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Show - f 3 nu i Board of Trustees approve Larry King Study shows college students AS COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER graduating with 17,000 debt BY LORA HUDSON Dixie Sun A&E Editor the semester winding students may be gradu-11- , ng from Dixie State College uth not only academic (trees, but also thousands of liars of debt. In 2000, 64 percent of col-- i te students graduated with m average loan debt of 7,000, according to a report tom the State Public Interest ti search Group's Higher Education Project. The mount of loan debt has near- - Two members unnoimee With nvn, resignation, student body president to attend elass off campus 1 BY STANTON ROSEMAN Dixit Sun Editor in Chief Executive Council mem brrs face nutor doubled since 1992. Not only are students borrowing more, but more stu- dents are also borrowing, a cording to a 2004 issue brief ii' the American Council on Education. The percentage of mchelor's degree recipients a no ever borrowed to finance 'heir education increased fiom 49 percent in 1993 to 65 percent in 2000. In addition to taking out cardweb com indicated Caduating seniors have also diarged up an average of in credit card debts. Ten percent of students owed more than twice that amount, maintaining balances of k ans, S7.000. Board of Trustees approves King as graduation speaker, mission statement and communication program. BY STANTON ROSEMAN Dixie Sun CNN news anchor Larry King will speak at the 2005 commencement exercises on May 6. President Robert Huddleston said the Dixie State College Board of Trustees approved the pro- - Student Body President Jake Hunt said he feels it is great to have individuals, such as King, coming to DSC. He said he feels graduating students should participate in the graduation exercises. Also discussed at the meeting was the revision of the DSC mission stateworld-renowne- d d half-tuitio- n s school. see DEBT page posal for King to speak at the Board of Trustees meeting held Friday Administrative assistant Marilyn Lamoreaux said an invitation was made to King to speak at the graduation exercises. She said correspondence and an eventual acceptance from King through letters allowed the idea to be presented to the Board of Trustees. Kings stepson, Daniel Southwick, is a student at DSC. $700-$1,00- an additional lob, she said charging a credit rard and taking out a loan are necessary steps to paying for 5 adjust- ments beginning next semester after two mem tiers annouri( ed their res ignation last week .Student Bodv President Jake Hunt, a senior ele mentary education major also sees drus from e tic changes as ho prepares for student leaching I The members of the Board of Trustees met Friday in the South Administration Building. DSC sophomore Sharice Heaton from Hurricane said she paid for tuition last semester with a credit card and is loan taking out a to cover the costs of next semester's tuition. Although a pre-memajor, Heaton has a - scholarship, an " job, and will soon have Student government officials call it quits agreed to speak at DSC this May. ment. Board of Trustees members approved changes made to the mission statement Lamoreaux said the approval on Dec 3 replaces the June 2004 updates to the statement Also approved was the the corporate communication bachelor program Don Hinton, acting dean of the School of Arts, Letters and Sciences said the new program is planned to be implemented during the fall semester 2005. Hinton also said the letter of intent is currently at all state institutions for their comment After the 30 day comment period, Hinton said the program will return to the Board of Regents again for final approval. Academic Vice President Annie Vendermyde and Media Chair Melinda Davis belli said abandoned Davis has already then-duties- , withdrawn from Dixie Slate College Vandornivde said she is resigning herause she will marry in June 2005 and is moving to Sait Lake City She said she does not want do flelay her marriage and leaving the school year early is her best option Davis said she withdrew from school because of personal reasons Beginning next semester, Davis said she plans to reapply for her same posi- tion "It wasn't something to do." Davis said would love to reapply in 1 wanted 1 the spring when things are taken care of To fill the vacant positions, Hunt said one posi- - see GOVERNMENT page 6 |