The Lumberjack, December 3, 1987.

              Vol. 81, No. 18
Regents to set
tuition in Tucson Robert Crook
news reporter
The setting o f tuition for the 1988-89 academic year tops the A rizona
Board o f Regents agenda fo r its meeting tom orrow and Saturday at the
University o f A rizon a in Tucson.
The finance comm ittee’ s proposal calls for in-state tuition to increase
by $82 to $1,278 fo r the fall 1988 and spring 1989 semesters. The $82 is
an increase o f 6.9 percent from the current academic year’ s tuition o f
$1,196.
The committee also proposed to raise tuition for out-of-state students
at U A and A rizona State University in Tem pe to $4,866, a $238 or 5.1
percent increase. Non-resident N A U students would pay $4,336 fo r the
academic year, a $250 or 6.1 percent tuition hike.
Karen Hardy, A S N A U president, said the regents most likely will pass
tuition increases proposed by the regents’ finance comm ittee in October.
At a N ov. 18 Phoenix public hearing on the proposed tuition increases,
several students from the state’ s three universities expressed disapproval
o f the finance com m ittee’ s proposal.
At the public hearing, students expressed concerns there is not sufficient
financial aid available to students, and the proposed tuition increases would
keep some minority and lower-incom e students from attending a state
university.
The regents’ finance comm ittee unveiled its tuition hike proposal dur­ing
ail Oct. 30 public hearing at U A . The N o v. 18 hearing came after A SU
students requested it, because the final decision on tuition rates will be made
at U A .
The proposed tuition hikes are part o f a 10-year tuition plan drafted by
the Council o f (university) Presidents.
This academic year’s in-state tuition was 20 percent o f the cost o f educa­tion,
an estimation o f what it costs to educate one university student for
an academic year. This year’ s C O E figure is $6,010.
The Council o f Presidents has recommended students pay an increase
o f 0.5 or 1 percent o f the C O E each year. The council’ s goal is to have
resident students pay 25 percent o f the C O E by the end o f 10 years.
The C O E for the 1988-89 year has been set at $6,238. Th e recommend­ed
in- state tuition o f $1,278 is 20.5 percent o f the C O E , a 0.5 percent
increase.
The recommended tuition fo r non-resident N A U students is 69.5 per­cent
o f the C O E , up 1.5 percent from this academic year’ s 68 percent. N on­resident
U A and A SU students are recommended to pay 78 percent o f COE,
up 1 percent over the current levels.
Under the Council o f President?/proposal, non-resident N A U students
would pay 75 percent o f the C O E and non-resident A S U and U A students
would pay 85 percent o f the C O E by the end o f 10 years.
State funds cover the portion o f the C O E that students’ tuition does not.
The proposal also recommends resident tuition and fees remain in the
lower one-third o f the rates charged by public universities throughout the
nation. It also recommends non-resident tuition and fees remain in the lower
two-thirds o f national rates.
Tuition will not automatically be raised by 0.5 or 1 percent o f the C O E
each year, as the Council ot Presidents’ proposal and the finance commit­tee's
recommendation to the regents spells out, according to Hardy and
Mick Dalrymple, executive director o f A rizon a Students* Association, an
organization representative o f the state’ s three universities.
Hardy and D alrym ple said the main purpose o f the tuition plan is to
arrive at specific tuition figures that can be raised or lowered after debate.
'Th ey (the Council o f Presidents) were upset at how tuition was seem­ingly
set arbitrarily, as a free-fo r-a ll,” Dalrymple said.
The purpose o f the council’ s proposal is to have tuition figures to start
w ith, rather than figures “ taken out o f the air,” H ardy said.
Under the tuition setting plan, each year the regents would consider such
changing factors as the availability o f financial aid and increases in other
student costs (such as books and room and board) before they set final
tuition rales, she said.
Hardy said there might or might not be further discussion from the public
on the proposed tuition increases during the regents* meeting.
She said the regents must decide on next academic year’ s tuition rates
at this month’ s meeting because the state must know the tuition rates before
it can allocate funds to the universities.
The regents most likely will pass the finance com m ittee’ s recommended
tuition rates fo r the 1988-89 academic year, according to H ardy and
Dalrymple. The m ajority o f the regents have said they support the finance
com m ittee’ s recommendations, they said.
Sigma Chi fraternity loses official quarters
Matt C liffo rd
news reporter
A m id s t co m p la in ts fr o m
neighbors bout noisy parties, litter­ing
and nderage drinking, the
university chapter o f the Sigma
Chi fraternity has lost the right to
have its headquarters at 406 S
Beaver, said Ed Beasley, assistant to
the F la gstaff city manager.
