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Show Tht Dc9y Utah Chronldt. Wtftwsday. October 7, 1S31 PagThlrttn (pHAUTAUQUA CIRCUIT Ai Input needed on tuition increase by Dave Simmons ac tivities. participation in any numbei of education-relateWhat correlation exists, therefore, between expansion of intellectual caw iiirs and tuition increases? The fact that student input can make a difference if and when presented . One must be willing to step back-fropiojx-rlyclassioom studies and take an inteiest in issues, including education, from the general prosfxc live. A tuition increase may not make an apprec iable diffetence in your personal education, but it can have profound effec ts upon the system as a whole. There are. fort unaiely , a few si udt nts wh t ha v ea cone ei n and concentrate iht ii activities scvcial months each i on the tuition issue. I he ASl'l' I'ublw Affairs Boml. along with the Utah Council of Studenthodv Piesidcnt. presented the Regents with a pioosal several weeks ago limiting tuition increases lot the ucoming veai to eight jH iient. This "Fight is Enough" campaign gained stioug suppoit tecentlv when Or. Arvo Van Alstyne, commissioner ol highei education in Ulah. gave his supjxm of the proMsal and lecommended the Regents' final lecommendalion will be made tomouow. Student input can make a dif lei erne. threat snides weie made in assuring adequate student lepicsentation a decade ago when students obtained osi lions, over a ci tod of time, in neatly every council or commit lee of impoitaiue to highei education. Students sit on the institutions! councils of eat h institution of higher education throughout Ulah. as well as the State Board of Regents. Students are also committees represented on numerous student-facultgoverning or acting in an advisory cap u ity toe ery fac etoltbe university community where students ate involved. Although lepresenlalion is important, support of this representation and opinion is essential. Only through the efforts of many can it Ix- - assured that the student wsition is listened to and resix'cted. d Thursday, the Ulah Stale Board of Regents meets at the University to finalize recommendations to the 1'iah Legislature on tuition increases for the present board policies are adhered to, could increase nearly $600 in one year. 1982-8- 3 non-reside- fiscal year. If nt tuition decade ago. such an action would hav e brought hundreds students together fighting for a common of cause low tuition for all students. Such ad ions, a decade ago. would have received front page attention in the student newspaper days in advance, and the hxal media would have picked upon the upcoming confrontation between students and the state administrator. A non-reside- nt yc-a- is different. Some students still lobby tuition increases, but interest from thecampusat large against seems to be minimal almost Student editors of the campus newspaper share the concern of inc teasing tuition levels, but they prefer to focus their attention on the results of the Regents' nut ting, rather than reasoning behind the need for sizeable increases at all. Besides, articles about punch and cookie exjenditures make more entertaining, if not mote informative, reading material. Today's campus non-existen- t.. Mate-siipxrte- Many blamctheapatheticattitudeoftcKlay'scollegecampus lor the disinterest in publicaffairs. A recent editorial in iheSalt Lake Tribune made mention of this when comparing the differences between today's college students and those of a d more ready to back. Today finds us more face thewaiting world with all it has to offer. Today, according to observers, we focus our intellec tual capacities on training for future careers rather than striving to expand our capacities to explore the richness the University community has to offer. Only a portion of an educational experience can lake place within the classroom. The rest comes from ac tive few-year- y s goal-oriente- 0 g d as their predecessors faced a decade ago. but the need still exists for expression of an interest in affaiisaffec ting out education. And for those who do express the student view, though theii aiguments ate presented with an air of professionalism rathei than ptoiest. their importance the same tht continued need for adequate student input in issues outside of the c lassMtom selling. Dave Simmons is ASW president and chairman of the tali Council of Sludentbody 'residents. He is currently frustrations of inadequate i ( presentation in governing bodies enrolled in a fxilitical scietue ecottotnits degree program. Today's college students may not share the same s p I Are You Opinionated? Are You Literate? If you can answer yes to both of these questions, the Chfcnldo is looking for you. Applications for columnists are available in the ChienScto office. Room 204 in the Student Union. r JUST ARRIVED! J, ' When you pay for two Ox 10 KODAK Color Enlargements, the third is free. From your favorite Kodacolor film negatives, color slides or color prints. Hurry, offer ends October 14, 1981. I t s A Fascinating Look at Urban Legends: THE VANISHING HITCHHIKER S l oft COLOR DDnrrcciMft Kodak by U of U English Professor Jan Harold Brunvand $14.95atthe CrTj General Book DeDt. IP |
