By Signe K. Skinion

The Graduate and Professional Student Council decided Wednesday they will ask the SIUC president to delay presenting a proposal to the Board of Trustees for a lighted multi-complex sports field until after they have discussed the plan thoroughly with their constituents.

GPSC President Bill Karrow said at the council’s last meeting of the semester Wednesday night that the student constituency needs to be fully heard before any decision can be reached.

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We are supposed to be representing a constituency, Karrow said. We cannot do that without hearing what they have to say, and we need to have an open, balanced debate.

GPSC could not have that debate at their meeting Wednesday night because there were not enough representatives to meet quorum the minimum number needed to conduct official business. Karrow said he hopes to have that debate at the council’s first meeting after the break.

GPSC Representative Paul Brennan said he feels the complex will not be advantageous for all the students who will be paying for it.

I feel that students who live outside Carbondale and campus are asked too much to subsidize life on campus, Brennan said. And the point of view of the number of us expressed at this meeting is that while $22-plus per year is not much in an absolute sense, it’s just another thing added to the hundreds of dollars a year now.

Brennan said the fee increase is a point of big concern for graduate students.

I would say the recreation fees now are not fees but head taxes because you pay them whether you use the services or not, Brennan said. Many of us (GPSC) are frustrated with the mounting fees.