UTC Press, 1985-10-07

              Ti '"T f1 1 Volume 14 Number 3 THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UTAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE PROVOOREM Box 1009 Provo, Utah 84603 Monday, October 7, 1985 President Higbee Explains Tuition Increases by Jerrie S. Fackrell This year students are paying eight to 17 percent more in tuition than a year ago according to President J. Marvin Higbee. Higbee explained that the increase, which was set by the State Board of Regents, will make the cost for education more equal for both the full-time and the part-time students. Everyone will be paying the same amount for each credit hour taken. He called the change a linear tuition pay schedule. Last year the students could take 12 credit hours for the same price they could take 18 credit hours. Higbee said because the tuition expense will be quite a bit more for the students taking more credit hours, the school will take from two to three years to complete the linear change. The tuition money that Utah Technical College collects is turned over to the State within three days. This money is called dedicated credits or user tax. The tuition funds are placed with the rest of the state collected taxes. The legislature then determines how much money is to be allocated to each of the nine State funded colleges and universities. This money helps to pay for the schooling of Shuttle Bus Leaves The UTC Shuttle Bus is up and running again this year with only one difference. Last jyear the shuttle operated under the direction of Student Services. This year the shut- Photo by Paul Dolinar each student. Higbee said that even with the raise in tuitions, neither the resident nor the non-resident students are paying 100 percent of their education. "It costs up to $2,500 a year to educate each student," he said. "Even with the raise, the resident students pay only $750 of that amount while the non-resident students pay about $2,100 a year." The resident students pay less because their parents are paying taxes designated for educational purposes. Inspite of how much it (the increased tuition) sounds like, tax payers are still paying a pretty sizable amount of the bill for each student. Higbee said the resident students in most of the state funded schools are paying about 18 percent of their educational costs. The students at UTC pay 23 percent and by the time the change is completed, they will be paying 30 percent of their educational costs. The state funds go for salaries, travel expenses, equipment, fuel, power and utilities, part of the basic operations and the majority of the supplies used in the instructional process. Construction of the buildings are funded by the various fees collected, such as the activity fee, the athletic fee and the library fee. tie will be under the direction of Campus Services. Last year the bus ran between the Provo and Orem campuses delivering students that either had classes on both f v,f f : J L. s ! ''I ' OTeGEii TTeacGaeir C3eDps Local Bob Hall. Media Expert United States to try to by Alicia Lusty September 17, 1985 an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the richter scale, shook Mexico City. While most students were unaware that such a tragedy had even occurred until the ten o'clock news that evening, Bob Hall, Media Expert at the UTC and amateur radio operator, heard about it within minutes. Immediately radio operators went into action all over the world. Hall repeatedly stressed that he is only a small part of a vast network of amateur radio operators. All 'Em' In the campuses or brought them to and from home to the school. Cost for the ride stayed at the ultra low level of a mere fifty cents. Dick Vanzomeran, Directer of Campus Services, f- -I JL at the UTC, communicates with other radio ODerators located throughout the western contact family members of local hispanics living in Mexico. major communication systems to the devastated city were severed, and the only way of communicating was over the air. Here in our community, amateur radio operators worked all hours of the day and night to try to reach relatives in the Hispanic Community. Hall monitored the two lines of communication that were opened for life situations and priority missing persons. Other lines were finally opened two days after the first quake, and one day after the second. Hall and other operators were responsible for coor- Dust said that ridership is up on the bus this year. He expects that as the year progresses and students work out their schedules better, ridership will even-out and there won't be a UTC SHUTTLE BUS SCHEDULE Fall Quarter Leave Provo Leave Orem 6:45 a.m. 7:05 a.m. 7:25 7:45 8:05 8:25 8:45 9:05 9:25 9:45 10:05 10:25 10:45 H:05 11:25 11:45 12:05 p.m. 12:25 p.m. 12:45 1:05 1:25 1:45 2:05 3:05 4:10 Schedule may be changed without notice, due to student load. Bus Rates' 1 Way Trip 50c Round Trip $100 10 Ride Ticket $4.50 NOTICE: Bus leaves from Orem Business building parking lot Bus leaves from Provo west side of building f dinating the transmitting of messages to operators authorized to communicate accross the Mexican border. The Hispanic communities of Provo and Salt Lake contacted Bob Hall and associates. The operators immediately went to work. One operator took a receiver to Salt Lake to the Hispanic community so they could listen on the frequencies. Another, an airline pilot, while off duty, delivered messages to Mexico personally. Help came from all over the country as people were checking in all hours to help with the effort. "We united like one problem with over crowding. Schedule for the bus is as follows: s Photo by Doug Gardiner biq family," said Hall. The efforts of the operators were rewarded when responses came filtering back Sunday morning. One of the first messages received in this area was by an Orem High School student. A staff member of the Utah Technical College Mrs. Sanchez, also received a welcome message through the efforts of the operators. Although some telephone lines have been restored, if anyone would like to contact their relatives, they can still contact Bob Hall ext 267. Development Seminar Offered The first of a series of Development Seminars sponsored by the Classified Merit Committee will be given October 7. The title for the Seminar will be "Enriching Your Communication Skills." The seminar will be held at two different times. The morning session will start at 9:00 and run to 12:00, and the second session will start in the afternoon at 1:00 and run to 4:00. There will be a short refreshment break each session. Guest speakers will be Leisel McBride, speaking on the topic "Come Alive in 85" and will focus on verbal communications, and Robert Tip-petts, speaking on the topic "Typical Writing Behavior" which will focus on effective written communications. All UTC employees are welcomed to attend and the college administration is strongly endorsing the sessions. Interested parties must respond by October 3 to Maurine Johnson at MW117 or Marie Redden at SC 101.