5 percent student fee
increase proposed
Increase will force general fee areas to ‘tighten
belts’ |
Carrie Baker
Business Affairs Beat
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Some departments will have to
“tighten up the belts” to make way for varsity athletic
improvements, said Chancellor Francis T. Borkowski Tuesday.
Departments under general fees such as technology,
health services and student activities would have benefited from
an annual 5 percent increase. Instead, those departments will
relinquish that increase to fund a plan to enhance varsity athletic
facilities.
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| SGA president, senators
object to fee increase |
David Forbes
SGA Beat
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Jacque Lenz | The Appalachian SGA senators Jamian C. Polk,
Ian A. Mance and Stacie D. Harris sort through the fee increase
proposal brought before them Tuesday evening.
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Various Student Government
Association senators and cabinet members, as well as President Ryan
M. Eller, expressed deep misgivings about a proposed increase in
athletic fees.
The proposed $55 increase would pay for renovations
and expansion of Owens Field House, Kidd Brewer Stadium and Varsity
Gymnasium.
“I think my reaction is similar to many
in the student body, especially non-athletes; this brings up a lot
of questions about where our priorities lie,” Eller said Tuesday.
“To target athletics for a fee increase at a time when class
sizes have increased, building projects continuously ongoing, part-time
faculty have been lost, sections have been closed, tuition increased
enormously and when out-of-state students are paying $16,000, I
question whether this should be a number one priority.”
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| Housing proposal allows
reclaiming |
Hugh
Kellenberger
CRSA / Housing Beat |
The Department
of Housing and Residence Life released their Reapplication Proposal
for 2003-2004 Tuesday.
The proposal states students in Appalachian Heights
and Winkler Residence Hall are allowed to reclaim their rooms in
groups of four students.
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| Faculty Senate passes
rape kit legislation |
Jennifer
Brannock
Faculty Senate Beat |
A motion
to extend the duration of suspension for students convicted of a
sexual offense from two semesters to eight semesters narrowly passed
in Appalachian State University’s Faculty Senate meeting Monday
evening with a vote of 8-7-7.
Student Government Association President Ryan
M. Eller presented two pieces of legislation to the Faculty Senate
pertaining to the extension of punishment for convicted rapists
and the availability of rape kits at Student Health Services.
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| How new clubs like ‘Higher
Ground’ become established at ASU |
Jana
Nordstrand
Clubs / Organizations Beat |
Many come
to college with dreams of success and achievement on their mind.
However, it isn’t just making the grades
that will put a college graduate in the job of his or her dreams.
There is a little thing called a co-curricular transcript, which
may be the ticket into the golden gates of the job world.
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