the spring, when a newly elected group of officers could outline a detailed plan for using the money. The committee also voted to fund KPSU, a fledgling program to bring a radio station to campus. More budget woes Ramaley releases budget projections for the coming year, and they don’t look good. PSU must eliminate the equivalent of 73 full-time faculty, eight graduate teaching assistants, 44 classified staff and 15 management services people. The announcement continues the arduous budget reduction plan laid out in the summer of ‘92 by PSU administrators. Culture hub opens Despite boycotters who accuse the administration of controlling the development of the Multicultural Center, the center opens. It’s mission statement reads; “The mission of the Portland State University Multicultural Center is to provide collaborative education and social experiences. The Multicultural Center brings together students, faculty and staff, and community to promote respect,understanding, equality, social justice and interdependence among people from the whole range of human diversity.”