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|Pa(t 13 ■ Ptf* 15 BJ Pan 19 JUMitflftM Mnta'itrMi Feelln ma kirn MI ciurt and an Four IMU students walked with kangaroos, MTV's new "Real World" is the same old seven- Men's and women's tenms struggle with the chased wombats and used post office trees lives saga set in the windy city this time. loss of their practice courts at Godwin and the in the first-ever mmimester in Tasmania. loss of some scholarships this season. Today: Partly Cloudy High: 69 Low: 55 Port Republic may improve SGA, City Council work on plan for sidewalks, turning lanes, bicycle lanes BY RI HI K MI PORTFR contractor for grant money and August of this year. The total ported by the SGA, will con- contributing writer contract approval. cost is estimated'at $900,000. tinue the project from Devon During its Thursday meet- "It's pretty clear that there Phase Two, which was sup- Lane to Neff Avenue, with the ing, the Student Government have been a ton of pedestrian same features as Phase One. Association Executive Council safety issues at IMU," Mills Markel said that the projected approved the drafting of a let- said. "This plan goes out of -U cost of this phase is just over ter of support for the its way to address student $1 million. Harrisonburg City Council's concerns." The HCC is dependent on a plan for the construction of Harrisonburg City Planner ... there have been a grant from the Virginia sidewalks, bicycle lanes and Keith Markel said that the ton of pedestrian safety- Department of Transportation additional lanes for motor entire project has been divided in order to fund Phase Two. At- vehicle traffic along Port into three major phases. issues at JMU. This Large Senator Jenny Brock well, Republic Road. Markel said the current con- a freshman, who proposed the The letter, drafted by SGA struction will create an addi- plan goes out of its resolution to draft the letter, President David Mills, sup- tional lane on Port Republic said she believes that JMU's ports the HCCs efforts to Road for cars, a turning lane way to address student support of the HCC plan "will attain state grants for trans- for Ashby Crossing, a bike lane concerns. earn' a lot of weight. portation enhancement funds and sidewalks from Forest Hill "The proposal affects 6,200 for Phase Two of the project. Road to Devon Lane. - David Mills people who live on th.it stretch The intention of the letter is to According to Markel, Phase SGA president of Port Republic and the tons of CHRIS I ARyi~>\«,iftfhoUrttmptKr give the city government more One currently is underway and A construction crew breaks ground to begin changes weight as it negotiates with the is expected to be completed by so- PORT, page 5 along Port Republic Road. Crunching _ Numbers: Though they make up only 30 percent of the student body, out-of-state ^W students pay much higher tuition — what's the breakdown ? BY KATE SNYDER Meanwhile, out-of-state agree with the new proposal. staff writer students were faced with a "I view this proposal as a tax Rated the No. 1 public harsher scenario. Tuition and on students and their parents, regional universitv in the fees for non-Virginia stu- and I think most people South for the past seven venrs dents increased 7.7 percent would agree," Eton said. by U.S. News o Y*jrU Krpuri, ldlMII£ UlC wal liuui >'>,(ou Ovn tha past Haw vaara JMU attracts prospective stu- to $10,606. out-of-state tuition has dents from many locations. steadily increased. For the past few years, in- However, according to Eton, state students generally have -64 this is not a result of the uni- made up 70 percent of the versity's inability to raise in- student body, leaving 30 per- / don't necessarily state tuition. rent for non-Virginians. Most think it's fair that out- Virginia requires out-of- out-of-state students hail state students to pay at least from northeastern states of-state tuition is so 100 percent of the cost of edu- including New York, New cation, leaving individual uni- Jersey, Pennsylvania and much higher. versities to add more to the Maryland. cost, according to Eton. Last In addition to slight differ- —Jennifer Bryne year, non-Virginia students at junior ences in accent, style and JMU paid exactly the amount atmosphere, there are many required by the state, he said. important financial differ- 99- Some out-of-state stu- ences that separate the colle- dents approve of the higher E';ate experience of students According to David Eton, costs. ailing from Virginia and assistant vice president of "1 think out-of-state stu- their out-of-state classmates. University Budget dents should have to pay The foremost is under- Management, the state of more money," sophomore graduate tuition. Virginia is closely evaluating