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Economics Department to Leave Busch School of Business Next Fall 95 Years as CUA‘s Primary News Source Founded in 1922 95TH YEAR, ISSUE NO. 15 Friday, February 2, 2018 CUATOWER.COM Patriots or Eagles? Student Predictions Pg. 7 in Economics, and in the B.S. their degrees, curriculum, and the in International Economics and future of the changing program. Economics Department Finance-Honors, which will all Under the change, the Busch continue to operate as they are School of Business and Economics under the Economics area,” Cruz will remove Economics from the to Leave Busch School of wrote to students. title. The Wednesday meeting, “All senior students held in McMahon Hall, focused graduating this semester will see Business Next Fall on looking ahead to the reality of the current school name, School of By EMILY PRENDERGAST imminent switch will affect becoming an Arts and Sciences Business and Economics printed Tower Staff students and faculty members. major. Economics students asked in their diplomas,” Cruz said. This change is being mandated Professors Maria Sophia Aguirre, The professors, in answering The Economics major, by the university mainly due Kevin Forbes, Richard Gallenstein, previously offered by the to a difference in definitions of and Cruz questions regarding See ECONOMICS, page 3 Busch School of Business and research, and a contrast in the Economics, will move under the school’s vision. School of Arts and Sciences in the There has been significant fall of 2018, according to an email talk among students in classrooms sent Thursday, February 1st to and amongst peers about the current Economics students from circumstances of the change in Professor Martha Cruz-Zuniga, schools. Professor Cruz explained Director of Economics programs. that current standing freshmen The move had been through juniors will be able to discussed and anticipated among choose whether their diplomas students for some time, and would include The Busch School professors of the department held or the School of Arts and Sciences. a question and answer session on In an email to only Economics Wednesday to address speculation students, Cruz addressed concerns about transferring the Economics about the status of classes and the major. The announcement had not degree. yet been made final at the time of “There will be no changes the meeting, though the professors in the B.A. in Economics, B.S. spoke candidly about how the COURTESY OF BUSCH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Future Economics students will graduate with degrees in Arts & Sciences after the move. University Approves 3.9% Possibly Racially-charged Tuition Increase in 2018-19 Vandalism Incident Occurs Academic Year in Ryan Hall By DUANE PAUL MURPHY Tower Staff By RACHEL STEVENS Tower Staff The Catholic University of is $43,300, totalling $63,602 in the floor who support the Black America’s Board of Trustees cost of tuition and fees. For the next This past week, a possibly Lives Matter movement announced Wednesday, January school year, tuition will be $45,040, racially-charged incident were not thrilled to see the 24th a 3.9% increase in tuition for totalling $65,342 in the cost of tuition occurred on the third floor altered poster. This started the upcoming 2018-2019 academic and fees. of Ryan Hall, a freshman a paper war. Messages left school year in order to accommodate Throughout the early girls dorm. As part of the anonymously flew back university expansion. portions of the letter, Garvey North Neighborhood 2 and forth for a few days on A physical letter was sent summarizes recent investments community, Ryan Hall is a the posters. out to the parents and students’ as well as commitments towards traditional style dormitory One freshman resident permanent address nationwide several academic and infrastructure and politics major on the from the university’s Office of the areas or projects. with shared hallway top floor, Regina Brennan, President, John Garvey. Currently, According to the letter, 17 new bathrooms on each floor. on-campus and off-campus tuition Political signs posted was comfortable coming anonymously by students forward with her feelings SEE TUITION, PAGE 3 in the hallways and as a supporter of the Black bathrooms were written Lives Matter movement. on, altered, or removed by “I didn’t expect political other students. posters to be put up in the Residents are not sure dorm anyway. Since I’m who first crossed out a supporter of BLM, of “Black Lives Matter” and course I was not personally replaced it with “All Lives offended. I respect that some Matter” on a poster affixed people may not understand to one bathroom mirror. the movement