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Show L ST U U J UUO Office-581-7O08 several disciplines beyond their own major. New thinking on these questions would certainly be welcomed by the individual college col-lege deans. Thawed price Why has the cost of the student insurance been increased this fall in apparent violation of President Nixon's wage-price freeze? L. Stanford There is a great deal of confusion in this area. Apparently the new rates were advertised before the wage-price freeze. Therefore, it may be legitimate under the President's Presi-dent's plan to raise these fees. The fact is that the insurance company underwriting this policy has lost money the last three years and the increase is necessary. The Office of Emergency Planning and the IRS have not issued a formal decision on this matter as yet. This is expected late next week. Several students have finally fi-nally lodged this complaint with the Salt Lake IRS Office. All such inquiries, however, are being referred re-ferred to the national level as this is a national problem affecting many campuses. If the ruling is against the insurance companies, a fee refund will be instituted. Featurette Today, Oct. 1st, is the last day to pay your fees. Starting Monday, there will be a $10 late fee charged. A week from Monday the late fee will be increased to $20. Non-major complaint I registered for a class in the Department De-partment of Art and was given the class. I had completed all of the prerequisites for this class. I was kicked out, however, because I am not an art major. How do non-art majors take art classes? M. Morris According to Departmental Chairman Chair-man Dr. Olpin, the Department of Art is simply under a financial squeeze. In past years, it had been impossible for art majors to complete com-plete their course of study because be-cause non-majors were filling the classes. A new policy has been L instituted this year to give art majors first priority on all classes. Unfortunately, this does not leave y space for non-majors in the De- t partment of Art. The answer, of course, is more money to provide facilities and faculty. Further details de-tails of the program are being c finalized at this time by the De partment of Art for a complete i; presentation to the Academic r Vice-President. If the request for the classes can be sufficiently demonstrated, the ' University may be able to increase the financial support. In the meantime, non-art majors will re- j main in an aesthetic vacuum. Wrong number Why are there no campus phones available in Orson Spencer Hall? There is only one pay phone in the building. Can't the University afford to expand this service? B. Oricot When Orson Spencer Hall was remodeled and air .conditioned, tne spaces previously used for telephones were removed. According Accord-ing to Bill Christensen, Purchasing Agent for the University, new telephones have been ordered for Orson Spencer and will be installed in-stalled as soon as planning is completed for their locations. There are campus telephones available in the Union, Library, Business Bldg., and the Annex. If they are not satisfactory, notify ActionLine. Hour cut in Library How much money has the Library saved by eliminating 14 hours from its schedule? Was this change ever considered by students? J. Brown Apparently, every library in the country is experiencing severe financial fi-nancial problems. Cost of individual individ-ual books has risen 23 percent this past year. Further, publishers are now providing 23 percent more books necessary for a good library. li-brary. The cost of periodicals has risen 17 percent. Faced with these cost increases, Dr. Brigham Madsen, the Library Director, went to the Library Policy Pol-icy Advisory Committee, which includes several students. That committee made the recommendation recommend-ation that instead of curtailing purchases, the Library should adopt the new hour schedule, which results in the 14-hour-week decrese over last year's operations. This abbreviated schedule will save the Library some $5200. While this may not seem a significant signifi-cant amount, it does free funds for library purchases. Dr. Madsen is painfully aware that this service hurts the entire University. Uni-versity. The Library is the heart of any University and when services are curtailed, we all suffer. With this in mind, the Library administration admini-stration will present the University Univer-sity administration with this problem next week. Any recommendations recom-mendations students have should be forwarded to their representatives representa-tives on the Library Policy Advisory Advis-ory Committee. Their names and telephone numbers num-bers are: Tim Collentine-581 4394 Trudy Evans-266-5276 Steve Johnson-295-5733 Vincent Mayer-582-0701 Annette Mellor-364-1 128 Note, Arjzona State has been forced to eliminate two hours from its operating schedule and Berkeley has cut its service hours by 17 percent It has also been determined de-termined that an average of 150 students use the Library between the hours of 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. 60 5 60 Why does the University limit students to 60 hours from any one department in counting hours towards graduation? J.Waldo This requirement can be found on page 26 of the General Catalog. It only applies to liberal arts colleges. col-leges. The regulation does not apply to professional colleges. It is felt that students seeking a liberal education should be equipped with knowledge from Qtnrrn |
