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Show ThE DAily Utah SECOND? Gymnasts seek another national RON CLE FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1988 See VOL 97, NO. 70 OF UTAH UNIVERSITY title page 1 0 Scholarships get revised GPA rules r 5- - -- 1 i It $9w&r7u l,f' Some ! U. students upset By Darren Hawkins Chronicle assistant news editor Beginning in fall 1988 the University of Utah will require students to maintain a 3.5 GPA to retain any university-funde- d scholarship. The new policy is a major change from the current system, which requires anywhere from a 3.0 to a 3.7 GPA to keep scholarships. However, students already on scholarship will remain subject to current requirements and will not be affected by the change. The current GPA levels required to retain a scholarship range from 3.0 for a special departmental award to 3.7 for Honors at Entrance. A 3.5 is required of students with a President's Scholarship. Alva Baer, former chair of the Financial Aids and Scholarship Committee, said the change was recommended in order to put everyone on a common basis. "The Honors at Entrance scholarship had gotten so high it was very, very difficult for students to meet its requirements," he said. Harold Weight, director of Financial Aids and Scholarship, agreed. " It's a better opportunity for Honors at Entrance students to continue their scholarships," he said. Baer pointed out a different problem with special departmental scholarships. Some of the colleges and departments require a higher GPA to be admitted than the 3.0 required to retain such an a award. After it was discovered that approximately the same number of students would be funded with a scholarship under the two systems, the committee decided in favor of the change. He also said it seems illogical that the scholarship which is most difficult to receive, the president's, has a lower required retainment GPA than the Honors at Entrance. "The change seemed a reasonable change to make. There were no serious arguments against it," Baer said. "We recommended it be implemented in such a way that no one would be adversely affected." However, at least one professor on the committee sees a problem with the change because it makes departmental scholarship much less attractive. Student reaction to the new standard varied widely when the Chronicle asked several students who are on scholarship for their opinion on the new policy. Some said it isn't fair to require a 3.7 GPA of some while requiring a 3.5 GPA for others. However, others felt it was only right because those were the terms that the student agreed to when he or she received the scholarship. ' jfs . Chronicle photo by Erin (Palmes Faced with the rising costs of medical care, Utah hospitals, including the University of Utah hospital, must often pass on those costs to patients. U. hospital officials say these increases, however, often only cover the basics. Hospital costs inch up in Utah New technology, overhead are at fault By Ellen Garff Chronicle staff writer convince the board of directors that funding is necessary. "We're just trying to stay open and cover our costs," he said. "It's a full-tijob speculating about how to cut the costs for patients without cutting the quality of care." "Cost for care at the U. hospital has kept in line with general inflation over the past two years by rising about 5 percent each year," he said. Gunnell explained that the cost to patients is relative to the level of activity at the hospital. Thus, a higher patient occupancy would mean lower costs for patients. The U., with a high occupancy rate of 82 percent since July 1, hasn't been forced to raise health care costs as frequently as other hospitals in Salt Lake City. see "hospitals" on page four me Despite popular belief that the cost of hospital care in Utah is soaring unnecessarily, hospitals must compensate for rising overhead while purchasing highly advanced medical equipment in order to continually provide quality care. Dale Gunnell, associate administrator of financial services at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, said while many hospitals in Utah must raise the cost of patient health care, the U. has not been forced to do so. However, Gunnell said that hospitals don't just raise the costs of health care on a whim. Hospital administrators must U. is on track million to $150 raise right campaign Libraiy is GIFTS hardest to raise money for By Dennis Romboy Chronicle investigative editor way Making money the may be hard work, but University of Utah administrators have found asking for it is just as difficult. The U. is in the midst of a capital campaign to raise $150 million by July 1, 1990. To date, efforts to solicit funds from various individuals and organizations have been rewarded with $104 million, which means the fund raising is slighty ahead of schedule. Surprisingly, 90 percent of the current total was supplied by less than 10 percent of the donors. Several of those donations were seven-figu- re amounts. W. David Smith, U. director of However, development resources, said contributions are down somewhat in 1987, despite the old-fashion- ed work of committee members. "The reason I think they are (lower than in past years) is the market and the change in the tax laws," Smith said. He added that contributions came in early this year and then tailed off. a few of the campaign categories are doing very well. Those categories that are doing well include: programs, technology and research, facilities and a special opportunities fund. "We're having a devil of a time raising money for the library. The library is the single -- most difficult thing to raise money for," Smith explained. He said he doesn't know why library contributions are so sparse, but he added that proposals to potential contributors will be slanted toward the libraries, student aid and student life and see "contributions" on page three Nevertheless, Smith said with exceptions, all 50 4 C 40 - o A ill g . I Amount Desired m Amount Raised If If I snfn jWmMMam a . j-. . Categories Non-prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
