Board Approves Tuition Hike Costs to Go up Warren Given by 3.9 Percent Total Tuition for 1987-88 Service Award for 1987-88 In-State I I Out-Of-State at Meeting
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James Madison University Monday, April 13,1987 Vol. 64 No. 50 Board approves tuition hike Costs to go up Warren given by 3.9 percent Total Tuition for 1987-88 service award for 1987-88 In-State I I Out-of-State at meeting By Amy Porter By Amy Porter assistant news editor assistant news editor 1985-86 The cost of attending JMU will As JMU President Ronald Carrier increase again next year, but it will be opened the Board of Visitors' regular the lowest percentage increase in 21 $4,876 quarterly meeting Saturday, he thanked years, said JMU comptroller Henry Dr. Russell Warren for providing Schiefcr at the JMU Board of Visitors "highly effective service" as JMU's meeting Saturday. acting president during Carrier's In-state, non-commuting students $6,436 one-year leave of absence. will pay $5,426 to attend JMU next "Dr. Warren made enormous year, and out-of-state students will pay contributions to the university by $7,406. successfully continuing the institution's Tuition and mandatory fees will agenda," Carrier said. increase 3.3 percent next year, making 1986-87 Carrier presented Warren with a Board the total cost for in-state students of Visitors' resolution of appreciation $2,472 a year. Room and board will and recognition at Saturday's meeting. increase 4.5 percent, to $2,954. $5,220 "Dr. Warren's leadership allowed the Out-of-state supplemental fees will university to move closer to its goal of rise 5 percent to $1,980. becoming the finest public Graduate course costs also are being undergraduate university in America," increased. An in-state graduate student $7,050 he said. "The Visitors wish to recognize will pay $90 for each credit, $3 more the great role that Dr. Warren is playing than last year. in the accomplishments of James Out-of-state graduate students will Madison University." pay $10 more for each credit at $179. 1987-88 Carrier joked about the television This year's 3.9 increase is the lowest camera filming him while he was since the 1966-67 academic year when presenting the resolution. Wanting to costs increased 2.75 percent. $5,426 sit down, he said he hoped he still could Compared to other Virginia colleges be seen by the camera. and universities, Schiefer said, "This "With my new look, I want to be should leave us in approximately the seen. I've lost 40 pounds and I think same position within the state, or $7,406 I'm young and handsome," he said. perhaps a little bit better, than we were Getting down to business. Carrier before." presented several new proposals that JMU has the sixth highest tuition will be implemented in the next costs out of 15 state universities, he Staff graphic by MELISSA AMOS five-year plan. The new plan will be said. developed within the next two years. In other financial matters, the About $31.3 million will be spent on Also at the Board of Visitors "In recent years, James Madison university's proposed budget will auxiliary programs which include meeting, Schiefer updated the progress University has made enormous progress increase 6.1 percent next year, to $80.2 dormitories, the Warren Campus Center of construction on campus. and has gained a deserved reputation as million, Schiefer said. and dining facilities. Those funds come The hillside dorm is ahead of schedue one of the finest undergraduate public More than half the budget, $45.9 from student fees or university and is expected to open for the fall universities in America," Carrier said. million, will go into educational and fundraising, Schiefer said. semester, he said. The new Greek "For this progress to continue, the general programs which include an 8.5 None of the auxiliary funds come housing unit is behind schedule, but the university must move forward with percent average increase in faculty from state tax sources, he said. construction contractors have guaranteed innovative planning and must seek out salaries, Schiefer said. Administrators About $3 million will go towards that it will open for the fall. new and better ways of delivering and staff members will see a salary such programs as financial aid, which increase of about 5 percent. did not increase from last year. See INCREASE page 2 > See AWARD page 2 > I—; '■■;;■'■;■■;■:■;■■■'■-■'..|.■:;■!■..;■ ■.;■.;;■■.■■■ ■■■■■■ ; MM,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, mii,..,,MM,,,,,. 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We staff writer would be impacting on other lots then, If the motion passes, it will be have to, by state law, and federal law, but if the Z-lot is expanded by that People who park their cars illegally in presented to JMU President Ronald provide 24-hour privilege parking for time, the Z-lot can handle it," MacNutt faculty and staff lots will have them Carrier for final approval. handicapped people." said. Z-lot expansion, which is towed if the university approves a Under the proposal, if a vehicle is The faculty senate also is concerned scheduled for July, will increase the motion passed in the JMU faculty towed, the owner must pay towing about the lack of spaces for faculty and number of spaces from 184 to 324, he senate March 19. charges in addition to the price of the staff, O'Meara said. said. .. The proposal is in response to In addition, the faculty senate's complaints about students and faculty "It apears that there just aren 't enough proposal recommends that centrally members who park their cars in lots located A, B, and M lots have restricted they are not assigned to, said Dr. spots for faculty." parking from 7 a.m. to>8 p.m. MacNutt William O'Meara, president of the said. Those lots already have restricted faculty senate. Such illegal parking parking from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with causes space shortages for cars which William O'Meara the exception of A-lot which has can park legally, he said. restricted parking 24-hours per day, he "If I come on campus after nine, I said. ticket, said Alan MacNutt, director of "It appears that there just aren't can't get a space,'' O'Meara said. campus police and safety. enough spots for faculty," he said. The proposal also recommends To correct this problem, the faculty Violatcrs would have to pay.towing There are now about 880 faculty providing shuttle bus service for senate proposes immediate towing for costs ranging from about $25 to $35, spaces on campus. However, about students who park in distant lots. all vehicles parked in faculty and staff MacNutt said. 1,200 faculty parking stickers arc MacNutt predicts changes could be lots without an appropriate parking The faculty senate also proposes registered, MacNutt said. implemented by next fall if the plan sticker. stricter penalties for vehicles parking in To provide more faculty spaces, the gets final approval. JMU's parking advisory committee handicapped spaces and fire lanes. proposal calls for changing Godwin lot "We're not looking to be hard about will meet next week to decide whether <'MacNutt said new fire codes would be to a faculty-only parking lot. Students these things," MacNutt said. "We're the motion will become university ut into effect to govern parking and are now allowed to park there too. looking to be fair and firm, but not policy. the campus. Cars parked illegally in Godwin lot now has 172 faculty and overly aggressive. "My opinion will be shaped by what handicapped spaces will be towed, he staff spaces, and 95 spaces for "We've all got to live together here the committee has to say," said said.