Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC February 1988 Daily Egyptian 1988 2-4-1988 The aiD ly Egyptian, February 04, 1988 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_February1988 Volume 74, Issue 90 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, February 04, 1988." (Feb 1988). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1988 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in February 1988 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Daily Egyptian Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Thursday. February 4, 1988, Vol. 74, No. 90, 24 Pages Tuition hike saves college budgets ~~~~~!rWlneton "The i'1crease didn't do Gov. James R. Thompson cut dean of the College of li!lrary affairS, said tOO library everythir.g we wanted it to do, state higher ePucation spen- Enghleering and Tecbnolog:'f, was able to restore funding for The $1.2 million generated butitwasveryhelp;11l,"J.ewis dingby4percent. said the tuition bcrease ~ office supplies and contractual by this semester's tuition said. Micnael Youngblood, help the School of Electrical services. increase has done much to Se said, "We need a tax associaie tiean of the College of Engineering remodel "We took nO cut on library restore slashed departmental increase to solve our Communkations and Fine laboratory facilities.' The materials, Peterson said. "We budgets, administrators said. budgetary problems. The Arts t:aid the college's improved labs will ile!P ~ just rlidn't think. 11'"' could But they also said the money tuition increase was a step in academic units were able to college meet accreditation sustain that." is only a temporary balm, and the right direction, but it put money back into office standards.