Preview: MSU Students on the Proposed Optional Fitness Fee

James Conwell, the ASMSU member who proposed and is the driving force behind the fitness fee bill, says the feedback from students about the bill has been “overwhelmingly positive”.

Conwell says the bill is aimed to benefit the students by providing a cheaper option for fitness. The bill would allow students access to on-campus fitness facilities.

Many students work out using the on-campus fitness facilities, however the fee to use such facilities is $85/semester, and the fee would lower that price to $50/semester.

The fee would be included in Michigan State University’s tuition and fees, and students would be able to “opt out”.

In the limited number of students I have been able to survey about the bill, the ones who use the facilities on-campus now responded positively, citing the cheaper price to work out.

Will students who don’t work out on-campus choose to do so because of the cheaper price?

I think this is a reasonable assumption, but just because the opportunity is there doesn’t mean it will be taken advantage of.

I think the students will be optimistic and respond positively regardless of if they work out, and where they work out.