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Show A two-generation graduation . . . page 4 WSU struggles in Boise tourney . . . page 6 AT A GLANCE EDITORIAL FEATURES SPORTS CLASSIFIEDS VOL 82 ISSUE 82 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 WWW.WSUSIGNPOST.COM SignP 0 St WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY Summer tuition might rise Utah's Board of Regents to vote Friday on proposed increases in tuition and fees for WSU students By Cozette Jenkins news editor I The Signpost Weber State University students might pay more in tuition and fees starting this summer, depending on the Utah's Board of Regents vote on Friday. The Board of Regents sets tuition rates for all state colleges in Utah. WSU's Board of Trustees voted March 20 to approve a Tier 1 increase in tuition of 4.5 percent and a Tier 2 increase in tuition of 0.5 percent, as well as a 4.2 percent increase in student fees. The Board of Regents' vote is the vote that counts, however. If approved, full-time, Utahresident students will pay about an extra $230 for the 2012-13 year, and full-time nonresident students will pay about an extra $720 for the same two-semester period. Tier 1 is set by the state and is automatic, and Tier 2 is what each school decides on its own to raise, said Kyle Braithwaite, WSUSA president. "Our trustees did take some action last week, but it's preliminary and anticipates what the Board of Regents will do without 100 percent certainty," said Norm Tarbox, WSU vice president for Administrative Services. "This is all in pencil until the Board of Regents meets on Friday." INCREASE IN TUITION & FEES $2500 $2000 T T 6.00% T 5.46% T 5.48% T 5.00% 14.40% $1500 CV LO Ciri N. $1000 C\I N 49. $500 $0 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 *Amounts represent full-time resident tuition and fees 11/12 12/13 Source: WSU Course Catalogs GRAPHIC BY AARON FISHER I THE SIGNPOST The biggest reason for state-mandated tuition increases is inflation, Tarbox said. "If health care costs go up, if salaries go up, if the cost for power goes up, if the rates we pay for fuel go up, those are all inflationary increases the state has to make up for," Tarbox said. WSU sophomore Chanel Senators prepare for next year Current WSU senators train incoming elects By Laurie Reiner news reporter I The Signpost The student senate moved its weekly meeting on Monday to the Shepherd Union Building Ballroom C to accommodate the current and newly elected senators. The purpose of the meeting was to let the new senators see what a senate meeting was like. The new senators learned how the senate votes on resolutions, such as the Mustache March resolution. They voted on it again after it was vetoed by Senate President Kyle Braithwaite. Terms and procedures were explained to the elects as they went along. Aaron Newman, the senate adviser, explained when it was acceptable for the elects to voice their opinion. They were not able to vote on this particular matter, but they could argue for or against the resolution after the floor was opened up for them. "I was on the student fees committee, so there were a lot of similarities there," said Chelsie Greer, social and behavioral sciences senator elect, after the meeting. "I feel like I didn't really know what they were talking about sometimes, though, because there were things from past meetings and I was a little lost." See Senators page 5 2 3 4 6 9 Chavez said tuition increases would hurt every student at WSU. "No matter how you're paying for school, more tuition just screws you over," Chavez said. "Doesn't the state know we're going to college so we can not only make a better life for ourselves, but for other people in Utah? Why don't they make higher education more of a priority?" Braithwaite said students should voice their opinions on Tier 1 tuition raises to the state legislature. "It's encouraged to let your voice be heard that continually rising tuitions across higher institutions of learning isn't helping educate the work force, and it's not See Tuition page 5 NCUR comes to WSU By Nathan Davis editor-in-chief I The Signpost More than 3,000 students from 46 states and seven different countries will be in Ogden on Thursday, Friday and Saturday for the largest national conference dedicated to undergraduate research. The National Conference on Undergraduate Research will see students present their undergraduate research and show their scholarly and creative activities. Students will be presenting their research each day on the Weber State University campus. There will also be a main speaker for all three days of the conference. Classes in three buildings will be canceled for NCUR. Chad Mosher, associate director of the Shepherd Union Building, said presentations will be held in every classroom of three buildings on campus. "They'll be having oral presentations in Elizabeth Hall, the (Wattis) Business Building and McKay Education Building," Mosher said, "so classes in those buildings have been canceled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday." According to Mosher, the conference will also result in an increase in traffic in the union. "It's just going to be really busy," Mosher said. "So it will probably be difficult for students if they want to use the See Research page 5 Student inspires daughter to donate By Laurie Reiner news reporter I The Signpost Weber State University senior Heidi Gordon recently held a donation drive with her 13-year-old daughter's Girl Scout troop. The donations that were collected were delivered to St. Anne's Center in Ogden. The project was originally for the Gift of Caring patch that the Girl Scouts can earn. When people buy Girl Scout cookies, they can donate additional boxes to a charity. The troop had 48 boxes donated and could choose which organization to donate them to. Gordon came up with the idea of donating to St. Anne's Center after vis- iting the shelter in a social work class. The class, taught by Steven Vigil, was called Child and Family Welfare Policy. "One day we lecture on theory and practice related to social work," Vigil said. "Then the second day we take field trips out in the community so we can have students then see what social workers do." Gordon and the troop decided St. Anne's would be a good place to donate the cookies, but wanted to do more. The girls handed out fliers asking for donations and two troop girls, Sierra Lujan and JourneyWagstaff, went door to door. "Most people didn't answer," Lujan said, "but some said that they might donate." The troop also went through their own things and picked out things they could donate. "I had two bags full," Wagstaff said. Gordon also called yard sales advertised on KSL and got professors from the social work department to donate some things. The donations included clothing, shoes and even a television. After the items were donated to the shelter, the troop was able to take a tour. This was all of the girls' first times going to a shelter. The Ogden St. Anne's shelter they visited only housed women and children. St. Anne's has another shelter that men can live in. See Donate page 5 PHOTO BY AIMEE SMITH I THE SIGNPOST A local Girl Scout troop donates needed items to St. Anne's Shelter in Ogden. Weber State University senior Heidi Gordon inspired her daughter to organize the donation after her social work professor, Steven Vigil, took his class to tour the facilities. |