fully,” No one is sure as to why Brennan said. “What did the poster made it into the upset me was the Snapchat bathroom in the first COURTESY OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY A rendering of an updated Maloney Hall, a main project to which the tuition money will contribute. place, but people on the SEE RYAN HALL, PAGE 4 Inside News Opinion Entertainment Sports INDEX - Economics Major - An Open Letter to - Arts Walk Gallery - SUPER BOWL LII Moving Out of the DREAMers Feature EDITION TWO...................................2 Business School NEWS...................................3-4 - *Unbiased* Student QUILL...................................5 - Student Tuition Sees - Annual State of - New National Gallery of Predictions, Prop Bets, A & E ............................6 Another Increase Art Exhibit Review S PORTS ..............................7 the Campus and More! A C KPAGE Page 3-4 Page 7 B .....................8 Page 5 Page 6 One Issue per Person. For Additional Copies at Cost, Contact Business Office. Copyright © 2018. Published in Washington, D.C. 2 Friday, February 2, 2018 NEWS The Tower NEWS The Politics Corner Republican Members of Congress in Amtrak Train Accident By Alexander Santana Tower Staff The Student Newspaper of The Catholic University of America Office Located in 103 Pryzbyla Center As Republican members of Congress were traveling to their party retreat in West Virginia, the Amtrak train they and their families were riding on crashed 620 Michigan Avenue, N.E. - Washington, DC 20064 into a garbage truck and caused one fatality and several injuries. One of the passengers of that garbage truck, Christopher Foley of Louisa County, Virginia, passed away. The truck’s driver was transported to nearby hospital due to his Jimmy Cassidy Alexa Huntley Editor in Chief Managing Editor injuries. “It was a very high-speed collision,” U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham, (R-California) who was on board, told Fox News. “There was no braking that was felt. We hit Staff an immediate impact and went from seventy to zero very quickly.” Some of the train’s crew members and Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minnesota), Emily Prendergast Alexander Santana Social Media Chair News Editor suffered a “little bit of a whiplash” and “maybe a tiny bit of a concussion.” A staff member to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) was taken to the Daniela Sol Duane Paul Murphy Arts and Entertainment Editor Quill Editor hospital. Several Representatives and Senators that are doctors went to deliver aid to their fellow colleagues and others who were injured. Jared Prenda Lauren Ferraro Sports Editor Business Manager One of the representatives on the train, Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), was also at the June 2017 Congressional Baseball practice shooting where House Katie Ward Jamie Franc Copy Editor Web Editor Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana), was severely wounded. As a doctor, Rep. Wenstrup helped those injured on the train just as when Whip Scalise was Contributors - shot on the baseball field. Brittany Young, Samuel Matthews, Iain Higgins, “It was all too reminiscent of the baseball shooting, with myself and Brad Abby Anderko, Jissella Urquilla, Tom Dompkowski, Liz Friden, Wenstrup working on Steve Scalise — similar type of feeling,” said Arizona Rachel Stevens Senator Jeff Flake a passenger on the train who was also at June’s shooting. Describing the aftermath of the train crash, Senator Flake said he made his way toward the back of the train until he was parallel to the crash before exiting the Bill McQuillen & Chris Hodes train to help. Advisors “I was with Brad Wenstrup, Congressman, and also Sen. Cassidy working on another injured person, who came to, but was obviously in very bad shape,” The Tower is an independent newspaper serving the Catholic University of Flake stated. “Worked on him for about 20 minutes and then put him on a America community. The editorial board has sole authority for the content of this publication. All inquiries and comments should be directed to the editorial stretcher and carried him on an ambulance.” board. Opinions expressed in signed columns are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of The Tower. Editorial represent the views of the editorial board. For information on advertising rates, please contact The Tower business office. Deadlines for submitting advertisements, letters to the editor and forum columns are Tuesdays at 5 p.m. for Friday’s publication. Submissions must include the author’s name and telephone number to be eligible for submission. 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