THE BSERVER November IS, 1996 THE STUDENT VOICE OF PORDHAM COLLEGE AT LINCOLN CENTER VOLUME xv. i..«.io TUITION INCREASE Pushes Students into Part-Time Status: EXCEL Affected by Change By Matthew Martinez students entering this year. The instead of being charged the flat rate. change in credits was made after the For students who were part-time last The University's adoption of the early registration period during the year and are part-time this year, new core curriculum for the class of spring 1996 semester and students tuition went from $380 a credit to $425 2000, which includes a reduction in who had registered early found out a credit For those students who were the number of credits of core courses < about it only when they received their full-time last year and are full-time this from four to three, is pushing many tuition bills over the summer. year, the per credit cost has risen from students into part-time status. At the Full time tuition at Fordham for $425 per credit to $455 per credit. same time, the cost of a Fordham edu- this year's entering freshman on both Fr. Joseph O'Hare, President of the cation has risen dramatically for newly campuses is $7,900 a semester and University, addressed the issue of enrolled, part-time students. $15,800 for a full year. Those figures money at the Fordham Town Meeting Because cofe courses have been are flatfrates, and apply to students on October 21. continued on page 6 reduced to three credits, students who taking anywhere froni 12 credits, the Noting that had been taking three courses for minimum for twelve credits (the minimum required full-time status, for full-time status), will lose full-time to 18 credits a status if one or more of their courses semester. $43&%part: tfrne last yearind tfuryear - is from the core curriculum. The Students who change could have serious conse- were enrolled at (Pay fht Jfcme ef $7,*0& Per ; quences for students who may find it Fordham before difficult to fit a fourth class into their the Fall 1996 UtisYear schedules because of work or other semester are ;,'<TakS%-12 $658 per credit responsibilities., •.. ^..,..«. being "grandfa- ^k 5493 p$r credit The change in the core was made at thered," which 18 cr«<H»«about$438 per credit the same tune as the cost increase for means they will part-time students which jumped from continue to pay itMStudent* IHfHt Cwdfc) Uitt*t $380 per credit to $525 per credit for by the credit By Christine Vaccaro Registration. The mere idea makes Registration Woes the legs ache as it conjures up tortu- DIGNITARIES VISIT FCLC ous visions of agonizing hours spent standing on line. You wait, with hope, FOR SCULPTURE EXHIBIT winvyam?. iTmuuiucfvP fear, and full knowledge that after PC OA K spending 3 hours figuring out how 8:30 f«:3Q.' By: John F. Sweeney IV 4:00 ?:0O7 not to have Friday classes, your world 9:30 9:30 can be utterly shattered with four Ambassadors, New York City offi- 10:00 10:00 lousy words. * 10:30 30:30 cials, and prominent Maltese artists 11:00 •11:00 "That class is closed." gathered at FCLC to celebrate the 11:30 11:30 But for some students at FCLC, that opening of "Maltese Sculpture," the 12:00 12:00 is not even the worst of it. The lack 12:30 pm 12:30 newest exhibit at the Sculpture 1:00 1:00 of desirable classes, overlapping Garden on November 2nd. Dr. 1:30 .1:30 times, and the need to take evening Vivienne Thaul Wechter, Fordham 2:00 2:00 classes make registration that much 2:30 more excruciating. University's Artist-in-Residence who 1:00 iaToo represented the United States last 3:30 3:30 "I feel like I've run out of things to May at the first Malta International 4:00 .4:00 take," said Ken Hartung, class of '99. 4:30 "I feel I'm not going to be prepared. I Art Biennale Awards, was responsible 5:00 StOO for bringing the works to the Lincoln 5:30 '5:JO think they printed the courses bigger Center Campus. because they knew they weren't offer- 6:00 ing that many classes." Wechter began the reception by 6:30 thanking all who had come from great 7:00 Thalia Abrahao, class of'98, added, distances for the event. This included 7:30 7JJT "It's weird because I'm a science the artists from Malta, Dr. Albert Borg l:uo 1m major and my one chemistry class I 1:10 Olivier de Puget, the Ambassador 9:00 have to take conflicts with every Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of other science class. Malta to the US, Dr. Joseph Cassar, "I'm not going to get any classes I Ambassador of Malta to the United want. I think they should get their ornoNk Nations, Henry Stern, Commissioner act together." of Parks & Jen Bryant, class of '98, is an eco- Recreations for continued on page 6 nomics major, continued on page 6 Crime Blotter LOW TURNOUT FOR USG ELECTIONS October 2ft By Adam Goldstein Dean of Students. tew $cW ?