Tudents Fees Go up Another $42. 70

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Friday, Aprll t5, 1988 $42. tudents fees go up anotherChicago State University is70 still taking bids ·on the extended coverage. of Governors approved DENT FEE INCREASES Increases of $24 on the textbook $42.70 increase in rental fee, $3.50 on the Union bond Boarda 's student fees for the 1988-89 24.00 revenue fee and $1.70 on the Grants-in y bringing the total student Textbook Rental $ Aid fee were also approved and con for full-time students to '"----b=:::::::===;lir----JE year, Health Insurance $ 13.50 tributed to Eastern's total student fee Oper year. increase. '1 Grants-in-aid $ 1.70 rn President Stan Rives Craig Lange, student government the increase at the BOG Union Bond Revenue $$42.70 3.50 financial vice president, said because Thursday in Springfield. The >tal increase for '88-89 the cost of books has increased, student proves budgets and sets policies $439.00 $481.70 fees also have to be increased. ''The $12 hicago State University, per semester increase is to offset the Student fees willincrease from to for next year. rs State University, Nor News graphic by Robb Montgomery market rate for the costs of textbooks," Illinois University, Western experiencing an increase in health health insurance increase for Eastern, Lange said. University and Eastern. insurance rates. the BOG also approved increases of "By way of comparison, if the text the 20.9 percent increase She said the U.S. Office of Education $42.20 for Northeastern Illinois book rental system were not available t fees is necessary primarily to for Western Illinois said issued a directive last year making it University and $10 at �astern, students might reasonably a. change in student health necessary for public universities to University. 3Xpect to pay approximately $200 per coverage. cover maternity costs in their student Meyer said Governors State semester to purchase textbooks," Rives all �eyer, BOG spokesperson, said health insurance plans. University doesn't have a mandatory (See STUDENTS, Page 7 A) is not the only university In agditjon to approving the $13.50 student health insurance plan and Lack of funds claims sixth Eastern teacher )OHN PLETZ AssociateBy news editor David Downing, an associate professor of English, became iJie sixth Eastern instructor since December to announce plans to leave the university for another job outside the state. Downing, who has been at Eastern since 1979 and has tenure, said Thursday af ternoon he has accepted an associate professorship at participate in the Mid-America Indiana University of Penn psla cement day, which was held in the sylvania in Indiana, Penn. Downing cited "a huge salary increase," and, more im portantly, better support such eek Court may remedhalls.y crisis as travel funding and reduced Hencken said the costs of the class loads to enhance research. '' Downing JOms Deborah lower thanDavid even Downing the most grim Housing Director Th e un- Greek Court units are higher cken said Wednesday because it costs more to build Clarke, an associate professor statistics spewn out by ad ersity would not force derstanding has and maintain newer, smaller leaving to Penn State ministrators show. a housing waiting always been that facilties. Unlike Greek Court's University, as the second A memorandum sent to move into "Greek southern neighbor, Carman instructor to leave the English faculty and staff by Eastern on they will be used as Hall, whose two units house department this year. President Stan Rives April 8 Plesident Stan Rives residence halls if 450 students· each, the new And English department states the average Illinois April 1 Greek Court they are not used by buildings will house only 40-42 Chair J. Quivey says it will be faculty salary is nearly 4 built regardless of studentsper unit. no easy task replacing the two. percent below the national fraternities or "They are both losses that are average, but. some instructors · ations' desire to "Newer facilities cost more to sororities. build. It costs more to maintain going to hurt us because the are below that. said if greek a unit with 40 residents than it market was considerably more "They talk .about the average ·ons do choose to live does to maintain a unit with competitive when they were salary at Eastern of $30,000, -Stanley Rives, 800 residents (per capita)," he hired (Downing in 1979 and but that depends on when you Court units, yet are fill the entire unit, Eastern's President said. "When you build a larger Clarke in 1984). were hired," Downing said. on the residence hall