Show “72 years of free expression” 12 Utah State University Logan Utah April 23 1975 Vol 72 No 70 pages Proposal to up tuition fees housing passed by Dave Kingham staff writer Proposals for tuition fees and housing rate increases were approved by the USU Institutional Council at its meeting Saturday The proposed increases which are subject to approval by the State Board of Regents call for an $8 increase in resident tuition a $50 increase in nonresident tuition and a $650 increase in student fees The housing rate increases range from 666 to 864 percent for the various facilities If the increases are approved by the regents starting fall quarter of the 1975 school year Val Christensen: Bank food store not in UC Sunburst Lounge should be by Ken Sink staff writer funds will not food store or clothing store next boutique year according to the tenative UC remodeling go for a bank UC budget released by UC Director Val Christensen has been tentatively appropriated to renovate the UC cafeteria Sunburst Lounge and Harmonious Living Center The UC Policy Board which hfcs to approve the UC budget hasn’t approved the’ Sunburst Lounge renovation Christensen said The board has approved the cafeteria and Harmonious Living Center changes he said The budget was submitted without UC Policy Board approval because the budget has to be done six months ahead of time Christensen said The budget was due March 22 he said The money doesn’t have to be used specifically for the Sunburst Lounge cafeteria and HarCenter monious Living The said Christensen renovations were stated in the adthe budget because idea an to have ministration likes where the money will be spent he $95000 said The downstair budget UC changes (bank food store boutique clothing store) proposed by Frank Coates and Mike Morgan “need to be developecPinto concrete programs” Christensen said “There just wasn’t enough information about the programs (to initiate them)” The ideas should be researched more to determine if they are feasible he said The decision to go ahead with the bank food store boutique or clothing store is more than one year away Christensen said The plans depend on when the decision to move the Health Service comes he said The administration space utilization committee has been asked to look for a spot for the Health Service he said Whatever moves into the UC must pay for itself and provide a service to the students he said “I respond to the idea of a delicatessen” Christensen said The deli has a larger possibility than a grocery store Christensen said The students don’t need 40 different kinds of soup he said The bank could ‘be made into a remodeled because there have been no improvements in 20 years Darley said The remodeling money will go for new furniture and a new carpet in the lounge he said The UC cafeteria is being remodeled to increase usage Christensen said A new carpet new chairs and tables and portable room dividers will be put into the cafeteria Darley said The use of the Briar was tripled after remodeling Darley said The wall between the Harmonious Living Center and the Post Office will be removed Christensen said The Post Office will be moved into a new office and built between the Walk-I- n Thunnell’s he said The $95000 remodeling request is abnormally high said Clark England coordinator of auxiliary accounts Usually the UC redecoration request is cut in I USU Utah State University’s student newspaper Student Life and student magazine Aggie Review have been named winners in The Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi (SPJ) regional Mark of Excellence contest Student Life placed third as d Student Best and Aggie Review Newspaper All-Roun- and fees for resident students will be $16550 and nonresidents will be $39250 per quarter The $650 student fee increase includes $250 to make the student health service self supporting as now required by the Board of Regents $2 for intercollegiate athletics primarily to support an expanding womens program and $2 for student academic services and other student activitities $25 given to the overall benefit of USU rather than just the percentage of the out of state students Concerned About Educational Quality The Institutional Council is not an eletist organization insensitive to the problems of students council member Glenn Mecham said but the council’s main concern should be maintaining The housing increases include all facilities which include board at the High Rise cafeteria and $10 for all the cooking dorms Increases in married student housing will range from $6 to $8 with no rate change for the trailer court or Van Noy Apartments ASUSU President Craig Cummings and President-elec- t Nolan Johnson made statements objecting to such a large increase in tuition To a student with no money coming in a $50 increase is a drastic increase Cummings said With an increase this steep USU will face a public opinion problem he said where it had once enjoyed a reputation as a $25 in very convenial institution Institutional Council member Snell Olsen said the $50 increase in nonresident tuition would shut out many choice students from southern