Fee Hike Discussed by FRED Decapperis Most Interest from Student Government Lea- and MATT MANZELLA Ders

(Eonnectiatt Satlg Glampua Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL. LXXXll NO. 5 STORRS. CONNECTICUT Thursday. September 14. 1978 Fee hike discussed By FRED DeCAPPERIS most interest from student government lea- and MATT MANZELLA ders. Suggestions to avert possible fee hikes in "Our biggest area of flexibility is personal room, board, and the General University Fee expenditures in terms of the total budget" were heard Wednesday night as Student Donen said, "especially in the area of Affairs and Services administrators met with maintenance." Donen suggested that instead several student government leaders to formu- of tradesmen doing most of the painting for late five options for keeping the university the University, students should be able to do budget in the black for the 1979-80 academic the painting themselves to help cut cost. year. "Of all the painting being done. I would like Although no options were developed at this to see 75 percent of personnel costs eliminated meeting, administrators received plenty of and replaced by students doing the labor input from Student Trustee Steve Donen, in themselves," Donen said. "We will be trying the third step of a list of 10 procedures to get feedback from students on this idea. If established last spring for considering fee 25 percent will agree to do their own painting. increases or decreases. then we'll propose a 25 percent cut of Projected deficits in the Residential Life and personnel costs from the budget," he said. University Food Services budgets drew the Director of Housing, Sumner Cohen and Student Trustee Bridgeport teachers jailed Steve Donen, discuss ways of avoiding a possible fee increase for the 1979-80 academic year. BRIDGEPORT (UPI) — when, and if, you are back in Hartell in Windsor Locks Superior Court Judge James school." Wednesday afternoon. Homeless students Henebry Wednesday moved At least one teacher was The abandoned barracks, swiftly to break the back of a excused for medical reasons originally built to house six day-old teachers' walk- and another was believed to migrant workers, was used to stage 'tent city' out, slapping strikers with have purged himself of the jail striking New Haven contempt citation by return- teachers in 1975 and by K jail sentences and heavy Bv KEN MEYERS ° fines. ing to work, union officials federal troops flown into the The success of the UConn Commuters' Union's "Tent The judge ordered 63 said. state last February to clean City," scheduled to begin today on the student union mall, striking teachers hauled off The remaining teachers up after the Blizzard of '78. depends entirely upon the show of student support, to jail Wednesday shortly were transported to a make- About 80 more teachers according to Bill Hanlin, vice president of the Commuters' after the crippling walkout shift 150 bed Army National were subpoenaed Wednes- Union. closed the city's 37 public Guard barracks at Camp day. "The chances of achieving our goals are good if we can schools for the first time get the turnout," said Hanlin. since the strike began. The campout, which will begin this afternoon at 4 p.m. Henebry previously sent- Agreement in sight and run through the weekend, is a demonstration to protest enced the Bridgeport Educa- the lack of adequate, affordable housing in the Storrs area. tion Association's 13-mem- The demonstrators, calling themselves the Wanderers ber negotiating team to jail as summit nears end when a court-imposed dead- (homeless students) And Interested Friends of Students CAMP DAVID Md. (UPI) — Agreement on a (WAIFS), will be distributing leaflets to students on line for a return to classes passed, bringing the total of comprehensive blueprint for Middle East peace is shaping up campus today to inform them of the commuters' plight and at the Camp David summit but a bit more compromise is invite them to join their "tent city." imprisoned teachers to 76. The judge imposed a $350 needed to cap it off, conference sources said Wednesday. Referring to the chances of a favorable turnout, Sue Amid clear signs the nine-day summit would come to an end Mushinsky, president of the Commuters' Union said, "I per day fine against each teacher and a $10,000 per within 24 hours, the sources said U.S., Israeli and Egyptian think the chances are very good. So far we've had a lot of day penalty against the union negotiators have committed to paper a detailed and positive vocal response." Mushinsky expects that West for disobeying his back - to- comprehensive outline for direct, followup negotiations Campus support will come on Friday "once people see work order. He also said the between the Israeli and Egyptian foreign ministers. what's going on." Mushinsky said that ideally she would union would have to pick up They said the tentative negotiating blueprint goes beyond a "like to see hundreds" bv the