We have had our [fair share of complaints regarding student fee misuse](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2009/3/9/student-fees-abused/) in the past, but MSA we’re going to have to give you a round of applause. You finally have your act together.

The Missouri Students Association took the initiative this past semester to make sure our student fees were not going to waste, which we really appreciate.

The MSA Department of Student Activities made sure students were getting what they paid for this summer by hosting a film series on campus and sponsoring student field trips. The film series featured six different movies and hosted more than 1,175 students total throughout the summer. Tickets for the three DSA summer field trips to a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Schlitterbahn Water Park were sold out and very successful.

With the success of these summer events and a positive response in attendance from students, DSA plans to continue their programming during future summer sessions and might even add a few more events such as a summer concert, and we are more than glad to hear that.

Not only is MSA focusing on using student fees for students during the summer, they are also working on expanding their readership program. We pay $2.31 to fund the Mizzou Readership Program (which fills all of those newsstands you see around campus with publications such as the New York Times and the USA Today) and using the extra money to expand the program is something we like to see (especially since we are a print newspaper and everything).

So students, take advantage of what MSA has to offer you. They are doing you a favor by using your student fees to fund events and programs for you. Don’t let your money go to waste! MSA sure isn’t.