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BOX approves increase in student fees
and room and board rates for 2001-’02
Dan Guy
News Editor
Student fees, room and board rates and
construction updates were among the items
addressed at the UNCW Board of Trustees
(BOT) quarterly meetings last Thursday and
Friday.
The BOT approved a slight increase in
room and board rates as well as student fees
for the 2001-2002 academic year. Both in
creases were due to the rising costs of pro
viding services to students.
“Room and board rates were increased
due to higher labor and benefits and the chal
lenge of getting people due to low unem
ployment in the area,” said Dick Scott, assis
tant vice chancellor for business affairs.
According to Scott, the higher cost of utili
ties, gas and oU also made it necessary to
raise room and board rates. The average in
crease for a double room is 6.27 percent,
while the average increase for a single room
is 5.95 percent.
A $52 increase in student fees was also
approved due to rising costs in general op
erations.
The increase wiU help support a three-
year plan to upgrade and enhance both in
door and outdoor athletic and recreation fa-
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The UNCW Board of Trustees meeting last Friday at Madeline Suite
cUities ($15); addressing the growing pro
gramming expectatioas and providing funds
to meet the anticipated expansion of the uni
versity union ($15); campus recreation and
intramural programs ($10); additional health
services staffing ($10); cultural events, such
as lecture series and theater productioas, con
certs ($2).
“There has been an increase in general
operating costs,” said Kay Ward, chair of the
chancellor’s student fee review committee,
“We’re just trying to keep up with the ex
penses.”
According to SGA President Katie
Russell, UNCW does not have the alumni
resources of UNC-Chapel Hill or North
Carolina State.
“It’s unfortunate we have to have higher
See fees, Page 3
Leutze honored for 10 years of service
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Features
Heather Grady
Staff Writer
The Board of Trustees, alumni, students
and fiiends of UNCW came together to honor
Dr. James R. Leutze for his decade of ser
vice to the university as chancellor last Thurs
day evening
The reception was held at the Wise
Alumni House, v^'hich the chancellor was
instrumental in restoring and supporting dur
ing renovation.
“The chancellor has led us through 10
years of phenomenal progress,” said Pat
Smith, Executive Director of Alumni Rela
tions. “You can’t accomplish what he’s done
without the energy and the vision that he has.
Some people have ideas but they don’t come
to foiition. Dr. Leutze’s ideas go beyond ex-
pectatioa”
According to Smith, an alumnus of
Wilmington College, the strides made by the
university under Leutze are impressive, es
pecially in looking back to Wilmington Col
lege.
Leutze is credited with overseeing exten
sive growth in the op
erating budget to $ 134
million, more than
double the amount
available upon his ar
rival. The university
has also experienced a
62 percent growth in
faculty and the addition
of several new campus
buildings, including
the Warwick Center,
the expansion of Dobo
Science Hall and Bear
Hall, Center for Ma
rine Science at Myrtle Chancellor James Leutze looks at al)arhTfng“of a'
Grove,StudentRecre- Civil War scene presented to him in honor of his
ation Center, Intema- decade Of service tO UNCW
tional and Honors resident haUs and the gen- Leutze has also been responsible for the
eral classroom building. production of three award-winning docu-
“He had brought leadership and vision to
UNCW that I think is unparalleled in the
UNC system,” said Margaret Dardess, mem
ber of the Board of Trustees. “As a result
[UNCW] is an exciting place to be as a mem
ber of the Board of Tnistees,”
mentaries that have increased awareness of
the university in the realm of natural envi
ronment issues. Included in each was a com
prehensive resource guide for public schools.
See Leutze, Page~