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Show International continued from front Tuition for international students has gone up while opportunities to defray the costs have gone down. • Cynthia Morgner, international student senator, said that when she came to WSU from Germany three years ago tuition for one semester was about S800. Now it is $4,002 not including student fees or any other expenses such as books and housing. On top of Lhat, her student senate position only receives a partial tuition waiver. International students are also finding it harder to get a job. Since October 2004, students are required to first obtain an on-campus job, then Weapon Page5 The Signpost Monday, March 21,2005 "We're surviving our own tsunami here on campus." Pacome Zokov, WSU international student from the Ivory Coast apply for approval to work. If that just passed in the state they are approved, they can Congress regarding immigrant only work for 20 hours a week, drivers licenses may negatively and only on-campus. affect international students. "We're surviving our own To obtain a driver's license, tsunami here on campus," said a person must first have a Pacome Zokov, an international valid Social Security number. student from the Ivory Coast. Internationa] students don't Zokov feels that new laws receive a Social Security will make it even harder for number until after they have international students. A law gone through the process to $15 for non-students, $8 for children 4-12 years old, and free for kids 3 and under. For more information about the banquet or other questions about international student affairs, contact Internationa] Students Services at 626-6853 or in Student Service Center Room 143. You can leave a message for reporter Cory Duclos by calling 626-7655- Monday thru Friday • 11 AM to 2 PM FAST LUNCH (Pizza By The Slice) continued from front be a campus legend. "Something happened at some point in time," she said. People have different reasons why they carry guns on campus, Wagner said. "It varies from person to person," she said. "A lot of us feel like it is our right as American citizens. Some of us aren't going to be a victim again - and I say this from personal experience - so some carry weapons." Students for the Second Amendment has about 35 members, but Wagner said that number may go up since so many people are joining in order to get the discount on the class. The shooters in the club frequently get together for friendly competitions, she said. "Well, we have pistols, revolvers, rifles, antique rifles, military rifles," she said. "Anyone who wants to come, you bring whatever you want to bring. It's akindofapotluck." get a job. "Even if they have their own car they can't drive it," Zokov said. March 21-26 is International Student Emphasis Week. The students will be hosting a banquet Friday. Door prizes will be given away, including a 30 gigabyte iPod. Part of the proceeds will go to benefit survivors of the tsunami. Tickets are $12 for students, The three-hour class is only one step to getting a concealed carry permit. It supplies the gun owner with a certificate signed by the instructor. Before anyone gets a permit, the FBI runs a criminal background check on the applicant, who is also required to submit two letters of recommendation. Under the Utah Concealed Weapon Act, anyone over the age of 21 who hasn't been convicted of a felony or other specifically named crimes is eligible for a concealed-weapon permit. The class itself does not require students bring their guns with them, although it would be legal to do so. The University of Utah had a ban on campus firearms that was overturned last fall by the state Supreme Court The University of Utah linked its gun ban to academic freedom, saying that guns in the hands of students or faculty members impeded the free flow of ideas in the classroom. While the institutions fought to retain the ban on campus firearms, University of Utah and Utah State University officials told the state Legislature last summer some students lacked maturity and faced stressful situations, so they shouldn't have access to such weapons. WSU Interim Police Chief Capt. Dane LeBlanc has said in previous interviews that WSU's campus violent crime rate is among the lowest in the nation, partially due to campus patrols, bright lighting at night and being a mostly commuter campus. Nor have there been problems with WSU students violating concealed weapons laws. "We haven't had anything involving a gun on this campus as long as I can remember," LeBlanc said. 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