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' "Were it left for me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." -Thomas Jefferson "A loser is someone who doesn't have a dream ... and tries to ruin someone else's." Unknown Vol. 12 No. 20 March 3, 1986 UCCS Makes Computer Breakthrough by Dan Schaarschmidt UCCS is gaining worldwide at random access memory, based ferroelectricity and determine brought in $850,000 to support the direct participation of one of tention for the completion of the on the principle that a ferroelec whether storage could really exist faculty and graduate students in the world's largest corporations second phase of an important tric thin film of potassium nitrate in thin film potassium nitrate, as the masters degree program, ac in one of our research pro research project. could be integrated. had been predicted in earlier cording to Tracey. Over grams," Tracey said. Dr. James H. Tracey, Dean of The result of the past year and work. That question was an $1,600,000 of microelectronics "This research project is the College of Engineering and a half of research is a chip which swered affirmatively in Feb. of equipment has also been allo evidence of the high-quality Applied Sciences, and Dr. Carlos has been called a breakthrough 1985." cated by Ramtron Corporation research capabilities of UCCS, Araujo of the Electrical Engi in the computer industry. It is a Phase III of the Project is to to UCCS. and demonstrates a level of in neering Department announced, high-speed computer chip capa involve General Motors Cor Tracey said that the University dustry /university interaction that on Feb. 18, that a repeatable in ble of storing information poration, Ramtron, and UCCS is proud of the international at many outstanding universities tegrated circuit process has been without any loss even when in a joint development program. tention that has focused on the around the country are trying to developed by the University, power is turned off. The new computer chip has been project and expressed his op achieve," Tracey said. working under a research agree "The advantages of using such proven effective in harsh en timism in future research pro- · A project of this importance ment with Ramtron Corpora a material were projected to be vironments such as space or near grams at UCCS. "In this dif and magnitude may help the uni tion, the American subsidiary of revolutionary," Tracey said. automobile engines, according tQ ficult period when many voices versity's chances for the approval Newtech Development Corpora The Ramtron Project was Tracey. GM's involvement will, within our state question the role of its proposal to become a tion of Australia. launched with a "conservat~ve reportedly, give them the option and ability of UCCS to be a Ph.D-granting engineering col According to Drs. Tracey and schedule of three phases of to license the computer break significant contributor to re lege. "Ph.D status is essential," Araujo, the Ramtron Project roughly eight months," accord through. search in the field of electrical Tracey said, "if we are to main began in 1984 with the goal of ing to Tracey. "Phase I was to The University's involvement engineering and computer sci tain and expand this level of developing a new non-volatile study the basic phenomena of in the Ramtron Project has ence, it is comforting to receive quality research." Regents Vote For Tuition Increase __,,. __..,.__ ...by Dan Sch~ar:schQ1idt .,.. __ _ -,~- -.,..--,---:---- - = On Feb. 20 the CU Board of credit hours in the summer they resident, under-graduate, lower Regents held a meeting on the will be paying an increase of ap division students pay $153 per UCCS campus at which they prox. 14 percent over what they semester hour. voted to raise tuition rates. paid for the summer session of According to Garcia, the in Summer students at UCCS 1985. "We had exactly 3 students crease represents a movement I will be seeing an increase. For who took 15 hours or more last toward a linear plan in which most, this will amount to ap summer," Garcia said. "I don't there will be a flat rate per credit . prox. 9 percent over what they imagine we'll have more than 3 hour. Such a linear plan prob ROTC's Challenge Themselves. Story page 3 paid for tuition last summer. or 4 this time. Everybody else ably won't exist before 1990. 83 percent of UCCS summer will be paying between 8.5 and Resident students are now term students take 6 credit hours 9.6 percent more than last year." paying higher percentage of the UCCS Votes For Research or less. The average credit hour "We are required, by the total cost of an education. "In by Cynthia Hill load is 4.46 percent. If a resident Regents, to charge non-resident 1982 students paid 42 percent student takes up to three classes students more," Garcia said. and the state paid the other 58 Classified research by UCCS is time for CU regents to vote on they will be seeing an increase in "We actually charge non-resi percent. Now students are pay slated to be considered in the it at their March 20th meeting. the neighborhood of 9 percent, dents more than 3 times as ing approx. 48 percent and the drafting of a university-wide The final word on all classified according to Juan Garcia, Direc much." state is paying approx. 52 per policy due to strong support projects may rest under the con tor of Financial Services at Resident, under-graduate, cent," Garcia said. " I wish the from the UCCS faculty, accord trol of CU President Gee. UCCS. lower division students pay $48 students or the alumni would go ing to a university official. However, officials are striving to If resident students take 15 per semester hour while non- lobby the legislature." Of the 91 voting faculty adopt a unified policy. Library members (about 57 percent), 66 The UCCS vote indicated Flu Hits Hard voted to allow interested faculty overwhelming faculty support to v Elevator Change members to conduct classified allow fellow professors to con by Cynthia Hill A recent rash of thefts of research under specified duct classified research as 72.5 The B strain, which is books, journals, and computer guidelines. percent of the votes favored the People throughout the state of relatively new to this country, is equipment from the Library has Acting CU Vice President proposal. Colorado are sniffling and sneez getting more attention. It affects prompted a more restrictive Hunter Rawlings has been The most likely college to in ing their way through and out those under thirty more often, elevator access policy. Last charged to draft the proposed volve itself in this type of break of influenza which has and the body's natural antibodies semester a security audit per policy and present it to CU Presi research is engineering. topped more than 500 reported are ineffective in warding off any formed by campus police iden dent Gorden Gee, possibly in cases in the last month alone. infection. This strain can in tified the elevator in the Library Everyone it seems knows at least crease recovery time to as long as building as a security problem. two people who are presently three weeks, and the tendency The new policy has been in ef stricken with the flu. toward reoccurences is also fect for one week. Patrons Artists Of The West Student absenteeism is at an higher. wishing to use the elevator to go The second annual "Artists of The 1986 Exhibition and Sale all-time high due to the two Although the flu is a year up from the first floor of the the West'' Exhibit and Sale will will feature more than 200 works strains, A-Phillippines and B round affliction, it is more prom Library building will be required be hosted by the city's Pioneers' by Georgia O'Keefe, Fredrick USSR, which are circulating inent in the winter. The cold to call the Library Circulation Museum March 1-31, co-spon Remington, Charles Russell, among the population at large. winter weather is a foe to the flu, desk (x296); a phone has been sored by the Downtown Col Peter Hurd, Robert Daughters, These two strains have infiltrated for it is generally transmitted placed near the elevator entrance orado Springs Rotary Club and Harvey Otis Young, Oscar Ber 37 states, and 800 deaths have .indoors. for this purpose. This will enable Western Art Digest. The popular inghaus and Charles Partridge been· attributed to them to date. Flu symptoms include head the circulation staff to closely exhibition receives major under Adams. Sixty-eight galleries Although these statistics may ache, muscle aches, fever, chills, monitor elevator traffic. writing from the First National from 12 states have submitted seem high, they reflect a 6.2 per and nausea. The best way to Libr"ary staff members regret Bank of Colorado Springs. watercolor, oil and pastel paint cent decline compared to last combat the flu bug is to get plen the inconvenience this will cause The show consists of art with ings, drawings, and wood and year'.s fatality rate. ty of bed rest, drink fluids, and to patrons, but the seriousness of Wes tern themes or by artists bronze sculptures. Dr. John Muth, director of the take an aspirin substitute (due to the problem required immediate strongly identified with the The Artists of the West will be El Paso Country Hea,Jth depart complications aspirin use may action.