Freshman Advisors out in dorm staff revamp by Deborah Fanton the hall don't realize the or RAs will increase from The RA selection process differences between dorm 33 to -approximately 40 or has also been revised, The elimination of the staff ," Miller continued. 50, although the exact according to McPhetr.'s. Freshman Advisor position "People assume that I number has not yet been After the beginning oi and an increase in the perform the same duties as determined. March, when all recom- number of Resident an RA, including the There will also be an mendations and ap- Assistants with augmented possession of a master approximate $200 increase plications are due, there salaries were some of the key," said Miller, who from the $700 stipend will be a group interview revisions decided during assumed Head Resident usually awarded RA s. The for all applicants. last week's Dorm Staff duties during January while stipend will be deducted On the basis of this in- Committee meeting. the assigned HR was away . from the RA's tuition. The terview, some applicants The elimination of the FA Mary Anne Leach, RA for salary incr_ase will come will-be called back for in- position, which was second floor Mary I_ow, from the administrative dividual interviews. The recommended by a task does not think that the FA budget and the exact future RA s will then be force, established in 1979-80, position ' should be amount has yet to be ap- selected on the basis of ^will increase the con- eliminated. proved. their applications, their sistency in the requirements "I think the FA position is The number of Head recommendations, their and expectations of dorm a good step before Resident positions will group interviews and their staff, according to Joyce becoming an RA," Leach remain the same, although individual interviews. McPhetres, Assistant Dean said. "It lets a person learn the salaries for the HRs "It goes back to con- of Students. the job without the total will be reduced. A Head sistency," McPhetres said. "The FA position, being a committment. But I do feel Resident who formerly "The amount of in- nOn-paying capacity, puts that the FA's should receive received a credit of ap- terviewers are going to be the FA and the rest of dorm some compensation." . proximately $2500 for his decreased with the hope staff in an awkward With the elimination of room & board will now continued on pg .12 position," McPhetres said. the FA position, the number receive a $2120 credit. "Often the FA will help out in dorm activities, but because of staff distinctions, Off campus housing p etitions he does not know his 3 place." allowed f or ' serious need cases "The biggest problem by Carta Thompson subtracted from this total. Office; Monday afternoon, with the FA position is its Of the remaining number April 19, the off-campus list lack of definition," Valerie An .amendment i to the of slots, 9C percent will be will be posted; Wednesday, Ph oto by John Lyons Miller, FA for second floor off campus lottery filled through the lottery, April 21, petitions will be Foss, said. "It was never guidelines will create a and 10 percent by petition. accepted in LllO until 4:30 ; Sophomore Kaye Cross broke the all- quite clear whether FA possible outlet for students Students who submit Thursday, April 22, the time single-sea son scoring record stood for freshman and who have serious reasons petitions and still fail to Room Draw Committee will academic advisor or just for desiring off-ca mpus receive permission to live meet to decide on the with a 16 point effort against floor advisor." housing, Jane Sullivan of off-campus will be put on petitions; Friday, Apri l 23, Bowdoin. See pp. 13 & 16. "In addition, people on the Housing Office said. the off-campus waiting lists, petition permission will be The new proposal, which with the others, who lost in granted. ' million Sullivan described as "a the lottery , "This amendment was Colbys looking fo r $20 compromise between the The off-campus lottery created to meet the need of lottery system and the schedule for this spring will students," Sullivan said, petition system," will allow be as follows: April 5-16- "We've seen , those needs and alread y has a f ifth of it students who are un- registration in the Housing grow this year." Capital Drive is also itself more than a third of successful in the lottery to the petition if they feel they by Arthur Jackson designed to help build the Colby's present en- , l 's endowment fund. dowment/'Our endowment have serious valid reasons With over four million Cottercol ege said the increased fund is small," said Cotter. for demanding off-campus dollars already pledged, endowment would help the "Colby's fund is at $30 housing. Colby's $20 million Capital Valid reasons