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Show 1HUNDERBIRD 84TH YEAR; NUMBER 42 SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE ly 'A.-"- CITY, UTAH THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1990 SU Senate proposes $13 student fee hike Student leaders to hold forum Wednesday BY NATALIE COOMBS As part of Greek Rush Week 90 festivities, Toby Mayes, a freshman communication major from San Juan Capistrano, Calif, and member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, imitates a rock medley for the lip sync contest. Activities sponsored by Greek organizations for the week include an L.A. Mod Dance tomorrow night at the Sigma Nu house, and a 'Reggae Fest 90 to be held at the Town and Country Depot Mall. Students will be facing higher student fees this fall quarter, possibly amounting to $13, if fee hike proposals pass. ASSUSC President Julie Stuart said $3 of the proposed fee increase is necessary to make SUSCs athletic program comply with Title IXs policy. The money would go toward adding coaches and equipment to the athletic department and making mens and womens sports more equal. Stuart said the increase for Title IX is almost guaranteed to pass the Board of Regents, whose vote is required for all fee raises, because SUSCs $5.2 million federal financial aid package hinges on compliance with the act. The additional $10 increase is proposed by Stuarts administration as a means funding Phase Two of the Student Center, a project that would expand the current Student Center to offer more room to the Bookstore and Food Services, add a ballroom and a mall-typ- e section for auxiliary ice cream and enterprises, including shops like Bask Mrs. Fields cookies. Phase Two, Stuart said, will also eventually encompass student services including the health clinic, financial aid, and registration. Phase Two moves us into the future; we need to plan to accommodate the future students of SUU, said Stuart, who added In 1988, fall quarter enrollment was 2,920, in 1989 it was 3,630; this means our college is growing rapidly. Stuart said her administration chose to bring the issue up because, I feel like if we dont do it now, maybe the next administration wont want to do it either, and were outgrowing the Student Center already. A permanent fee increase of $10, proposed in Mondays ASSUSC Senate meeting, said Stuart, would enable the addition, which would be built onto the west of the Student Center, to be completed within about three years. While the senate unanimously passed the $10 increase in an informal vote Monday, Stuart said formal voting was delayed until next week so senators could survey student opinion. Stuart also brought the proposal up in the club presidents meeting where she said club leaders voted unanimously in favor of the increase. To get an official club standing on the issue, however, the presidents will discuss the proposal with their clubs and ask club members for a vote. To get further input, ASSUSC is holding an open forum on the issue Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Zions A and B. Stuart encouraged all students to attend and voice their opinions. Stuart said she is working to get the largest sampling of student opinion possible before the Institutional Council meets to discuss the proposal. I dont want to go in to Institutional Council on April 6 and vote ignorantly, she said. SUSC isnt the only school facing a fee hike. Institutions are raising fees throughout the state, said Stuart, with the lowest percentage increase, 4 percent, at Weber State College. SUSCs total proposed increase of $13 equals an increase of nearly 13 percent and would be the largest increase proposed of other Utah institutions. Although it is the largest hike SUSCs fees will remain the lowest in the state. percentage-wise- , While Stuart advocates increasing fees for Title IX and Phase Two, she doesnt view it as a means of raising the funds necessary to match the legislative grant for Library acquisitions. Instead, she proposes that campus clubs and organizations raise the necessary $12,000 through fundraisers a figure that equates to about $450 per club, she said. |