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Show R Number 132 egents Vote Down Tuition Increase I yJL ... , ,:: - i Y - - .V" ''' r . By NICK SNOW Chronicle Managing Editor Members of the University Board of Regents voted Monday to not increase in-crease tuition to help finance Union expansion. The decision came after Regent Edward W. Clyde reported that such an increase could be avoided by cutting 20 "options" from initial construction. ASUU government officials, who had recommended the tuition hike, . organized a campaign to make the Regents reconsider their decision later that day. The 20 options include in-clude a television and world affairs lounge and meeting room area, foods equipment and supply elevator, eleva-tor, window walls for student activities activ-ities offices and selected publications publica-tions areas, and plaster wall surface sur-face for the Student Activities Cen-ter. Cen-ter. Just A Shell "The action will give us little more than a shell in some areas," one Executive Council member said, "and we are in the process of starting moves to get the Board of Regents to reconsider their action." Regent Clyde told the Chronicle Monday night that the Board of Regents "will look into the matter again, of course, before we reach the point of no return on the construction. con-struction. Where we'll finally end up, in relation to what we'll have and what we won't have, I can't say, though we'll know in 90 to 120 days." Number Four The under-estimation of cost of construction of the Union addition is the final in a series of four buildings build-ings being constructed with help from student funds. The others, the Special Events Center, Library, and Stadium Renovation, have also run over. Responding to complaints that many of the options will be left out permanently, Mr. Clyde noted that some, such as "the TV and World Affairs room, could be added now, or five years from now. Some of the items can just be postponed. The extent to which they will be eliminated initially will be determined deter-mined when we start building. "One reason construction will not start for a few months is to give students and their representatives time to react," he added. Money From Elsewhere A $12,500 contingency for the Union, Un-ion, in addition to a contribution by L. S. Skaggs, could be utilized before be-fore it would be necessary to raise tuition, according to Mr. Clyde. The Proposed increase would add 50 cents to each students tuition per quarter for the next 10 years, according to an Executive Council member. "We have, by no means, ignored what the student government representatives rep-resentatives have had to say," Mr. Clyde added. "They took votes and came out five to four, with one abstention, ab-stention, and six to four in favor of it, but with such a vote within their own body, I can't see how the Student Government can say that all the students are in favor of a tuition increase." As A Last Resort Such an increase, said Mr. Clyde, would be considered "as a last, rather than a first, resort." In other actions, the Board of Regents approved a proposal to limit the number of out-of-state students admitted to the freshman class of the University College of Medecine and gave final approval to the appointment of eight major University posts in departments on campus. University students will not be able to enjoy a possible possi-ble 20 Union expansion considerations following a decision by the Board of Regents not to increase tuition to help finance the Union expansion. |
