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Show xtli ) DAILY utah hLJL? yyVj VOLUME 87, NO. 74 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH THURSDAY. JANUARY 12. 1978 Committee acts on tuition increase by LISA ) It C I t- - ri U r j ' I " the representatives must have a voice." Pointing to the testimony of constitutional experts he has heard, Hatch emphasized the unconstitutionality of the treaty. "We shredded the cases of both the Judicial and State Departments. The legislative branch of the government can't be ignored; we must protect coequal branches." The ambiguities of the treaty also disturbed Hatch, who characterized the verbal clarifications between Carter and Torrijos "not worth the paper the treaty was written on. It (the treaty) is an example of very bad language. I'm sure some of the third-yea- r students at the University's law school could do better," he said. "Our unilateral right to intervene is not provided for. Who is going to defend the canal?" asked Hatch. He stressed the interest of the USSR in controlling the waterway. According to the senator, the USSR has already sent propagandists to Panama, and has begun negotiations to establish bases there. "I know you think every time there's a problem we bring up the Russian scare," Hatch said. "But thank God MICHELE HUNT ChronicJc staff The legislature subc ommittee on higher education reacted positively to an ASUU presentation January 11 by tentatively setting a 3.3 percent ceiling on tuition increases. This figure is roughly half of the Board of Regents' 6.9 percent recommendation, and well under Governor .Matheson's proposed 10 percent increase. The action of the subcommittee was merely a preliminary step in its consideration of the tuition issue. However, in light of last year's 12.5 percent increase the moderate recommendation is encouraging. "It is definitely in our favor," said ASUU Public Affairs chairman Tim Zoph. "Now I hope we can just hang onto that." Senator Richard Carling motioned the 3.3 percent recommendation, saying, "We can't paint ourselves into a box like we did last year by considering tuition at the end." The motion, which passed by a vote of 10 to 2, states that the committee will not recommend a resident tuition increase that would exceed 3.3. percent. Lowell Brown of the ASUU Public Affairs Board read a prepared statement to the committee asking them to consider many questions still unanswered about tuition levels. "What is a student's fair share?" Brown asked. "What is the relationship of tuition increases to enrollments? We need to find the answers to these questions." Brown detailed the fact that the cost of education is skyrocketing and questioned the students' ability to absorb these costs. "Students' incomes, deriving primarily from part-tim- e work, are generally low. Also, note the pressure of inflated living costs peculiar to students," Brown pointed out to the committee. Senator Frances Farley supported the 3.3 percent recommendation adding that if adopted, it would be tacked on to the 12.5 percent increase demanded from students last year. "This is almost a 16 percent jump within a year, far above the cost of living jump," Farley said. "Tuition was used last year to make up, and I don't think it is premature to consider it this early." In assessing the committee's action, Brown of ASUU was hopeful. "We're on a crest of optimism right now, but we'll have to be careful not to get complacent. It's just the first step." Hatch avoided the emotional angle of the issue to concentrate on the constitutional problems with ratification. Referring to Article 4, Section 2, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, Hatch said "no territory of the country may be transferred without approval of the majority of the House of Representatives and a majority vote of the Senate." He protested Carter's action on the treaty as a violation of the separation of powers doctrine. "Who will pay the 52.262 billion provided in the treaty by the year 2000?" Hatch asked. "If it will be the taxpayers, then I ?y&A J John Watson Republican Senator Orrin Hatch said the U.S. "should never give up the canal," at Hinckley Institute Coffee and Politics. Hatch voices opposition to treaty by LISA MICHELE HUNT Chronicle staff No reasonable senator should ratify the Panama Canal Treaty said Utah's U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch in a Wednesday morning session of Hinckley Coffee and Politics. "America should never give up the canal," he said. "My position is a legal one for many reasons." sometimes we do." The Republican senator then said he feared the USSR was militarily far ahead of the United States, with our loss of the BBomber. Hatch spoke of the delay in production of cruise missiles, which are in the prototype stage, as well as the lack of the MX Super Rocket. "The B- absolutely terrified the Russians and we gave it up for nothing really," he said. Tongsun Park's upcoming testimony before the Senate was also mentioned by Hatch, though he called his information "scuttlebutt. But the rumors are that if everything comes out, repercussions will be felt in the highest leadership circles of the Democratic Party. The names are shocking," Hatch revealed. "However, I don't think it will go that far." There are presently no plans to begin impeachment proceedings against U.S. Chief District Court Judge Willis W. Ritter, according to Hatch. "I want to see this controversy ended. Judge Ritter is an extremely ill man," Hatch said. He added that Ritter had alsays treated him with dignity when Hatch was in