building and keep adding "There were very few jobs, ''We have people here who were and we were hiring. Although hired in the late 70s, and who list will be placed in ---- floors, you already have a live there. '' larger budget to work with." salaries were low, we wete are associate professors and are (forcing students to "The understanding has Hencken said Greek Court getting some excellent people. still making less than to Greek Court) always ,. been that they may remedy the on-campus Now ther� are more jobs fo be $25,000-that's criminal. something we do (proposed housing units) will be housing crisis if greeks living had. "I have a contract (at IUP) used as residence halls if they in residence halls were given "Even if we get generous with a huge salary increase," be," Hencken said, �r. ''But I'd see it as are not used by fraternities or the opportunity to move into replacement salaries, we11 still Downing said. "It's a much the greeks to recruit. I sororities," Rives said in an the Greek Court units, thus have difficulty replacing bigger salary and so much s an advantage to earlier interview. opening up space for students (Clarke and Downing) with better support, Eastern can't k organizations) who The cost for room and board on waiting list. people of comparable quality. compete with their support." it a houses." on greek row is expected to fall "We've had a waiting list What this university needs to Quivey sympathized com , Rives also stated between $2,600 to $3,000, ever since I've been housing do is keep the good people that pletely with Downing's Greek Court units significantly higher than the director (1974) and its it has now," Quivey added. situation, saying, "The used as residence current room and board rate averaged between 500 and Downing explained-- the prospects for the future just salaries at Eastern are actually (See INSTRUCTOR, Page 6A) greekschoose not to ($2,300) for the 11 residence 1,300 people," he said. Go shopping 'Cross County' in The Verge 15, 1988 2A Friday, April The Dally Eastern Associated Press Passenger pleads for the release State/Nation/World pro-Iranian Prisoners in Kuwait was first diverted to Mashhad DeveloperNEW YORK and(AP)- wifeBillionaire plead developer innocent Harry ALGIERS (AP)-A Kuwaiti , "Hello. Hello to my passenger aboard a hijacked Iran, where 57 people were freed. in good health. Helmsley and his wife, Leona, the self-styled hotel queen, family. jumbo jet pleaded with his went on to Cyprus, where two government to release were arraigned today on tax envasion charges in state I � hostages court, where they loudly proclaimed their innocence. government today to give in to It were killed and 13 Islamic Jihad prisoners. The Helmsley, in ringing voices, replied, "Not guilty," the Arab gunmen's demands and released, and flew to Algiers on they will kill us all." when asked how they pleaded to charges involving the said they would kill everyone Tuesday. The call came after the disguising of millions of dollars in renovation costs for aboard if Kuwait refused. The hijacker�, thought to Algerian news agency, their estate as business expenses. Negotiations to free about 36 number about eight, are armed Presse Service reported Also pleading innocent were Frank Turco, Mrs hostages aboard the Kuwait with grenades and guns and have talks betw en Alg Helmsley's former top aide, and Joseph Licari, the couple's Airways Boeing 7 4 7 were threatened to blow up the plane negotiators and� the hija fon_nerfinancial manager. suspended. and kill their hostages. been suspended. It 4 The hijackers have demanded In a call from the plane to the why the talks were All four also were named in a 7 -count federal in did " that Kuwait free 17 pro-Iranian control tower, the passenger The talks had rea dictment containing similar charges. That indictment also broken charges Mrs. Helmsley and Turco with extortion con extremists convicted of identified himself as Ahmad impasse on Wedne spiracy; they allegedly received kickbacks by threatening terrorism. Kuwait has rejected Zayed. ranking Algerian the demand. "My name is Ahmad Zayed," speaking suppliers with a cutoff of Helmsley business and by on of threatening Helmsley employees with loss of their jobs. The plane was commandeered the passenger said over the radio anonymity, said Wedn conditi State prosecutors had asked that the Helmsleys each be April 5 on a Bangkok-Kuwait to the control tower. His words Kuwait's "intransigence• required to post $1 million bail, and that bail for their flight with 112 people aboard.

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