weekend. the tab for keeping teachers mere statement of peace principles and includes specific The WAIFS are hoping to accomplish three major goals in jail. references to such key issues as the Israeli-occupied West through the demonstration. The primary goal is to provide Henebry called the strike Bank area and the Palestinian question. housing for those commuters (estimated by the WAIFS at "a flagrant and outright While the sources said agreement seemec' close, however, 260) who are currently homeless. disobedience of an injuctive they noted that last December's summit between Egypt's The WAIFS are also seeking to change the withdrawal order." President Anwar Sadat and Israel's Prime Minister Mena- deadline from two weeks to four weeks so that students "I find it impossible to chem Begin in Egypt had collapsed without agreement in its who find themselves homeless during that time may last few hours. understand how a group of 1 withdraw without financial penalty or loss of semester professional people such as They said the same thing could happen at Camp David. status. you can bring yourselves to 'If a final agreement is to be reached, still more flexibility The commuters want a separate off-campus housing the mind where you can defy has to be shown by both sides."one source said. office established, staffed professionally by the administra- the law," he said, "no one If success is achieved, the sources said, announcement of tion, to deal solely with commuter problems. has the right to defy the law. the agreement might not come until Friday to allow time for "Too often people on this campus complain about I don't know how you will finishing touches, even though it appeared the summit work apathy." said Hanlin. "This is a chance to show some explain this to your students itself might well conclude Thursday. concern.'' , the campus today "Information. Who? Hold U.N. Secretary General Led by goalie Barry Problems within the Mostly sunny and warm please." UConn operators Kurt Waldheim warned Stringfellow, the University Athletic Department have today with highs in the low may say these words 4000 Wednesday that 6000 troops of Connecticut soccer team led to a temporary budget 70's. Increasing cloudiness times in one day. for an might have to use force to Wednesday defeated deficit and charges that tomorrow, highs in the 70's average of 3 calls a minute. stop the fighting in southern Bridgeport 1-0 to up their women's sports are not and a chance of rain. That means more than one- Lebanon. See story page 9. record to 2-1. getting the same million calls a year. See opportunities as men's storv page 4. sports. J The Connecticut Daily Campus, Thursday, September 14, 1978 The dance of the fee hike begins an attempt by the student government and the prices are going up and an increase is necessary, There are several sure signs of fall in Storrs. One administration to reach a consensus on how much those facts will come out in the fee hearings. If is (he lines that appear at Add-Drop and the of an increase there should be. increases are justified they will be accepted by a bookstore and another is proposals to increase The meetings are the third step in a 10-step majority of the students. student fees. While the smell of fees in the air is procedure to get students more involyed in the fee never welcome, at least the air it is blowing in on process. The process involves meetings between Frederick Adams, vice president for student this year is cleaner. student government and administration officials, as affairs and services and his staff should be well as hearings on campus with officials from the commended and thanked for the establishment of Student government leaders Office of Student Affairs and Services for the the fee increase procedure. Instead of an adminis- and UConn administration officials have already general public to ask questions on fee increase trative decision announced a few weeks before the been meeting and the topic of conversation at those proposals. Board of Trustees November fee meeting the meetings was increases in the university's board While the final decision is still in the hands of the question of fees is now something that can be fee, room fee and General University Fee. The vice presidents for finance and administration and studied by the student public for more than two amount of the increases, if they are to come at all, student affairs and services, fee increase consider^ months, with smple opportunity to give their has not been decided. In fact the meetings will be ations have been brought out into the open. If opinions. A close encounter of the worst kind show me a motorist who retains his By JIM FITZGERALD composure while an escaped balloon blows amuck around his head, and SWOOOOOSH! I flew over my left shoulder and then turned abruptly to I'll show you a motorist who is the right, nickling my nose before parked.

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