The Phoenix men played 16 games last year at the Brown County Veterans memorial Arena, and the women play there occasionally. Students say it's hard to get revved up for a team without a campus home. That's one of the reasons senior Dave Meyer, who has one more year at UWGB, supports the improvements. No state tax dollars can be used to build or expand unions. State funding for UW schools has to be used to support academic programs.
Schools typically turn to student fees or donations to fund union expansions.
Student government leaders vote annually on segregated fees, which support student organizations and activities. Students will pay the entire bill for the union. The sports center, however, will also require state and private funding. Cullen said some segregated fees may support operations of the expanded union. Sentowski isn't too concerned about the higher fees.