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Show 1 I Kid J y in J Stuff: A U role both in tutoring k children, to do and getting others so, too. at-ris- Li 1. James Seaman says the U needs to play a bigger role in the surrounding community. fmtiif The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 - :' Treading Water: baseball team had hoped to move up in the 4 standings, but didn't. TUESDAY, APRIL 23, Regents Looking At Plan to Charge Some Students More for College JAKE PARKINSON Chronicle Asst. News Editor t Heeding the call of state legislators, Regents are taking a closer look at three methods to shift the direct costs of higher education to the student. Currently, resident students pay the cost of educaroughly one-thition. U students taking 15 credit hours pay $1,500 a semester for tuition, and taxpayers pay for the remaining $3,200. But state fiscal analysts suggested students not taxpayers need to bear the brunt of the costs when they take certain remedial courses, retake classes to improve GPAs or take more classes than required for graduation. Instead of paying $386 for a three credit-hou- r course, some students could be charged nearly $1,500. For a student, the difference in costs is extremely significant, but for the system of higher education, the changes would create "chump change," U President Bernie Machen rd said. Regents and presidents discussed" the proposed changes during the state Board of Regents meeting Friday at the College of Eastern Utah. Presidents from state schools spoke out against the proposed increases, but Regents said they feel the Legislature will perhaps make the changes if the Regents don't act first. No decisions have been made yet and Regents expect to discuss the three proposals further in May. Repeated Courses If Regents change the current polstudents who retake classes may be charged the full price of educa- icy, tion. "We can't expect taxpayers to pay for stodents to retake classes," outgoing Regent Chairman Charlie Johnson said. States like Florida have already adopted such legislation. State lawmakers hope the extra charges will discourage students from taking excessive courses and decrease state expenditures. During the discussion, Utah Valley State College Kerry Romesburg said, "I don't like the idea of charging a student twice as much as other stu- The 2002 U VOL NO 111 143 tudents, Community Support Earth Day ADAM BENSON Chronicle News Writer An array of bands and guest by Mayor Rocky appearances Anderson and author Terry Tempest Williams, among others, were the highlights of Earth Day 2002, celebrated yesterday outside of the Union. The event, which ran from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m., was sponsored by environTerra Firma, a student-ru- n mental awareness organization. Westminster College the day's festivities, donating $400 to the U's Terra Firma chapter. With more than a dozen nonprofit organizations volunteering time and labor, Earth Day 2002 drew significant interest. One of the organizations was The Great Basin Earth Institute, which' provides discussion courses focused on voluntary simplicity and sustain-abilit- gram out of her backyard. She also said that she'd like to see Salt Lake County follow the initiative of Salt Lake City and implement a recycling program. "There's not as much awareness about the environment as there should be. I'd like to see our education system teach kids to take care of the Earth," Gregory said. Also with a booth at yesterday's see EARTH DAY, T yW page 4 Rocky Hopes for More Light Rail, i toi. ... V Nv-- No Nuke Waste - The program was brought to the allows people to enjoy life while having less of an impact on the environment. Sustainability teaches consumers tolook toward future generations when making choices so that children will live on a cleaner planet. "For me, the Earth and the environment is the central focus of my life," Gregory said, adding that she began a community recycling pro n With a message of community involvement to solve environmental ' ? " ) r t environmental on-camp- us organization Terra Firma, stressed; the importance of students' roles in protecting'.' . - the environment. "It is young people, especially students, who end up see ROCKY, page 3 The organ donor registry doesn't handle whole bodies, but instead refers people tq the U's Body Donor Program (BDP). Program Director Kerry Peterson is pleased with the awareness the new organ donor registry is receiving Camilla Taylor paints Mark Coren's head during and hopes that it will carry over to body donation. While a majority of donated bodies come from Utah and the surrounding states, the U's BDP is a regional resource for anatomic material. Bodies come from all over, even from Florida and Texas. "People actually spend the money to send bodies to us," Peterson said. "Critical care patients come from all over the Intermountain region, so we send bodies and parts back, too. It's not just teaching hospitals and facilities. There are many research facilities that need what we have, too." There are no other BDPs in Utah. The University of see DONOR, page 4 pu 1. inrn. Utah State University .President Kermit Hall suggested that until Regents estimate the amount of potential revenue the change would create, they should postpone further discussion. "4. '- v. j i - I-- 15 Extra Hours , problems, New billboards along urge people to take the time to fill out an organ donor form by paraphrasing Paul Simon's song: "There must be 50 ways to leave your liver." Utah now has its own organ donor registry, which will make it easier for people to donate their body parts to others. Donors can also register to be living donors to give blood, bone marrow or a kidney. msm, V, ; . Mayor Rocky Anderson spoke at the Earth Day celebration on Monday. Anderson, invited by the FRED THALLER Chronicle News Writer 1 r 54 , U Program Wants Donated Bodies THE LOt f 17 I SHEENA MCFARLAND Chronicie News Writer y. U by Joan Gregory, an employee in the health sciences library. She describes voluntary simplicity as a change in lifestyle that . t 'V'f. dents." The state fiscal analysts suggested that students who take more than 115 percent of the credit hours needed to graduate pay the full cost of education for the extra hours, but w Opening the Doors to the Ivory Tower: uamgjTAH V student has taken a big -. " 7 y . . see RECENTS, page 4 the daily utah chronicle is on the world wide j .1 '? the Earth Day festivities. for Safety Upgrades In East Village ASUU Lobbies ERIKA JOHNSON Chronicle News Writer Student leaders want to make a safer living environment in married student housing by installing a camera, emergency phone and a gate in the East Village. Leaders decided to focus on the East Village because it was the part of campus most obviously in need of help, according to Kamron Dalton, a General Assembly member on a committee examining safety issues. According to Mike Nelson, vice president of the Associated Students of the University of Utah, safety was an issue when he was campaigning for office, but it only came up this semester because he was not sure how much money ASUU would have to spend on the issue. Nelson believes safety is always a concern that should be examined, however. Nelson has been working with the University Safety Committee to create a proposal to increase security for the East Village of married student housing. The proposal Nelson will take to the committee on April 30 asks for a gate and security camera to be installed on the entrances to the East see SAFETY, page 3 web at www.DailyUtahChronicle.com |