Newspapers / Elon University Student Newspaper / March 3, 2005, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Elon University Student Newspaper / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
The pendulum Volume 32, Issue 19 March 3, 2005 www.elon.edu/pendulum What's Inside features Cheaters beware Plagiarism has become a concern at many schools. See p. 14 entertainment Hallelujah! ^®spel Choir earns honorable Mention in competition See p. 18 SPORTS ®®me, set, match. and women’s tennis see iniprovement mid-season. See p. 23 Former chief Whitman speaks Laura Hals/ Asst. Photo Editor \A/hitm^n's speech is "Leadership: A Commonsense Approach." She Tj,TlsMl^annon Visiting Professor of Leadership this weel. Beth Elmore Reporter ' . Christine Todd Whitman spoke Tuesday in Whitley Auditorium about her disap pointment in the indifference about environmental issues m the recent presidential election. Whitman’s speech Tuesday vvas titled “America, Washington and _ e Environment.” She thinks that people are not paying enough attention to the environment. According to Whitman, the environment was brought up once in the second of the three presidential debates, and never popped up again, mainly because “voters don’t rank it as most important,” and therefore candidates do not focus on it as a main issue. Whitman spent most of her See WHITMAN p. 4 Rape charges brought against Elon freshman ® .. night before. Police records shov KristeNag^iandB!^^ News Editors t d Saturday on charges of Accoramg lo i>uiui ^uiumm mw, was arrestea ^ second- rape may occur when a person has second-degree Bengston sexual intercourse with an uncon- degree Ai^mance County senting person, including someone was release under the influence of alcohol who is Jail on $75, acquaintance of unable to give consent. Rape cases ontacted Elon campus often involve an offender and a vic- Bengston, CO ^ ^ ^ tim in a pre-existing relationship, police . investigation Forcible sex offenses, including According Bengston forcible rape were reported seven Tbition increase reflects desire to keep Elon small Financial aid and scholarships to gain support from administrative funding Alyssa Morley cind Krista Naposki night before. Police records show both Bengston and the victim had consumed alcohol that night, but date-rape drugs weren’t involved. According to North Carolina law. Reporter and News Editor Tuition, room and board, and stu dent fees together will increase 7.4 percent for next year, an added $1,754 to student bills. Individually, tuition increased the most with an eight percent increase, totaling to $1,389 increase. Room and board increased six percent, board increased six percent, and stu dent fees increased two percent. Most of the increase (six percent) involves just doing business, Dan Anderson, director of University Relations said. Because enrollment is increasing, the number of faculty and staff must increase to keep class size small. Gerald Whittington, vice presi dent of Business, Finance and Technology explained that a con stantly rising tuition is necessary to accommodate for changes in the economy and improvements to the university. One reason for the increase in cost is the start of a multiple year process that will give professors more time to dedicate to special projects, research, developing courses, plan ning community service and work ing with students outside of the classroom, Anderson said. Financial aid for students will increase 11 percent. Scholarships for Fellows programs will increase. For example, five scholarships worth $3,000 each are being offered for Journalism and Communications Fellows. Last year, four scholar ships of $2,000 were available. Technology and library develop ment were also a concem for budget planning. The current constmction for the business school is not included in 2005-2006 Ibition, Room & Board Tuition: $18,944 Room & Board: $6,370 ‘05-‘06 Total: $25^14 (‘04 -’05 total: $23,565) this budget. Money for that con stmction comes from a sperate capi tal budget and fundraising efforts. The law school uses some funds from tuition costs for start up fees. Over four or five yeiirs, tuition will cover $3.5 million. Leaders from Greensboro have contributed $10 million for the school. One thing students ask every yeiir is if tuition will be going up,” President Leo Lambert said. “It’s just a given that tuition will increase.” Over the past decade, Elon’s total expenses have increased an average of 6.05 percent each year. Whittington meets with the University Budget Committee to establish Elon’s tuition each year. This committee is comprised of Whittington, Provost Geiry Francis and a representative from the Academic Counsel. For the past few years, tliis representative has been finance professor Wonhi Synn. Whittington said there iire hun dreds—sometimes, even thou sands— of requests See TEACHERS p. 5
Elon University Student Newspaper
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 3, 2005, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75