its budget recommendations. In November of 2004, UC Regents voted for the first increase in the registration fee since 1994, up 3% or $22. Salazar says that this will raise roughly $700,000 for the Registration Fee fund, but set against more than $4 million of cuts over two years, it’s a drop in the bucket.
As for Salazar’s future, she plans to complete her undergraduate degrees in 2005 (major in Political Science, double minors in African American Studies and Chicana/o Studies), then pursue an advanced degree in education or law. Regardless of the career she eventually chooses, her work with SFAC will have prepared her well.

Student Fee Advisory Committee:
http://sfac.studentaffairs.ucla.edu/

 

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Building Consensus
As chairperson, Salazar works to create consensus within the group, and observes that the different personalities and backgrounds of SFAC members are invaluable to the committee’s work. “We always look to our two law student members for their input on

  
policy questions,” explains Salazar, “and other members who are active in student government have an excellent understanding of system-wide issues.” Also, for the first time in its history, an international student (from Italy) is on the committee.
Working amid the tight fiscal climate in California, SFAC continues to face tough decisions when putting forward
 
 
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