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Show 9 THEo 7 IT X A TAH r Barbaric Custom: Chronicle Opinion Columnist Ashley Watkins pitches a tent of her own speaking out against animal research. C Ann, I've Got Three Girlfriends... Ask Ann addresses all the sordid details in this week's advice column. Bring On the Men in Blue: The Utah Men's Basketball team The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 will face 8YU in the FRIDAY, MARCH 10, MWC 2000 semifinal. VOL 109 NO 126 'Good Chance' for Larger Tuition Hike MATT CANHAM Chronicle News Writer While University of Utah students take a break from classes, the amount of money it costs for an education may increase. The Utah State Board of Regents will tag along with the droves of people heading to southern Utah for Spring Break. While most are going for the nice climate and outdoor activities, the meeting Regents have a two-da- y scheduled at Dixie State College of Utah. On March 17 the Regents wil! discuss tuition. Actions of the Utah State Legisla- ture "may necessitate" a tuition increase, according to a memorandum released by Commissioner of Higher Education Cecelia Foxley. Legislative policy dictates that tuition increases are connected to salary increases. "We would hope tuition will be kept at a reasonable level for stu Speaker Tells Story OfS ter Camps MATTHEW STEPHENS " governmental organizations, NGOs, who are providing the children's basic needs, such as food and Chronicle News Writer Summer camps aren't usually intended to make the world a better place. However, those sponsored by the Global Children's Organization, or GCO, do just that. Judith Jenya, founder of GCO. gave a presentation at the Kincklcy Institute of Politics on Thursday talking about her organization and the summer camps it provides to n children of regions. The center piece of GCO is its summer camps. The first summer camp was held for the children of Yugoslavia in 1993. Since then, it has been held every summer. The camps are a place where "rest, respite and safety" prevail for kids who have experienced very little normalcy in their lives, said Jenya. Many of the children at the camps have had one or both cf their parents murdered and do not have permanent homes. "Kids want to live without fear," war-tor- said Jenya. GCO has also offered camps for the children of Northern Ireland and will offer one for the children of the Middle East who live near the Red Sea. The impetus for starting GCO was Jenya's visit to Bosnia Jenya said she witnessed the concentration camps and other atrocities associated vith the Bosnian civil war and thought to herself, "Never again, never ag?in." At that point the idea for CGO was born. The children who attend the camps are chosen by other non war-ravag- or ed shelter. The children range in age from seven to 11, but Jenya said that a few who are younger or older slip through the cracks.. Many of the children that have gone through the camps have undergone remarkable changes, said Jenya, who related the story of one child in particular. He was withdrawn from the other kids in the camp. After the activities of the day, he would always leave the group to watch MTV where he began to learn break dancing. When he came to the camp the next summer, he entertained the group by showing them that he could break dance. The child told Jenya that he was "rejoining the human race." The GCO is one of many NGOs that are trying to make a difference n in areas, according to Jenya. One of the largest NGOs is the Red Cross, GCO is one of the smallest NGOs typically do a lot of the work that the UN deems too dangerous. In Kosovo, many of the NGOs were providing the refugees with food when the UN was not war-tor- willing. Most of the children that attend the GCO camps have been taught to hate the other groups of people that are in the camps, said Jenya. For example, the Protestant and Roman Catholic children in the Northern Ireland camp, have been dents, but also we hope to have a salary increase to keep our best faculty," said Fred Esplin, interim vice president for university relations. "The U is sensitive to the cost to students. We hope there is no greater increase than absolutely necessary." Before the legislative session, the Regents approved a tuition increase. For resident undergraduate students taking 12 credit hours, this means an increase of roughly $32, for non residents it equals a $100 increase. During the Dixie meeting there is a "good chance" tuition will increase even more, according to Paul Brinkman, vice president for budget and planning. The Legislature approved a d salary n for increase h of any employees. comes increases from a salary tuition hike according to legislative across-the-boar- higher-educatio- One-fourt- see TUITION, page 3 .Greek Court Reviews Fight, Again ELIZABETH WHITE Chronicle News Writer The tide has turned in the case over a Jan. 8 fight between members of the Sigma Nu and Beta Theta Pi fraternities. Sigma Nu President Steve Jones is upset with the result of a clarification meeting held Wednesday evening to determine the specifics of the rulings on the fight. At the meeting, the Greek Judiciary determined that the Beta house will be responsible only for medical bills presented at the February hearing and not future expenses such as long-terphysical therapy. The Judiciary originally heard the case Feb. 2, but the rulings were not specific enough, according to Michelle Hawes, the director of the Conflict Resolution Certificate Program in the department of communication. "I think it's quite important that they be nailed down," she said. Greek Adviser Cherry Ridges said Wednesday's meeting was not a "rehearing of the case," but a meeting to resolve confusion. The original rulings handed down by Greek Judiciary that are vague, Hawes said, include the body's requirement that both houses complete a conflict resolution program and remain on social probation until the end of Spring Semester 2000. The ruling also stipulated that Beta pay for the medical expenses incurred by three Sigma Nu members in the fight. She said the Greek Judiciary needed to delineate deadlines for payment and mediation along with the terms of social probation. The Judiciary's greatest concern, Ridges said, is that the two houses learn how to deal with conflict. She said she thought the financial aspect of the esse concerned each house the most, however. "Since, by their own testimony, the Beta Theta Pi fram ternity is guilty of instigating the conficntation...Beta Theta Pi is to be financially responsible for all medical expenses associated," the Greek Judiciary's original ruling read. Beta President Saul Wcissman said his concern with the financial aspect of the original ruling centered around the extent of payment. "There is no end to this medical problem," Wcissman said. "As I've heard, the bills keep rising and rising and rising." Weissman said the house only agreed with the ruling regarding the bills presented at the original hearing, which totaled between $6,500 and $7,000. The house will not pay the bills from its general fund, Weissman said, but these involved in the fight will raise the money on their own. Sigma Nu was seeking that the Beta House pay for all the bills of the injured, including those received after the original hearing. These wouid potentially include ongoing physical therapy bills for Sigma Nu member Adam Berry's broken hand. "There should be some sort of cap on this," Weissman said. Jones said the injured Sigma Nus are looking into other measures, including civil court "for fear that only $7,000 is going to be paid if that is going to be paid at all." Following discussion, the Greek Judiciary ruled that Beta "pay the provider of the medical services the uninsured portion of the bill submitted at the time of the hearing plus any interest." Hawes will oversee the payment. Because he wanted a payment cap placed on the medical expenses for which his house was responsible, Weissman filed an appeal with the Associated Students of the LTniversity of Utah's Supreme Court against the Greek Judiciary's original decision "The ruling leaves the Beta house open to the 'whims' of the injured Sigma Nus," Weissman's appeal read. However, after Wednesday's clarification, Weissman withdrew the appeal, "What I was appealing was just that there was no esid to the judgment," he said. Jones said the clarification stipulating that the Bets pay the original amount of between $6,500 and $7,000, "disgusted" him. "The clarification presented last night by the Judiciary is, in my opinion, in total contrast to its original decision," Jones said. "It is ludicrous to think that three of our members be severely beaten on their own property by groups cf assailants at 2 or 3 a.m. and that they deserve compensation for only half of their medical expenses." He said the medical bills of the three injured Sigma Nus have amounted to around $13,000 at this point. Jones said he and the rest of the Sigma Nu leadership will meet to decide whether or not to file an appeal. However, he said the house will comply with all sanc- see GREEKS, page 3 THE DAILY UTAH ONLINE CHRONICLE IS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.Chronicle.Utah.edu . |