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Show 2 TUESDAY. OCTOBER 24, THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 2000 anawB wcrk until we complete completely our platform. We will With Talk of Tuition Hike, Students Want State to Meet Them Halfway higher education is meaningless if it's not accessible," said ASUW legislative coordinator Noah PurcelL "The UW is already an elite institution we don't want it to become an elitist institution." Purceil noted that the negative effects of high tuition might compromise university composition and e stuwould exclude dents. Student Regent John Amaya was also concerned that many minority students may leave school because of an education price hike. Purccll emphasized higher education as a public good worth investing in because students will bring their skills into the "real" world. "The direction we ought to go as a state is one that comes close to California and North Carolina, and that's to make big state investments in higher education," he said. Although the University of Washington's last Regent meeting was filled to capacity, it was clear that a crucial party wasn't at the table to discuss proposals to combat a potential tuition hike. "One party that's obviously missing here is the state," said Regent and Chair Ark Chin. Attendants at Friday's meeting including members of the Associated Students of UW, the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) and faculty and administration mem bers seemed to agree that increases in financial aid and student contributions would not be enough to ensure an accessible education in the face of a potential tuition raise. Meeting members called on the state to match any increases. They said they would like to share the burden among the state, financial aid and students in order to maintain a quality institution. "From a student's perspective a LOCAL Salt L&lcg City A third man has pleaded guilty to a string of robberies at Hispanic businesses in Salt Lake City, Martin Guerrero, 27, admitted Thursday in federal court that he took more than $40,000 in merchandise in two jobberies last winter. He also admitted using a firearm and threatening violence. STATE Provo Utah lower-incom- THE DAILY U Wire chiefs say they can't spare the officers 2002 Winter Olympic officials are requesting to help with Olympic security. In a letter mailed to Utah County police agencies this month Craig Dearden, who heads the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command asked police chiefs to allow officers to help with Olympic security. UTAH Provo If they can contact him, Utah County Republicans say they'll ask Utah County Com-- ; rxiissioner David Gardner to resign. Stan Lockhart, chairman of the county GOP, said Monday the executive board of the party met over the weekend and decided to ask Gardner to step down from his post. ... Police County MONDAY MET STATE COLLEGE OF OF WASHINGTON U AT A FORUM SEE PG 1 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EVEWtSiS 55 DE OCT. NV E R able to prove that at least three students in the African American Studies degree program were going to graduate this year. But Thomas said she does not see that happening. Some faculty are concerned over the loss of the program. "I believe the major is vital to the college, and Metro is the only college in the Denver area that n offers a major in Studies," said African American Studies Professor Akbarali Thobhani. "I am very distressed that it is going to be discontin- DIIiUtah chronicle SHANE McCAMMON BRIAN WATTS 136 OSH. Irs ' This is not the first time the n Studies has been in this kind of trouble. The program was in danger of being cut in spring 2000 due to a lack of graduates in the 1998-9- 9 school year, but was exempt from discontinuation by the college and the CCHE. But this time around the major will get no such luck. Since the college is unable to produce graduates from the program within the next two years, a successful appeal is. not possible, Thomas African-America- pry-gra- ST, Update Editor News Writers THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE is an inde- LORIN Editorial Cartoonist Keren Crompton will speak ' 2000: Tha Race for Salt Lake County ' Mayor' at 9:40 e.rr.. !n 253 Illustrator C. . the A. Ray sity Union. Magazine Editor JACQUELINE CHENEY RED WYNNE Assistant PARRY RED RED Editor , Writers JARED WHITLEY Monday through Friday during fall and KATKRYN COWLES iti held in the union Paoarema "J East Room si t p.m. and si " 7 m ' ,f STEVEN WALLACE JEREMY WOJCIECHOWSKI Sports Editor Sports Writer holidays) and weekly during Summer Term. 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MEYER JEREMY ASAY y'Y-V-- part of the pharmacolo- - As NATHAN HATCH TIERNEY ! fey . EMILY DAVIS Spring semesters (excluding test weeks and comments or complaints call (80!) or visit chronicle.utah.edu on the World Typesetters j Law Attcr ney Steven Drukr will be presentation Wire JACOB STRINGER j "'Genetically 'Engineered Foods: Are They S??" a' choice in that." THE METROPOLITAN STACY . address by Independent Party Coalition Candidate John Hegelln wiU b& held at 11 a.m. in OSH 255. The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will hold a teaching-tjssis-tediscussion on "Evaluations: issues, Concerns, innovations" from 2 to 3 p.m. In the Large Conference Room of the Sterling W. Siii Center, nt WEDNESDAY TUESDAY ..... WIHDY H!:62 10:52 ' ,,,........., . v , ;... ... FRIDAY ...."!l!Yorty,U ..,..:,.,:;.,,,,.;...:.. 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Rocm 255, African American Studies Program Dropped: Insufficient Enrollment A major in the African American Studies department at Metropolitan State College of Denver will no longer be offered after Fall 2001 due to a lack of graduating students within the major. The Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) said a program that does not graduate at least three students in three years within the program must be cut from the college's offered majors. "The important thing is for people to understand that the program is still there and students can still focus their major on African American studies, just in the individualized degree program," said Debbie Thomas, vice president of The College of Communications. Students who want to major in African American Studies will still have that option, only the degree would be under the Individualized Degree .Program, which allows students to design their own degree. The 13 students, who had declared their major as seeking an African American Studies degree before the program was phased out, will have four years to complete the degree at Metro, said President Sheila Kaplan. Kaplan said that although the classes in the African American studies program have been popular, the number of students who have graduated from the program has fallen below the threshold. However, she said that African American Studies faculty and staff will be maintained even after cutting the program. Classes that were offered under the program will also remain available to the student population to fulfill multicultural requirements and for those working on their minor in African American studies. The college could appeal the decision bv the CCHE if it were n imi CAMPUS JESS DALTON. 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