Idaho and western Wyoming who would ordinarily be drawn to USU because of the location Snell who was the only council member to vote against approval of the tuition increases said a $25 increase would be more reasonable Council member Jay Dee Harris said top priority in making the decision should be the quality of USU as an educational institution “Increasing the tuition is not something we enjoy doing” Institutional Council Chairman WB Robins said “but it appears we have no choice” USU President Glen Taggart said statistics show that the last time USU raised its nonresident tuition in 1967 the number of out of state students dropped from 2800 to 2200 Some of this drop may have been due to the opening of new junior colleges in both Wyoming and Idaho Taggart said Even Stevenson vice president for business cited higher minimum wage laws inflation and a new Board of Regents requirement that housing facilities to self supporting as the factors making the room and Young University which won first place and The University of New Mexico Daily Lobo which placed second Aggie Review was second in student the to category magazine Monday weekly publication of The Daily Universe of Brigham Young University Third place in the a Magazine “I like the boutique idea” Christensen said “The bookstore could handle the clothing” Sunburst The Lounge better will give remodeling service said Bruce Darley assistant UC director The cellence on professional ex- general areas as content writing layout editing typography interest and responsibility Student Life was third best student newspaper behind The Daily Universe at Brigham journalists in Institutional Council remain entitled to all rights and (Cont on Page 2) magazine contest was won by the UNC Quarterly Review at the University' of Northern Colorado The first place entry in each category goes on to national judging against winners from the 11 other regions The national winners will be announced in September Society officials said there were 180 entries in all contest categories from the nine campus chapters in the region in addition to entries from the Northern of University Colorado and the University of Texas at El Paso The Mark of Excellence awards are the first for the Utah State campus chapter of the Society since it received its charter in January The Student Life staff which approxiamtely 30 students most of whom are journalism majors w ' Key editors throughout the year on the newspaper in addition to Brady have been Sue Hodgson managing editor Tony Collis news editor Doug McCulloch and Steve Stout sports editors Leslie Blanchard copy editor and Jay Wamsley wire editor The editors of Aggie Review nv i ISMS region by Revisions of the Academic Code regarding tenure and retirement were also approved by the council The retirement revisions make it possible for a faculty member to retire any time and with the approval of the shares the award consists of were judged by leading professional journalists in the fudged Taggart said the funds earmarked for the salary increases would be distributed to the different levels as specified by the regents but individual salary increases will be made on the basis of merit as determined by peformance evaluations The merit system is not only a good basis for distributing salary increases but also serves as a positive incentive and aid for improved performance Taggart said paper magazine awarded All-Rou- be will Certificates presented to contest winners at the Distinguished Service Awards Program in El Paso on Saturday May 3 The awards will —be presented in the name of the editors of the student publicatons ' Student Life editor is Richard Brady and editor of Aggie Review is J Chris Larson Both are journalism majors The publications were board increases necessary During the meeting the Institutional Council also approved guidelines for the development of the 1975-7- 6 budget which must be prepared and then reviewed by the council at its May meeting The budget guidelines include a 10 percent increase in faculty and administration salaries and a 1245 percent raise in classified personel salaries as directed by the Board of Regents For High Rise Cafe was second Best Student Magazine in Region 9 The region includes Wyoming New Mexico Colorado Utah and El Paso Tex Entries from campus SPJ chapters in the four states profitable business” Christensen said said D tuition ' & "45 - have been Larson Harmer ¥7 rvlt:’ I vy s JS 5yl V n v § such Student Life editors Tony Collis Sue Hodgson and Richard Brady and Aggie Review general editor J Chris Larson (rear) react to the announcement that their efforts were awarded second and third place respectively in SDX region 9 comphoto by Ron Rico petition Carol assistant editor Jean Johnson and Kent Perry contributing editors and Doug Stewart poetry editor “Needless to say we are delighted to win recognition from professional journalists” George Rhoades faculty adviser to the Utah State campus SPJ chapter said “It is outstanding for our student publications to win in contests against bigger university daily newspapers with larger budgets and more resources” |