for school provide more million, while other schools Drive Campaign will be fi i id d , in our category, like petitioning may include officially kicked off at the allownanc aladditional a to sturesearchents Wesleyan and Williams, documented financial Board of Trustees spring savings in an off-campus k, and support salaries have endowment funds over meeting which falls on the worof able faculty as well as $100 million. An increased situational fficulty in ad- weekend of April 16-17. j d lif f bring more speakers and endowment would help us ustment to orm ¦ e a ter Tuition increase s p.2 The campaign has been lectures to the campus. enrich campus life for an independent - year • entitled "Colby 2000: A students." The endowment abroad, or special dietary committment to the The $20 million ear- fund presently contributes needs. future." The goal of raising marked will be divided as about a $2000 a year to The off-campus lottery •Stu-A posts p.9 $20 million is more than the follows: procedure will remain $8 million for subsidize each student 's total raised in Colby's four construction and new tuition, which is about 22 essentially the same, as previous campaigns' equ d i i h J over ipment and $12 million per cent of the college's stu ents reg ster w t ane the past 20 years, for the endowment. Cam- annual expenditures. Sullivan, pick a lottery • J aqiies Brel at President Cotter termed paign leaders also plan to The trustees and faculty number, and wait to hear the campaign, " ...terribly raise an additional $5 have also been very helpful the results. Strider p.lO important to Colby's future. million over the five year in contributing funds to the Later this spring the room The money we jaise will period through the Annual Capital Drive according to draw committee will take care of the priority Giving Drive. Cotter. Eighty per cent of determine the exact number * needs that were listed by Annual Giving funds, the faculty has contributed of students who will be • Men 's and women's the students and faculty. permitted to live off- according to Cotter, are to the campaign, which is a Once tho library con- spent in the same year they very good endorsement of campus. The number of basketball win CBB p. 13 struction is finished our are collected and so are a our objectives," he said. students who receive major building needs will be separate unit from the A "Weekend Festival" automatic off-campus complete." Capital Drive Fund. has been planned for the housing (veterans, com- Along , with satisfying The $12 million increase muters, married people, or Colby 's construction needs, to the endowment fund is in continued on pg .12 those over 24) will then be rt Colby expenses enter Special interest housing the five figure bracket Laurent with statistics snowing Colby cheaper than all eleven by Lee St. NESCAC schools except for Trinity. THE ROOM DRAW COMMITTEE is now ac- The most important consequence of the tuition raise cepting requests for interest group housing for You might have cursed or perhaps just grumbled, but 1982- campus last week you were centers on its effect upon financial aid recipients 83. Requests must be academic in nature and must if you were on the Colby though. With present conservative federal economic have a faculty sponsor. Interested groups should informed by a letter from the Office of the President "higher education" was going to get policies, the college predicts that next year, financial see Jane Sullivan at the Housing Office in L110. that the price for aid, which largely comes from the government, will be Written proposals must be submitted to the com- even higher. To upperclassznen it just felt like deja vu. ¦ " forewarning of future in- seriously reduced. Programs like supplemental grants, mittee by March 19 at the latest. ' _ while to freshmen it was a state scholarships, National Direct Student Loans, and creases. others will be significantly cut back. At Colby, about 600 Tttition for the 1982-83 academic year will rise $1080; students receive some form of college assistance, arid room and board will rise $250. In total, the predicted 234 students currently receive the Basic Educational cost of attending Colby for one year will be $10,450 in Opportunity Grant. Next year, with cutbacks in social Hoax at the Times comparison to last year's total of $9090. programs, fewer students will be eligible for the BEOG Ttiere are a variety of reasons for the increases. because of more difficult qualification guidelines, but • . A recent New York Times Although prices have not risen as high as expected, even more students will be applying for it because of Magazine article featuring a first-hand account of government cutbacks, coupled with the pressure for higher tuition.