The two components of next week’s student referendums, the vote for the Fee Review Committee and the Leader of the Pack Scholarship, moved closer to completion Tuesday.

Students can vote on the fee referendums and the Leader of the Pack at the same time Sept. 29 and 30.

Fee Review

The Fee Review committee has adopted a new system in which those groups that request a fee increase must submit their proposal through a video, which will be online.

The twelve videos, which WolfBytes crew members taped last week, were placed online Tuesday afternoon, but technical difficulties kept them from being accessible to students until late Tuesday night.

Leslie Dare, director of distance education and technology services for student affairs, said she was preparing the videos to go online Tuesday afternoon, but Doucette said after people realized they could not access the site with their student IDs, Dare would not be able to work on it until Wednesday morning.

The taping process for the fee presentations included making sure no groups were given advantages over other groups, according to Lauren Roland, a senior in communication media and WolfBytes employee.

“I know a couple people in particular were asking for edits,” she said. “And we said ‘No,’ because they had other opportunities to fix those mistakes. We needed a fast turnaround.”

Leader of the Pack

Finalists for the Leader of the Pack scholarship, a $1,000 award given to students who make an outstanding contribution to the University, prepared Tuesday to motivate students to vote. Students will be able to vote for Leader of the Pack on the same ballot as the fee referendums for the first time, which Doucette said could increase turnout.

“If we get 1,500 votes, I’ll be ecstatic,” he said.

Last year, 1,000 students voted on the fee referenda, and 1,500 voted on the Leader of the Pack elections, and Greg Doucette, Student Senate president, andfee committee member, said. Doucette said he hopes there is overlap on those numbers next week.

Scholarship finalists will work before Sept. 29 to build interest in the voting process, and Mike Giancola, director of the Center for Student Leaders, Ethics and Public Service, told the finalists Tuesday how to ethically promote the election.”You now represent all the other finalists that have been a part of this program,” hesaid.

For next year’s competition, Giancola said finalists will only get to use CSLEPS-fundedfliers to build support.

CSLEPS will fund 50 fliers for the currentfinalists, and they cannot use any University or organizational resource, since another finalist may not have access tothat, he said.

Matt Avery, a senior in textile engineering, said word of mouth is the primary way he’llpromote the election. Avery said they should encourage other students to apply for the scholarshipin the future.

“Give it your best shot and don’t hold anything back,” he said.