>J$ji4S PM -A law the lack of tcity regarding the According to Stratford, the USG is a election, lefore you can have $&der>tteft his bike In the rack on About seventeen percent of the student organization that is charged people about something, they tfi« fower level. When he returned Freshman Class voted in the recent with overseeing other student organi-',, have about it first. [the United Student Government (USG) zations (such as the Residence Hall missing. even make an effort to elections for Freshman Senators, Association, or RHA). In addition to according to data posted in the Office this, a subcommittee of the USG _ ilik, on the other hand, attrib- October $1 of Student Activities. approves the budgets of the other stu- uted the low turnout to the newness of 14$ There were four candidates run- dent organizations. Freshman Fred the groups at Lincoln Center. "I don't ning for the two seats: Helen Ledwith Reilly said, "If they have any sort of think the students are apathetic. The (26 votes), Anna Meresidis (17 votes), power whatsoever, the elections . community organizations at Lincoln h?& ID Karyn Torigoe (8 votes), and Nick should be more publicized." Center are very new. as the com- Hodulik (4 votes). In all, 55 votes were In Senior Alan Trezza's opinion, the munity becomes familiar with itself, plarat fever cast. There are 318 members of the low voting attendance was less organizations like the USG and the had a noa Freshman class, according the Office because of ignorance and more RHA will be strengthened and they'll of Undergraduate Admissions. "The because of apathy. "People just have be paid more attention," he said. senators serve for as long as they are more important things going on in If you have any questions regarding ^emejjfcr. After varifymg a member of the class they were elect- their lives," said Trezza. that he wa* ed to," said Bernard M. Stratford, the USG, call Student Affairs at Reilly attributed the low turnout to (212) 636-6258. • to eitterthe buiW« %e student was - - > ' Coliseum Plans > hfs ID c&rd in \ room 408 - lowehstefn, to for Renovation he responded - with,' f will not By Christine Vaccaro the art. Parking H doing thatf Tha student was would be a night- referred to the dean's office.* omed rooftop arena? A pool mare, though." with body surfing waves? Donald Trump November 6 DFlying robots? Flying robots! is another devel- twenste/n, /;30 f>M* Complaints These could all be a part of some oper who has of an oder on floors 5-8 came in futuristic entertainment complex. submitted ideas. to security. An investigation They could also be a two minute walk He Would like to revealed the oder from FCLC if certain real estate devel- see it made into originated from opers have their way. an upscale condo- the hot tar 1 The New York Coliseum, the expan- minium hotel, to which was facing# sive exhibition and convention hall, match his GulfThe Coliseum at Columbus Circle used to repair located on 59th St. at Columbus and Western the roof of Circle, has long been the subject of building across the street. He would Lowensteitr. and other pieces of Americana for the debate. For more than a decade, con- retain the current exhibition space. last two years. Some of die tar's vapors emitted troversy has swirled around the site, "It's cool because it's close by to us, "Ifs valuable property for sure. I into the air return vents on the- as many developmental organizations reof, which caused the distribution so they should definitely do some- can see why all the big guys want a have sought ways to maximize the thing exciting," said Katie McDonald, piece of it," he said. "It's an ugly look- , of tins oder.The problem ws cor- potential its prime location offers. Last class of '98. "Not just office space." rected by Facilities Opperatfons. ing building, but it's served it's pur- week, nine real estate agencies sub- Assistant Dean David Malcolm pose over the years. I think they'll '. There were no injuries. mitted proposals for the Coliseum said, "I really haven't given that any probably make it offices or shops. building, in>UBAC the office tower thought. Maybe that's where they Wherever the money is," he added.