The city zoning and planning
commission voted N ov. 24 to revoke
the fraternity’ s conditional use per­mit,
which allow ed the Sigma Chi
house to exist in an area where it
would ordinarily be prohibited by
zoning law’s, he said. Th e fraternity
will now have to remove its letters
from the building and will not be
allowed to hold o fficia l functions
there, he said.
“ There was a series o f events this
fall leading up to this. ’ ’ he said. “ It
was not the result o f any one
incident ’ ’
Beasley said members o f Sigma
Chi have caused excessive noise,
allowed parties to spill over on to
neighboring property and failed to
cooperate with police to prevent
minors from drinking, all o f which
are violations o f the conditions the
city set up when it issued the permit.
Many o f these conditions were taken
from the fratern ity’ s own by-laws,
he said.
“ By not fo llow in g their own
rules, they perpetuated the gravity
o f the situation,” he said. “ W e met
with them several times to go over
the rules, so there was no doubt in
anybody’ s mind about what those
rules w ere.”
T w o separate groups o f the frater­nity’
s neighbors have filed form al
complaints with the planning and
zoning commission.
Members o f the Religious Socie­ty
o f Friends com plained in a letter
dated N o v. 23 they have had pro­blems
with Sigma Chi for years. The
letter cites incidents o f loud noise
and the dumping o f trash on their
lot, which is adjaccnt to the frater­nity
house.
“ Even aside from the abuses o f
neighborhood courtesy, we are not
com fortable with having a fraterni­ty
next door, especially with our
children outside playing,” the letter
concludes. “ There is much evidence
for beer drinking, partying and loud
music, but we have yet to experience
any positive social or neighborly
valu e/’
Another letter citing similar com­plaints
was signed by 15 residents o f
the area and submitted to the com ­mission
N os. 10. Both letters asked
the board to revoke the conditional
use permit.
Mike A fflerbaugh, vice president
o f Sigma Chi, refused to comment
on the matter pending a possible ap­peal
o f the decision to the city coun­cil.
Another member o f the frater-niiy
said Sigma Chi officials met
with board members before they
voted, but were unable to affect the
outcome.
“The decision was made before
we walked in the door,” he said. “ It
had nothing to do with what we told
them at a ll.”
Beasley said although a number
o f fraternities were issued con d i­tional
use permits three years ago.
Sigma Chi is the only one the city
has had problems with.
Th e city issued the permits as a
temporary measure to allow excep­tions
in its zoning laws, which make
no provisions for fraternity houses,
he said. They were issued with the
understanding N A U would come up
with a plan within five years to move
fraternities on campus, he said.
Art Farmer, adviser fo r the Inter­Fraternity
Council, said there are no
plans to build housing specifically
fo r fraternities in the near future
“ due to budgetary considerations.”
but the council is looking into the
idea o f constructing “ group hous­ing”
which would be available to
various student groups, including
fraternities.
NAU Ski Club
to seek refund
for 4-day trip
Lesle> M itchell
news reporter
The N A U Ski Club which went on
a ski trip from Novem ber 25 to 29
say they did not receise services they
paid for.
A ski club member w ho spoke on
the condition he not be identified
said Dynamic Tours, the company
that o ffered the trip through the
club, claimed there would be much
snow fall during the four-day trip.
The ski club arrived in Salt Lake
City late N ov. 25 after a 13-hour bus
ride. Rumors o f no snow were cir­culating,
so the ski club called the
weather service, he said.
He said Dynamic Tours could
have called ahead to see i f there was
snow or not, but instead they arriv­ed
in Salt Lake City not knowing the
weather conditions. “ A ll they had
to do was make a call and find out,' ’
he said.
A fter calling the weather service,
the ski club realized there would be
no snow . “ Seven to ten people flew
home at this poin t,” he said.'
A fter club members were in form ­ed
there would not be heavy snow,
Dynamic Tours scheduled in fo r­mative
meetings which were poorly
organized and frequently canceled,
he said.
Those members remaining on the
trip skied fo r one day and one even­ing,
instead o f fou r full days, he
said.
Members who went on the trip
paid approxim ately $225 fo r a dou­ble
room and $190 fo r a single, he
said.
Most organizations planning out­door
sports will make a clear-cut
cancellation provision, which will
account fo r conditions which are
beyond human control (like the
weather), said N A U attorney Robert
Lippman.
Lippm an said refunding money
the ski club definitely used, would
be very difficu lt. Transportation,
hotel accomm odations and meals
were used by members w ho remain­ed
on the trip.
