Proposed Fee Increase Awaits Curator Decision Bev Pfeifer Harms Ing a 51 Million Loan Necessary
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University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (1970s) Student Newspapers 10-13-1977 Current, October 13, 1977 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/current1970s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, October 13, 1977" (1977). Current (1970s). 221. https://irl.umsl.edu/current1970s/221 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (1970s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Oct. 13 Issue 293 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST. LOUIS Proposed fee increase awaits Curator decision Bev Pfeifer Harms ing a 51 million loan necessary. port of the students for the "The people who would make ir.lcrease, the project would be in A proposed 56.SO increase in the loan want collateral, they jeopardy. the student activity fee is being want assurances that payments This prompted Edwards' ad . made to the Board of Curators at will be made on time," said dress to Council, which adopted their meeting Friday in Colum Edwards. a statement indicating support bia. "To make bonds saleable, we for the increase. The increase will be spent on need as good and solid a Charlie 'Mays, student body 51.6 million University Center proposition as possible. The president, said Edwards explain expansion project and will raise best for the lenders is one based ed that if UMSL could not get the total fee to $31 per semes totally on student , fees- and the bonds to cover the loan ter. projected enrollment figures," quickly (through the increase), Approval of the expansion was he said. there was a chance the project tabled last month by the Board would never be £ompleted. pending further investigation of Originally the proposed pro " As I understand it, our costs involved. gram was to make additional (Council) support could either According to Bill Edwards, U. money on the Fun Palace, book get the expansion or lose it," Center director, the $6.50 in store and food service. said Mays. crease is necessary to insure the At the last Curator's meeting, John Perry, vice chancellor for expansion. Don Hohme, treasurer, indicated . administrative services, said, "I talked to student leaders , that the proposal would have to "We really worked hard on it and reported to Central Council be financed from just student this last year and I think we've about the increase," said Ed fees and not student fees plus got a good program. wards. " If we don't go with net reserve from operations. "I hate to see the fees go up, $6.50 (increase), we are in This made the $6.50 increase as much as the students do, but trouble and probably won't get the only logical alternative, ac I think it's important to . get the the expa n s~o n." cording to Edwards. expansion," he said. The project will double stu A $5 increase was first pro The proposed increase is anti dent-related space within the U. posed in a referendum in spring cipated to generate 5120,000 Center area and increase total 1975. each year, which will payoff the useable space from 50,000 HOMECOMING BLUES: Three members of Sigma PI fraternity work Three committees were form interest and principle in 20 square feet to over 77,000 . on pieces of their Doat for the Homecoming parade on Oct. 15. ed to study the fee increase. years. square feet. Trophies will be awarded for the top three Doats and one trophy for Last spring, the go-ahead was Edwards said the figure is the About $600,000 is currently in given to draw up preliminary best decorated car [pboto by Debra Knox Delermann]. reserve for the expansion, mak- result of "a complicated formula plans. based on the full time equivi "Essentially, the building lency ratio times $6.50 per would have been built by now, student. The figures vary with but the proposal has been stall part-time students each semes Committeerecommends radar ed between campuses since the ter. referendum," Edwards said. " There will be only one year, Mark Hendel A good way is with the use of member of the committee !;aid, "There's some reticence on next year; when students will be the radar gun," he said. " A recommendation was made the central ' administration (in paying for the expansion and not The Safety and Risk Manage At least three members of the at the committee meeting last Columbia) side to expand here receiving benefits/' he said. ment Committee has recom safety and risk comptittee are May 11 to purchase a radar and go into 'more C1ebt," he said. Plans call for the 56.SO in mended to Chancellor Arnold B. uncertain about the status of the gun." Hohme said the proposal crease to be collected beginning Grobman that a radar gun be recommendation. " Chief Nelson seemed in fa would be more acceptable to the with the fall 1978 semester. purchased to help control speed James Nelson, UMSL Police vor of the proposal at the Curators and lenders if the fee Edwards added if construction ing traffic on campus. Chief and a member of the meeting, but he did not give a rose by $6.50 instead of 55. starts in September 1978, the " We made the recommend committee said that the police final acknowledgement, " Bar project will be-completed by the Hohme also stated that if the ation in order to control the have heard of no approval. " If nett said. " He ha.s never given administation didn't have sup- spring semester of 1980. speeding which we believe is we are to get a radar ·gun, the acknowledgement to the commit dangerous to student safety," safety committee would have to tee since then. To my know said Robert Hight, committee give me the funds to purchase ledge nothing has been done on co-chairperson. one," Nelson said. " I know of it. " " We are looking for a good no such action." See " Gun," page 2 way to control traffic on campus. William Barnett, ancther Summer archeological dig attracts students to Saline County locale Diane Schmidt These materials were pur he had never seen a group get chased through a general fund along better. Last summer, membe:s of from Robert Bader, dean of the Kling said the atmosphere UMSL and UMC conducted an college of arts and sciences. was very relaxed. "After work, archeological dig in Saline Coun The dig was a six-week project we all would hit the showers, ty, Missouri. The dig was attended by 14 UMSL students and then either go into town or sponsored by both campuses and and two UMC students. Most of go for a walk," she said. engineered by Van Reidhead, these students were not anthro The students stayed about assistant professor of anthro pology majors, although many eight miles from the nearest pology, and the UMSL Anthro had taken at least one anthro town in cabins that were built in pology Club. pology class. the early 60's. Kling said the Centuries ago, the Missouri cabins looked similar to the Blue Laura Kling, a senior anthro Indian tribe, one of the lesser Metal Building on the UMSL pology major, attened the dig. known Sioux tribes, occupied the campus. area which is located at the bend She said it was helpful for her She said they really didn't and said that many of the of the Missouri River. It was " rough it" because the cabins discovered by an amateur arch activites she was involved in were comfortable and the only eologist in 1959. were exciting. "It was a kind of thing they didn't have was a Reidhead said that getting the a learning-by-doing process," T.V. project approved was long and she said. Kling said sometimes they involved because they needed so Reidhead said this particulat: would have slide oresentations much equipment. They needed group of students were the best which helped them with their a water flotation machine, sur group he had ever had. He and work. She s,aid they also worked veying supplies, shovels., and the students worked eight hours in the lab examining and cata other supplies such as tape _ a day five days a week digging loguing some of the findings. measures. and sifting through dirt. Much "When you find a nicely The water floatation machine of the work was tedious, and worked piece of stone, it's DIGGING UP THE PAST: A student on the summer archeologleal is a complicated screening ma some workers went for days exciting,;' she said. dlg explores a sectlon In Saline County, Mo. where many AmerlC'ln chine that is used along with without finding anything. Reid- . Indlan artI&cts were found. The trip Included studeJJhl ""'~ ' -"0 water to ' separate ' plant and , head said although the students [See " Dig," page 7] campuses and w.. sponsored by the UMSL antnropoloay animal remains from the soil. were tired at 1 of the day, department [photo compUments of Van Reldhe8d). Page 2 October 13,1977 UMSL CURRENT , News 'in Brief--' "" Rolla explosion prompts Rhodes applications open to.men, women UMSL hazing policy The deadline for applications for the Rhodes Scholarship for Maureen Corley Blanton said that no student over, but that's minor, some study at Oxford University is October 31. has officially flied a complaint thing to be expected," Kimbo Interested students should consult the packet of informational On September 20, a cannon with his office about any abusive said.