his courtroom. "The third judgeship should resolve the issue, and I think it solved the major problem." -l -l Weather foggy morning, variable clouds afternoon and evening with patchy fog by late evening; high 43, low 28 Matheson proposal disturbs ASUU by MARTHA WICKELHAUS Chronicle staff When Governor Matheson introduced his budget proposal January 9 with its recommendation of a ten percent tuition increase, he climaxed two months of tuition controversy. In November, the State Board of Regents approved a budget proposal recommending this year's tuition as the minimum tuition for the 1978-7- 9 school year. The proposal for a $182.5 million budget which provided included a request for a $136.3 million state appropriation. The proposal showed a $20 million increase in appropriations as well as an additional $1.5 million to take the place of g the 6.6 percent tuition increase recommended by Commissioner of Higher Education T.H. Bell. J. Lynn Dougan, chairman of the regents-budgand finance committee, said the cegents didn't feel it was proper to set tuition rates when they didn't know how much the state was going to appropriate. cost-of-livin- et Dougan said the possibility of additional funding would depend on the projected state revenues. However, revenues aren't expected to increase, he added. He blamed this partially on the fact that legislators are proposing tax cuts but aren't proposing ways to make up the revenues. However, over Christmas break the regents met and voted a 6.9 percent increase. Dougan said the board reconsidered its first proposal at the request of the Higher Education Interim Committee. He said the committee told the regents they had, "in point straddled the fence," in its decision not to set an increase. Executive Vice President Arvo Van Alstyne said the regents' recommendation reaffirmed a previous position that if revenues could not be made through additional appropriations the difference would be made through an increase. Van Alstyne said the regents' proposed increase was an average hike for the nine state institutions. "The recommendation doesn't say what the increase will be for the News Briefs from the Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY The State Supreme Court ruled January 1 1 that one of its members, Justice J. Allan Crockett, may stay on the bench after he turns 72. Gov. Scott M. Matheson sought a declaratory judgment on whether Crockett should abide with the state's mandatory retirement law for judges. students at any particular university. "The level of increases ought to have some rational relationship to the level of increased funding at each institution," he said. According to the regents' proposal, the University will receive the lowest increase in appropriations. Van Alstyne said he felt it wouldn't be fair for the University to get a higher increase than the other schools. Although not extremely optimistic, Van Alstyne said he is not sure the legislature won't grant the additional funding. "If the legislature feels it is unwise as a matter of public policy (to increase tuition), they may still grant the additional funds." However, it is possible that the legislature will cut the regents' appropriations request so an even higher increase is necessary, he added. The governor acted on this possibility by recommending a 12 percent increase funds rather than the 14.5 percent the regents requested. In his address to the legislature, Matheson asked for a "modest tuition increase of 10 SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said January 1 1 its project to transplant a number of moose from Utah to Colorado by helipcopter will temporarily be halted because of "unanticipated complications." CHICAGO A University of Chicago study shows that 61 percent of Americans think there is a "crisis in health care" in this country at least for other people. But only 12 percent say they are generally dissatisfied with the health care they themselves are getting. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Farmers must stop thinking in percent. "This would amount to $16 per quarter for resident students. Commissioner Bell speculated that Matheson expected revenues to be down this year, but added that indications the regents received from Howard Nielson, former speaker of the Utah house, are that revenues will be coming in as strongly as predicted. Bell appeared not to be extremely worried about the governor's proposal. "Traditionally the legislature has appropriated more suggests," he said. than the governor However, Bell said he is sure tuition will be increased, but hopes it will be less than Matheson's 10 percent. The Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) were extremely distressed by the governor's proposal. Lowell Brown of ASUU's Public Affairs Board said, "Governor Matheson has shown that he is no friend of the University of Utah either students or the institution as a whole. An d tuition increase of 10 continued from page 1 across-the-boar- interests and broaden their base of terms of pro- - and anti-farif wish to they gain higher prices for their goods, support Secretary of Agriculture Robert Bergland said January 11. COLFAX, Wash. A farm meeting with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Robert Bergland was "a complete waste of time," but delegates got promises of support from organized labor and forged a plan to halve food stockpiles, said a Washington state delegate. NATIONAL A new winter storm system shoved eastward January 11, threatening more misery for the alreay-froze- n northeastern quarter of the nation. m |