Lippman said he does not know’
what arrangements the ski club
made with Dynamic Tours, and can­not
predict if there will be even a
partial refund.
Many members o f the ski club
wanted to m ove to a spot seven
hours away where there was heavy
s n o w fa ll, but p r o b le m s w ith
Dynamic Tours and the Hilton
developed, the ski club member
said.
He said the club plans to take ac­tion
to have their money refunded.
“ People were very angry,” he
said. “ There could have been great
respect for a com pany who tried to
accomm odate weather changes.
Self-inflicted gunshot
takes life of teacher
Robert Crook
news repon er
An N A U philosophy professor died N o v. 20 from what the C oconino
County S h e r iffs Department said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Alfred D ewey Jensen o f Flagstaff, 44, was found dead in a wooded area
south o f Interstate 40 about 10 miles east o f Flagstaff, according to S h eriffs
Detective J g ff Greene.
Greene said that at 1 p.m. a sh eriff’ s deputy and a Forest Service
employee found Jensen’ s body about 200 yards from his vehicle Jensen
had shot himself once in the head with a .22-caliber revolver. Greene said.
Jensen had a long medical history and “ probably was in a lot o f pain ,”
Greene said. He said the s h e riffs department does not suspect foul play
in the shooting.
Jensen had been a professor o f philosophy at N A U for 16 years and
had written many theological and other philosophical articles and publica­tions.
He also lectured widely.
Jensen was born M ay 6, 1943, in Bennet, Neb. He received his doctorate
at the University o f Texas at Austin in 1970. In 1971, he came to N A U
from Pennsylvania as assistant professor. He was prom oted to associate
professor in 1978.
He was on N A U ’ s faculty senate in 1970 and 1971 and again in 1983
to 1986. He also was on the Honors Com m ittee from 1974 to 1976. He
served in various other university organizations as well.
Jensen is survived by his w ife, M argaret, and tw o sons, Robert Ethan
Jensen, 20, an N A U student, and Daniel Thane Jensen, 17, all o f Flagstaff.
Master set of keys stolen from residence complex
Sue Shellon _____________ ____________
news reporter
The theft o f a set o f master keys from Campus
Heights Family Housing left residents unaware o f a
possible security threat fo r several weeks.
Sometime between Oct. 30 and N ov. 1, a set o f keys,
valued at $5, was stolen from the Campus Heights O f­fice,
according to police reports. H ow ever, the o ffic e
was not broken into. N A U Police O fficer Charles
M ilam said. The theft was reported N ov. 4.
A $52-cash burglary from the o ffic e was reported
also, according to reports.
The missing keys were a set o f master keys to C am ­pus
Heights, Rick Brandel, interim director o f
Residence L ife, said. “ But we don ’ t feel that there is
any security threat.”
During the first week in Novem ber, a Campus
Heights resident, who wishes lo remain anonymous,
was approached by a couple o f her neighbors requesting
change for laundry.
Residents are usually able to obtain up to $3 change
per day from the o ffic e for laundry facilities. A fter
questioning the request, the resident was told that
change was no longer being given out because a tbelt
had occurred in ihe o ffic e around the first o f
Novem ber.
The resident said she was later called by Campus
Heights Residence Hall Director Pam Rossi and asked
how she knew about the theft. A fter explaining what
she had heard, the resident was inform ed the case was
still under investigation and they (Campus Heights)
were trying lo keep it quiet.
“ W e are not sure if the keys were lost or stolen,'
Rossi said. N o o fficia l nolice o f the theft has been
distributed to the residents, Rossi said.
According to Locksmith Supervisor Charles Snelling,
normal work orders for changed locks currently take
between 3-4 working days to complete.
A fter learning that a set o f master door lock keys was
taken, ihe resident requested a lock change which took
a week to accomplish .
A hypothetical set o f stolen master keys to a dor
mitory would constitute an emergency, Snelling said,
because it would involve having to change all the locks.
The Campus Heights’ incident was not deemed an
emergency and locks were only replaced after a request
was received, Rossi said.
About 10 residents had their locks changed but no
thefts have been reported since the incident. Rossi said.
Snelling refused to give statistical inform ation regar­ding
number o f changed locks in ihe past tw o weeks,
but stated that routinely, his o ffic e perform s about
1.500 recodes a year.
A decision to phase out the older locks and install
new locks at Campus Heights was received on M o n ­day,
Rossi said. A notice will g o out this week advis­ing
Campus Heights residents that old locks are being
phased out and new locks will be installed in the near
future, she said.
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