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Show Ill IUIIIPWP IJIIlll "&LMM ;i:Ulh w:t STUNT CLASS KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR. STOLEN TOGETHER. It isnt often that SUSC students get training on such essentials as beating one another up, jumping from speeding cars and sword fighting. But a theatre department stunt class offers just such an education. SEE PAGE 8. Whoever took some stuffed and mounted birds from the SUSC Science Center may find the theft turning into a very bad idea. A $100 reward is being offered for information leading to the return of the fowl. SEE PAGE 3. BIRDS OF A FEATHER THE STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS OF SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR CITY, UTAH Tuition raised 9 percent by Doug Christensen . A 7 percent increase in tuition, along e with a 2 percent surcharge for the purchase of library books, has been approved for the 1985-8- 6 school year by the Southern Utah State College Institutional Council. The council, which is the governing board for SUSC, also approved higher room and board rates for college housing, accepted faculty tenure and promotion recommendations and approved a capital improvements program for the college. The Institutional Council also reaffirmed its stand on the process of approving faculty tenure requests. Meeting in Salt Lake City Thursday, the council voted unanimously to increase tuition. Under the plan, the average student taking between 10 and 20 hours a quarter who now pays $215 for tuition will next year pay $230. With the 2 percent surcharge, the rate will be $234. Tuition for students taking between 10 and 20 hours will increase from $688 to $736, or $749 with the surcharge. The 2 percent surcharge is for one year only, and was requested by the Utah Council of Student Body Presidents to provide money for new library books. Former ASSUSC President Scott Price was of that request. The State Legislature agreed to one-tim- The SUSC Institutional Council met with President Gerald R. Sherratt and other administrators Thursday, then approved a 9 percent increase in e 2 percent surcharge for the tuition rates. The hike includes a books more the of for purchase college library. one-tim- allocate $2 for every $1 raised by students. Altogether, SUSC is expected to receive $96,000 next year, above and beyond the normal library appropriation, for the purchase of books. Tuition climbed at an even higher percentage rate for students taking high numbers of hours each quarter. Vice President for Financial Affairs Paul Southwick said this was an effort to make tuition charges increase at a linear rate as the number of hours taken increases. We want to do this over a number of years, Southwick said, so we dont drive people out of taking this range of credit hours too fast. Well evaluate it each year. In other business, the council approved an average 10 percent increase in the cost of a meal ticket for the college cafeteria, as well as a raise in the room rate for college housing. Both are set to take effect next year. For example, students living in Juniper Hall who have a seven-da- y cafeteria plan, will see their cost go from $586 to $653 per quarter, an increase of 11.4 percent. Of that amount, $195 pays for the- room. Even so, SUSCs rate is among the lowest in the state, President Gerald R. Sherratt told the council. Were really quite a bargain when you compare it with what students have (continued on page 7) Cedar City gets $2.75 million for performing arts theatre The Utah State Community Impact Board has granted Cedar City $2.75 million for the construction of an indoor performing arts theatre east of the existing Shakespearean Theatre. The city had asked for million to build two performing arts theatres the second to be an outdoor amphitheater at the south edge of the city but the board allocated only enough money for the indoor theatre. Even so, city officials will go the the State Legislature next January to request the rest of the money. $4-2- The board is a state agency charged with distributing money to communities in Utah which undergo significant changes due to increasing or decreasing mining activity. Iron County and Cedar City lost much of their tax base when all three of the countys iron mines closed in 1983. The goal, according to Michael D. Richards, SUSC vice president for college relations, is to make Cedar City the cultural center of the Intermountain West. Officials hope an increased emphasis on the arts in Cedar City will lead to more tourists spending time in the area, and that in turn will stimulate the economy and increase the tax base. Currently the Utah Shakespearean Festival draws thousands of tourists to Cedar City each summer. Richards said the expanded performing arts activities may bring even more tourists. The average tourist currently stays in Cedar City for 2.6 days, but Richards hopes that may double when the expansion is complete. With the new theatre, the Shakespearean festival can be lengthened from six weeks to three full months and double the number of plays produced each summer. Should the amphitheatre receive state funding, city officials hope to lure tourists to the area by offering such things as professional-qualit- y dance concerts, musical theatre, music festivals there. The Utah Shakespearean Festival already produces a yearly $6,225 million economic impact on Cedar City, (continued on page 3) |