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Show 4 PACE THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY MAY 11, 1987 . . GET STUDENT OPINION BEFORE FEE HIKES Amid the talk of budget cuts and service reductions, SUSC's Instil utional Council elected to raise class registration fees and add several new ones to help alleviate the costs of class materials, supplies, or travel fees. However, the Institutional Council forgot to seek student advice, or look at alternate plans that might compensate for the class tee increases. In an effort to get student opinion, ASSUSC President Monica Moe asked that the motion to increase fees be tabled until the council's next meeting in June. Until the issue is resolved, students who will still face the additional fees or increases. The proposed class fee increases are staggering. While The Thunderbird agrees that some of the increases are necessary, pre-regist- er perhaps the Institutional Council and the administration should consider student opinion before they enact their proposed fee increases, or any other matters that are of student concern. By informing the student body ahead of time, The Thunderbird believes that the Institutional Council or the administration would receive more cooperation and understanding from the students on this issue and others. The proposed fees will certainly affect the pocketbook of many students. For example, many students in the business department will see their costs go up 45 more dollars per year. It sounds like a big lump. In fact, all students majoring in accounting, business administration, and business education will be assigned a $15 lab fee per quarter, rather than pay existing class fees. The justification is that business majors are there to stay, while other students may only take general education classes and do not use the business machines. The Thunderbird wonders how business majors feel about this and if many of them plan to change their major to general education or anything else to avoid the quarterly fee for awhile. Meanwhile, in the biology department, students taking some of their courses will now need to pay fees to cover travel expenses. The Thunderbird grants that this is a legitimate increase to help defer the travel costs of field trips for those classes mentioned in the Institutional Council's recommendations. Perhaps the Institutional Council or administrators are unaware of the situations students will face in these areas. If they ask a few students, they will get an additional and vital perspective. The issue of student fees is now in our court thanks to Moe. The Thundvibird strongly advises students to attend an open forum at noon May 19 in Thorley Recital Hall to present their views about the increases and to listen to the administration's reasons for the increases. III! sli DIM MHS NI ) II s ( SOI II K IM SI ((li(, VOLUME 81, NUMBER (FIHKCIIY UTMI 31 Editorial and Nevss Directors: Lis.i , me L. ird n.mn Sieve. irt Copy Editor (,rej Prime Senior Staff Writer Kris lohnsnn Photo Editor Pu h.inl fnlem.m Production Manager (ivin Mr Neil Sports Editors D.ile ( unimm Advertising Representatives Ten C.icUI Brooks W .ishluirn Kellie (onset Entertainment Editor D.iwn OeBusk Faculty Adviser tarry Baker Ihr I hitntlrrhirtl is puhlMi.fl imi h Mnnil.n nl ihc .ii.itli-mi- , yc.ir y ,iml Uir the sluclrnl Southern Ul.ill Sum ( oil, nr ,in ,s mil ill. I, .Heel will, 111.. ( ,, Heim's clc,mmcnl ill t omniumt .tlion. The views mil opinions expressed in Ihr iirnterhrri.ire Ihc opinions lhl' mdividu.il writers ,md du nut net ess, inly rellcil the views nl the institution, 1, ulty. sl.ill nr student hnrlv in ener.il The uiimkihiI etlilnrul tlirct lly .ilinve is the upminn nl The Ihunderhiri.is .1 smKle entity tellers m lire cdilnr must lie Ivpiil .inti inilude the n.ime .mil plume number Only the mime vs. ill he primed. N, lines mil nut lie withheld under ,inv i iri umst.imes .mil Iherxlilur reserves edilmi; privilencs letters must lie submitted liv ntiun Fritl.iy lur mi lusiun m Ihc IuIIuwiiik wivk s editinn The lumTerTiirt eililnri.il .mil .nlverlisinK mines in SUSC itir.iry 1(11 M.iil.iISllSf Hny blU-l- . ( ixl.ir ily, UT H47JO 111(11 77", II lxly ul Can SUSC afford to recruit students? TO THE EDiTOR: An interesting letter, written by Afton Hansen, in the April 29 issue of the Salt Lake Tribune. Ms. Hansen noted the recent reports of appeared funding shortages and the possibility of limited enrollments at southern Utah colleges. She then proceeded to ask what consider to be a very appropriate question. In discussing her letter with find they, too, several students and colleagues, consider it to he a very appropriate question: "Why," Ms. Hansen asks, "are these very same I colleges spending thousands of dollars to recruit more students when they don't have the funds to educate the ones they have?. ..Wouldn't it be better to spend this money educating students already enrolled?" don't have the Good question Ms. Hansen. answer, neither do the students and colleagues with whom have discussed your question. But surely somebody can answer it. Can't they? If get an answer, I'll share it with you. I ROBERT G. YOUNG USU envies tiny SUSC, Cedar City Cedar Ci i and SUSC are receiving praises and en from other state institutions. The following editorial Irom Utah Slate University encourages its college to emulate the very same relationship that SUSC shares with ou. community. It is reprinted silh permission trom the May edition of USU's newspaper The LTah Statesman'. "It's hard to sell Logan." That's the excuse that often used to explain why big name groups don't come to USU anymore or why student entertainment options have been downgraded. Bur other communities in Utah other schools wlch a lot less to "sell"-see- m to be doing okay. While USU students have been turning out in handfuls to vote on resolutions, such as the one dissolving Spectrum Productions or providing funding for USU's gymnastics program, and attending enlightening speeches during USU's Centennial Conference, the Associated Students of SUSC, in Cedar City, were hearing Berlin, of Top Cun score fame. This week, that same Southern Utah State College student body welcomed the Soviet national gymnastics team, only one of a dozen or so schools to host the exhibition. Thunderbird note: SUSC was is the ONLY school in the nation to host the exhibition. At last check, USU and its gymnastics team were Top 20 material, and a likely choice tor such a show, but apparently Logan was hard to sell. It is even more likely that the attempt to "sell" wasn't even made. b shouldn't be. Perhaps the sales techniques should change. Maybe the adage "It takes money to make money" might be considered. Sure, public level teams, cost efforts, such as hosting world-clas- s temporary money, but the pay erf in the long run, with increased student morale, student recruiting and positive public exposure, far exceed the cost. The students did their part in approving gymnastics funding, but then someone fell off the beam by missing the opportunity to tie in with the touring gymnasts and part of the campaign for the new pits. Perhaps the salesmen should change. Who has that role? Has anyone been given the role of finding those activities and events that will cross the lines between the university and its students and the community in a positive way? As it enters its second century, USU has never been easier to sell, it would seem. Results, it is hoped, are right around the corner, and not always in Cedar City. |