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Show W E B E R S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y Signpost ^ J L ,2005 WEDNESDAY APRIL 27,200 Find out who's graduating seepages9,10,-11,12 wsusignpost.com VOLUME 67 ISSUE 87 Program receives $1 million check Undocumented residents eligible for in-state tuition IHC donates to nursing department By HEATHER HUNT-WOOD news editor | The Signpost By CORY DUCLOS sr. news reporter | The Signpost A law passed by the Utah Legislature in 2002 provides Intermountain Health undocumented residents the eligibility to apply for in-state Care presented a check tuition if they attended a Utah for 51,125,000 to Weber high school for three years and State University's nursing graduated. program and Department of According to Weber State Clinical Laboratory Sciences University director of admissions yesterday. Chris Rivera, 17 WSU students "We are pleased to be able were awarded the nonresident to strengthen our partnership tuition waiver for the 2004-2005 with IHC and continue our school year. mission of meeting the health "The certain student account care education needs in our is not based on race," Rivera said. region, as well as through our Left to Right: F. Ann Millner, Nancy Nowack, Tim Pehrson and Shel"You could have a wide spectrum outreach programs to rural ley Conroy hold a larger-than-life-size check Wednesday afternoon of ethnicities, gender and race." areas in Utah," said Shelley in the Stewart Stadium Skybox Suites. The check for $1,125,000 was Rivera said the exemption is Conroy, dean of WSU's Dr. donated to the WSU nursing program from IHC medical center. available for non-U.S. citizens Ezekiel R. Dumke College of who are in the country without Health Professions. ever received." With this contribution, the documentation. WSU's nursing program is WSU has been partnered department will expand by To be eligible for the waiver, among the most prestigious with IHC since 1913. In 1953, creating nursing classes on the students must fulfill the Utah in the state. On average the IHC provided WSU with the WSU-Davis Campus. high school criteria and they program graduates 325 nurses opportunity to be one of six The number of registered' have to sign an affidavit stating a year, with some 630 nurses in pilot programs that would give nurses is declining nationally. that they will begin the process the program at any given time registered nurses the chance IHC hopes that this additional of becoming a legal resident. statewide. to graduate with a bachelor's funding will allow WSU to "If they meet the criteria, "With this IHC gift we will be degree. produce more registered they pay in-state tuition but are able to increase that by 30 each "We've had over 7,000 nurses as well as nurses who still classified as nonresident," year," said DebraT. Huber, WSU graduates from the nursing have graduated with bachelor's Rivera said. Department of Nursing chair. program who have gone on to This saves the students about See Check page 16 $6,000 on a year's worth of tuition. "It's the largest gift that we've work in Utah," Conroy said. WSU 04-05 Tuition In-state Outof-state $2,344 .;:-,- $8,204 SOURCE: WEeEK.EDU/COST5.XMl Utah Rep. Glenn Donnelson, R-North Ogden, said this law is unfair for legal nonresident students, who have to pay out-ofstate tuition. Donnelson sponsored HB 239 during the 2005 legislative session to repeal the law, but it failed to emerge from the House Rules Committee. "It's against federal law; that's why I filed it," Donnelson said. "The federal law says if you're giving in-state tuition to illegals, you must give it to everybody else." A few students at the University of Utah think the law is unfair and may be filing a lawsuit depending on the outcome of a similar lawsuit filed in Kansas. "All I'm trying to do is save money," Donnelson said. "It's going to cost universities big bucks." Donnelson said he has nothing against immigrants. See Resident page 3 Parking problems prevail Open mic night raises funds and theRl lot will turn into a W lot. Borges said that the Weber County commissioner has decided to allow WSU to let students park without emissions testing. Because of the commissioner's decision, all types of parking passes will Weber State University Business be available for purchase online in July and Economics Senator Josh Borges for the 2005-2006 school year on a firstannounced to the Student Senate come, first-served basis. The purchase Monday that the President's Council of passes online could be available July approved a parking pass increase to 12 pending the implementation of a new begin fall semester. computer system. The increase, $3 for A passes and $2 for W passes, would bring "They're (the parking the total to $78 and $50 committee) saying, 'No more respectively. The President's waiting in line,'" Borges said. Council also approved a $20 "They had problems with "D" parking pass for the Dee people passing out in line, Events Center. waiting all night, all kinds of things. So now it's an online "On that issue," Borges service." said about the D pass, "They've worked with the Students will only be able Dee Events Center and all to purchase one parking of their outlining groups, and they've pass per WSU identification number. worked out all the issues in order to After much debate over how to implement that, so that will take effect deal with the appeals process for in the fall." packing tickets, the parking committee Borges also announced that during the announced that students will still have renovation of the Swenson Gymnasium, the ability to appeal fines. the A7 and W6 parking lots located south "Based on federal and state lav. and of the gym will be closed beginning this also the constitution, we cannot have summer. They will remain closed during an unappealable fine; everything has to the entire renovation. Also, half of the be appealable," Borges said. "It doesn't W9 lot, a dirt lot across the street from matter what it is; it's the right of due the gym, will be closed in order to house process for all students." construction equipment. Fines are appealed to an appeals To alleviate some of the strain from the officer who has the right to declare the closures of these lots, the Rl lot will turn fine valid or invalid. If the officer feels into an A7 lot. When the gym reopens, the current A7/W6 lot will turn into an A7 lot See Parking page 1 7 By NATALIE CLEMENS editor in chief | The Signpost Colton Barton plays his guitar and Julie Canevari her violin in the Lair on Monday at the Open Mic Nile. The $2 entry fee raised close to $70 for the Red Cross Measles Initiative for children in Africa. Stephanie Walker and jon Copier organized the event as part of their class service-learning project. Other performers included a poetry reader and a pianist. Barton will also perform with the 1st Avenue Band on Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Allred Theater of the Browning Center. |