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O 'L t c^^a±TawJc Serving UNC-Wilmington Since 1 948 Inside' This issue. ^ew dorm to be erected Dv International House/3 LEAD conference open to all students/5 Homecoming recap/9 I News 3 OP/ED 4 UNCW Life 5 The Scene Classifieds 8 9 Student fee increase approved Collin Beck Student fees will jump $316 after approval from the university’s Board of Trustees last week. The increase is scattered among eight categories, including postal ser vices, student media, student ser vices, the University Union, student support services, athletics. University Union expansion and technology en hancement. No increase in the parking fees has been approved yet, but Chancel- i lor James Leutze said, an increase is also imminent. The hike also spawned a protest last Thursday morning by demon strators concerned about the lack of recognized student voice in tuition and fee decisions. Led by SGA Presi dent Adrien Lopez and Senior Class President Les Stewart, about 25 students with signs stood outside Madeline Suite at about 10 a.m. The stu dents protested the pro cess by which the num ber was arrived, but not all of the actual increases in student fees. Leutze carried his own sign which read, “I oppose the tuition increaSe too. But...”. The chancellor spoke to those gathered about the lack of the alternatives to the hike, due to low levels of state funding and eco nomic decline. “I oppose the tuition hike, but my job is to bet- 5ee Increase, Page 3 Chancellor James Leutze speaks to demonstrators outside the BOT meeting held last Thursday about the increase in tution and fees. Rate of tuition increases still unknown Marc Maready would raise tuiticn almost 14.5 percent over the next five years. This increase staff writer has not yet been £(]proved by the Board of Trustees. Students wiU see increases in both “The (provost’s proposal) was le- tuition and fees starting in the fall, but flective of our administrative thinking unlike qjproved fee increases, the in the impending budget stateandalso to the university’s growth in recent years. “The funding always follows the growth, it rjever precedes it,” Lanier said. Tlie North Carolina Legislature much mote supportive of higher (about how much money we would crease in tuition has not been finalized, need) primarily based on what the Talk of a tuition increase began par- chancellor said in the November education early cm the state’s history, tially as a result of the UNC Board of Trustee meeting (about assessing the and during that time a greater percent- future needs of the university),” said GovemOTS asking each campus to ganizefaculty-student committees that Mark Lanier, special assistant to the would be in charge of creating plans chancellor. that would allow universities tuiticxi over the next five years. However, the proposal o docket now is simply for the upcom- said, ing school year. TTie Board of Trustees "nie increase will not be resptxisible for the full four- year plan until later this year. The proposal, wWch couM increase tuition by over $3(X) next year, was based on the university needs, Lanier necessary be cause UNCW annually receives about $15 miUioff less than other schools The cunent tuition increase pro- similarto the this campus, Cavanaugh posal, which was introduced to the said. BOT by Provost John Cavanaugh, Lanier attributes this lack of fiinds age of the total cost of education fiinded by the state, Lanier said. “We are at an historic foik in the road for this institution. We either make choices to preserve the quality we’ve built up over the last 10 years, or we lose it,” Cavanaugh said, according to reports fnam the Star-News. Lanier said he expected the Board of.Trustees will have a fmal dollar fig ure fw the increase by the first week in Fdmiary. iAmstsmade for card fraud John White A campus investigation into credit card fraud led to the arrest of three UNCW smdents, who charged goods and services on an illegally obtained student E) card. Freshmen Corrine L. Oravits, Michelle A. Golden and Tara Anne Dalton will face misdemeanor charges in district court for using another smdent’s lost I.D. card. The card was found outside the Graham-Hewlett Connector Building on November 4. Dalton, who allegedly found the card, fac^ an additional felony chaige for credit card theft, but that chaige was later reduced to a misdemeanor by the district attorney’s office. The students purchased $73.85 worth of sodas, candy and laundry services, leaving the victim a 4-cent balance, said Arresting Officer Sgt. Gunnar Matthews of the university police. “One found the card, and they all went on a shopping spree at the vend ing machines,” Sgt Matthews said. Matthews also said that the crime was not reported until the following day when the victim deactivated her card and found her flex account de pleted. Campus police canvassed dorms to question anyone with information about the crime but would not com ment further on the details of their in vestigation. UNCW police referred each student to the Dean of Students. The-students involved were not available to comment. Under structured sentencing, the three could face a $1,000 fme and a few months probation, said C^tain David Donaldson of the university police. Campus police are looking into four other cases of credit card fraud involving student Flex Accounts. Most cases constitute petty theft, yet some accounts had up to $700 avail able to peipetrators, according to uni versity police. Capt. Charlie Willis, whoJieadsJhe_jnvestigations^^ See Fraud, Page 3
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