No to Per-Faculty Fee-Levy Referendums  Concordia is a
remarkable school beyond the classrooms, because we have such a
strong sense of community.  The vibrancy of campus life here is
apparent in ways I have not seen at any other school.  A central
component of the unique nature of Concordia is our relationship
to fee-levy groups. These groups bind us together, support us,
and enrich our education and experience at university. However,
they are under threat by the per-faculty fee-levy referendum
question.  By treating fee levies as a faculty issue, we ignore
the fact that people benefit from these groups regardless of
their faculty. Currently, we vote yearly as a school on whether
we will support fee-levy increases. If people want to opt out of
these fees, they are free to do so.  However, if a faculty were
to opt out, they would switch the orientation to an opt-in
system, where people must be individually solicited for their
donations. These fee-levy groups would no longer be just student
funded service, inte