Charles Olivier is vice president of the student government at UIS. He’s part of a group of students pushing to have a central meeting place for students.
Most major universities have a student union and many students here feel it's about time UIS built one as well.
But, if students want a place of their own they'll have to pay for it.
"We would definitely have to fund it by a student fee as the administration has told us we can not use state funds to fund the building," said Olivier.
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