Caroline Zito of Connecticut Out-of-state students the matter. There is still a said. "If s our choice to go to a must pay a significantly high- tuition freeze for all Virginia school far from home." er tuition cost, and the cost students; however, former Junior Jennifer Byrne of keeps rising. Gov. Jim Gilmore and current New Jersey took a different The 2001-'02 academic Gov. Mark Warner have view. "I don't necessarily think year brought increases in made new proposals for the it's fair that out-of-state tuition comprehensive fees, which 20O2-'O3 budget. These is so much higher," she said. cover non-academic campus include a 5 percent increase "It was my decision to come to activities, such as student on in-state tuition for all school here, but it does seem organizations, health care, Virginia colleges and univer- like a big difference." transportation, recreation sities. All the money collected Joan Hargrave, mother of and athletics. As a result, from this increase would go junior Michele Hargrave of total tuition and fees went back to the state, not to indi- New Jersey, said, "1 think the up $94 for in-state students, vidual university budgets. out-of-state rates are very rea- raising overall costs from According to Eton, most sonable. JMU provides a $4,000 to $4,094. an increase administrators, himself included, do not necessarily set STUDENTS, page 5 MEGHAN MURPHY AND STEPHANIE NELSON/o/i d,rr,l,„ and uru/Jii,. rdmr of 2.4 percent. Sigma Nu handles hazing case Groups 'spring' to action, seek members before authority intervention The university is investigat- Reduction for the national Student Organization Night highlights new clubs, missions ing the JMU chapter of Sigma chapter of Sigma Nu, said Nu regarding a possible hazing the incident involved "can- BY KERRI SAMPLE and academic fraternities ,11ms |o help children, espe- contributing writer incident last semester. didate education," which is and sororities and an assort- cially those in the ment of other organizations In a press release Tuesday, what the chapter calls its Students received a Harrisonburg area. the president of the JMU chap- pledge program. chance to explore the wealth Katie Morrow, coordina- The club's secretary, jun- ior Mike Navarrete. vml, ter of Sigma Nu, junior Russell Although Classman said he of opportunities campus tor of Student Organization Services / Clubs and "Then1 is a huge interest in Hammond, wrote, "There have is not sure of the exact incident organizations have to offer that led to the investigation, he during the third annual Organizations, said, "1 think this type of volunteer serv- been allegations of a hazing ice We are trying to bridge incident last semester with our said it involved alcohol at a January Student it gives students an oppor- pledge activity. "New member Organization Night tunity to get involved in the |MU community to the chapter. We are cooperating some organizations thev I l.irriMinburg community in fully with Student Organization activities are supposed to have Monday. may have missed in the fall. a different avenue of com- Services and our national head- no alcohol present" he said. Students packed PC "In addition, we recog- munitv service." quarters to quickly address and JMU's chapter identified the Ballroom, listening to elec- nized some 15 new clubs Optimist Club member resolve this issue. Before allega- particular issue as a possible tnlving music, comple- last fall, and this gives stu- junior Danielle Vozza said tions were ever made, we were problem before there was inter- ments of L'I'B, and enjoying vention by a higher authority, free food and drinks from dents an opportunity to the group's purpose for conducting our own internal showcase what they are being at Student review of events of the past Classman said. JMU dining services. KONA GALLAGHER" mmbuimv afcN about," Morrow sml Organization Night was to semester. Our goal is to contin- Classman said the national Ninetv-five clubs participat- Members of the JMU Triathalon Club ed in the showcase of sports One of JMU's newest "explain our various activ- ue business as usual and to put chapter will wait for the results try to recruit members and spread clubs, religious organiza- clubs, the Optimist Club, is a this issue behind us soon." of the JMU investigation before taking any further action. their mission at Student Organization tions, various service, soual community service club that set CLUBS, page 5 David Classman, director night Monday. of Insurance and Risk - connnlnl from staff revorts .. 21 TIII- BREEZE I THURSDAY, JAN. 31,2002 Thursday, January 31, 2002 DUKE DAYS EVENTS CALENDAR TABLE OF CONTENTS NEWS Science and literature speaker THURSDAY, JAN.

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