CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY SAN LUIS OBISPO M u s m N G D a i i y OaOBER 23, 1995 VOLUME LX, No. 22 MONDAY

Mustang Madness Cal Poly Plan looks to step up summer %1r

'I J r ‘ Ï'M school enrollment 4 , By Ribeccfl S tvridi Borrowing more money may Doily Staff Writer be an option for some students, Anderson said % Hoping to increase Cal Poly’s To alleviate students’ financial enrollment without sacrificing burdens, ASI President Cristin quality education, the Cal Poly Brady proposed having a per- Plan Steering Committee met on unit fee schedule instead of the Thursday to find ways to make summer school more appealing current flat rate. to students. President Warren Baker, who Last year, the state mandated lead the meeting, agreed. He that the California State Univer­ suggested that after enrolling for sities increase enrollment sys­ 12 units there would be a flat fee tem-wide. so students are not penalized for In response. Cal Poly staff and taking more units. administrators are reviewing The objective is to not only in­ ways to make the university crease student body numbers, prosper under budget pressure. but increase the number of units The committee’s discussion students take. Baker said. That favored a moderate enrollment way students can graduate increase during summer quarter. sooner and save money in the end. Many possible solutions were But cost is only one contribut­ considered, from financial aid op­ ing factor to the decrease in en­ tions to preregistering students rollment during the summer so that the university could offer quarter. appropriate, affordable classes Students’ faith in summer for students planning to go to school class offerings would have Cal Poly's Homecoming game summer school. to be restored before enrollment Currently, there is no finan­ against the Sacramento State numbers surged to the targeted cial aid available for students number, said Bonnie Krupp, in­ Hornets attracted a record 8,047 planning to attend summer stitutional studies research as­ school. sistant. fans. Despite a Homecoming parade Student eligibility would have The group also identified pos­ to be re-evaluated to determine sible drawbacks to increasing through downtown, o roily at the Rec what financial aid benefits stu­ summer enrollment. Center, a concert, gomes and many dents could receive, said Finan­ Cal Poly’s institutional cial Aid Director John Anderson. See PLAN page 3 other spirit-building events orga­ \ nized by this year's Homecoming Newt blasts Democrats Committee, the Mustangs lost 37-36. in support of Seastrand By NftaslM Csftis what we can to make sure that Student joined masses for D.C. marchDoily City Editor the budget is balanced ... you have my promise that it will be.” By !•()•<€■ Stwrkk African American community for the actions of others he As crowds of protesters According to Gingrich, if the Doily Stuff Writei will soon diminish. should be a part of the solution. gathered outside the Santa budget can be balanced, the “I went because I am con­ About a year ago, Rome heard Maria Hilton screaming “Keep American people will benefit Last Monday was a chilly cerned about the plight of about the march in his home the Planet,” wearing skeleton through lower interest rates and morning in Washington D.C.’s African American males in deal­ state of Georgia. masks and waving American taxes. National Mall, but as the day ing daily with ’ negative “I knew then that I wanted to flags. Newt Gingrich and Andrea “A baby born today already wore on, a bond of brotherhood stereotypes, such as being go and participate,” he said. Seastrand prepared to address owes over $3,000 in taxes to pay for the interest on the deficit warmed the air. categorized as criminals, unedu­ The gathering offered over 200 loyal constituents. Hundreds of thousands of cated and abusive by nature,” he spirituality, he ouid. The playing of tambourines alone,” Gingrich said. “It is im­ African American men gathered said. “Just by being an African “It was p