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Inside This Issue... Campus scenery adds totheover^lam^^ Fraternities, sororities work to build home Seahawk Basketball action/17 News 3 OP/ED 8 Classifieds UNCW Life The Scene Sports the ^ ^ Serving UNC-Wilmington Since 1 94-8 Student applications on rise, standards follow MC3LLY Handler University admissions officers are changing the application process to make it more selective after last year’s influx of applicants. This year, the applications submit ted so far show an increase of 39 per cent over applications submitted last vear. To account for the growth, the uni versity recently moved from a rolling admissions process to one that reviews all candidates at once. The past process involved notifying candidates just a few weeks after they apply. The admissions department would then review each ap plication as it came in, acaxding to the old system. This means that once UNCW had accepted a set number of appUcants, all of the rest would be de nied, regardless of the student’s quali fications. The new way will utilize set deadhnes by which the candidates need to apply. All candidates will be re view^ at that time and the best will be accepted. The old process was essentially a first-come, first-serve system. The new way will be more competitive, using three set deadhnes and three set notifi cation dates. The first deadline Nov. 15 and applicants will be noti fied by Dec. 15. This allows the ad missions department to look more closely at the numbers of applica tions received and the number ac cepted. ‘This (change) will lead to a bet ter fteshman class, because all of the best af^licants will be accepted at once. We want academic and recre ational people, students who are go ing to come to campus and want to be a part of campus. We make the assumption that if they are active in high school, then they will be ac tive in college. If we are going to admit the best students, we need a stronger pool,” Assistant Vice Chancellor for University Admis sions, Roxie Shabazz said. Five to ten years ago, the university admitted most students who applied. Now with the growth of the univer sity, the new admissions jxxxess will allow them to be more comprehensive in judging applicants, she said. As general interest in the university has risen, 'so has interest from minwity students. Last year, only 93 minority stodentshadaf^liedasofNov. 13. This year the number has grown by 79 per- Increased numbers of applicants have allowed the university to be more selective in the admissions process. cent to 167 applicants. However, this is still a very small number compared to the overall amount of applications re- The new admissions process also reflects the change in the rate at which students choose to come to the univer- sity after they are accepted. The accep- tance rate by the university has been driving in the last five to six years. Because there are laigernumbers of stu dents applying, there is a lower percent age being accepted. Two years ago, out of those students accepted to the uni- See Increase, Page 5 Tuition may continue to rise as economy falls Jasqn OLLIN5 cUned from approximately 70 percent STAFF WHITER m thc 1980s, to 58 percent ten years University mition will see a steady ago, arriving at 42 percent last year, said rise if state appropriations continue to Mark Lanier, the special assistant to the fall. chancellcx'. The state’s inability to pro state aid to the university has de- vide money is forcing universities to make up the differ ences themselves. But, while tuition may continue to go up in the years to come, “there is not a recom mendation or decision yet fw future increases (by the UNC Board of Govemois and the NC General Assembly), ” Lanier said. “(How ever) if the trend of de clining state appropria tions as a percentage of univasity budgets cai- Sophomore, Elizabeth LewIs:Wouf a orco^tiniiS loan annlication in front of James Hall. significant tuition increases is much greater.” The Board of Gover nors and the General As sembly considers faU tu ition increases for all 16 UNC campuses during the spring. This past spring, the General Assembly decided to increase UNCW’S fall 2(X)1 tuition by 5 percent, in addition to the Board of Governors’ 4 percent in crease and a campus-based increase.' Overall, resulting increases amounted to $658.50 for full-time in state tuition and $4,706 for out-of-state mition. While the entire state is experiencing the budget ' crunch, UNCW is still receiving the lowest amount in state support within the UNC system, said Tim Jcaxlan, vice Los Colores ^lLmrj'leaverf|^^y^aro‘i^id, tiringing brigt||^orlw!^mpus. chancellor of business affairs. ‘This is a trend that is presgnt at See Tuition, Page 5
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