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University Leader Archive. 825. https://scholars.fhsu.edu/university_leader/825 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives Online at FHSU Scholars Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in University Leader Archive by an authorized administrator of FHSU Scholars Repository. ~A~~AS STAT> ~rsrr~~C~L SCCic~Y THURSDAY, JULY 17, 199'i "E .,5 p I\ p FI< CL l c K P.U. '.lG'( 1:,q5 THE UNIVERS TCP•,c_~, KC:: £-6f::Jl Nt:W9 (913) 628·5301 .a. Fax (913) 628-4004 E ·mail l.:ljho>fh5uvm.fhi;u.eau New coach announced Bryan Valent.inc: Staff Writer Following a nationwide search for a head men's basketball coach. Chad Wintz. head basketball coach at Dodge City Community College. was selected last Friday to guide the FHSU program. Wintz's appointment is effective immediately. He is the successor of Gary Garner. who left in June of this ,-~,~lr year. Assistant Coach Mark Johnson filled in as interim · .·· Check -out tho . .· · ::· .:;;_ head coach. ancfm~· _;i FHSU President Edward Hammond and Director of ' ~l7efto'. ' . ·.. .. • !··t, · , Athletics Tom Spicer made the announcement at a press ·.··revlow c:ov~rTng t~.. ': ·.· fHm. · · ·. ···· · ··. conference held Tuesday morning in the Ttger Room eat.man of Gross Memorial Coliseum. ·'fEJ\fURE5 "Wintz was the superior candidate in the pool of . ·14,a~tnoi'ut to be . coaches." Hammond said. "He brings to our program a strong commitment to ,',, $nb .Jruluaea'ti .•; , .. : . ' . n•aintain the family atmosphere which has prevailed in recent years, a strong emphasis on team defense and an t.aurw es.an1 u~ i.e...r exciting offensive strategy which will produce Ctt,ic:I 'Nll'Ttz i& naf'Tled new head rr1er1'e baekett,all coach by Pt-e-91dent Edwan:t H. Ham"10fld st a competitive teams at a championship level." conference Tueeday. Wl11tz io formerly the head 17Hketl7all coach st ~e City Co,nmunity Col~. Wir1tz move& to H¥ wit.I, hie w;fe, Any. o,,e ~n. Tumer; and their d~. Legend. ____________ Wintz,2 WEATHER Five-day outlook Credit Fraud Today Even students are at risk here on campus Sunny Laurie: Bea" one of the victims. students education about (credit someone. a parent or faculty Hl99°-* E.:litor·ln·Chief Personnel in a booth set up at usage)." member. who can wallc you L073° the enrollment lines promised to Heath said the university is through the application process. t... lp faculty, staff and students currently studying the policies of "I'm not saying not to do it ; .-~: , Friday check credit, establish good credit other institutions regarding credit I'm saying look ar it carefully," Sunny and get er it car or loans. card companies visiting~ampuses. Heath said. accordi It will chcn create a· committee to lf you suspect you have been .. · Hl95" that decide what works best for Fort a victim of credit fraud. check L066" T* Hays State. with a reputable credit bureau. Heath advises that students Al the very least, you will know ··. Saturday collect information and not to if you arc the sole person Partly Cloudy en used this make huty decisions. Also, find spending your money. o,l~or,e·n phony credit Hl97c .>f!J·r ard accounts under the victims' LO 73° - names. Don Smith. coordinator of Sunday public safety and environment, ScatUred T-storm, said,"Different addrcasea. name pellings and personal data were {J ~, used to help create the phony accounts." Lisa Heath, assistant vice- Monday president of student affairs. said, Scatured T·storme Hl93D ./ Poli ng ln total, close IO $60,000 in at whether it was appropriate to L060° ¥ credit fraud has beat discovered have credit card companies on from this incident. according to campus without offering the -,.--- 2'New.1 "'"• '·•. , .... · Thursday, July 17, 1997 iuiti~)~<?rease may provide additional funding for technology Laurie Bean According to Barb Conant, would bring in $3 per credit hour. with students on rhis issue. The $736.35 Editor-in-Chief director of communications for the According 10 FHSU President consensus was to accept the • Resident graduate: S894.40 Edftorts note:,Last week. the BOR, there will be a "2.8 percent Edward H. Hammond, FHSU has Regent's proposal due to the • Non-resident under-graduate: Leatkr published the new tuition increase to the base tuition, plus a two options concerning the matching element. $2,868.35 increases approved by the Board $1 per credit hour fee ... " technology fee. One is to keep the According to Conant. the • Non-resident graduate: of Regents. This second part. in the The $1 per credit hour fee is an technology fee implemented Regent's technology fee will not $2,108.15 two-part series, explains how the approved technology fee (see story through the university. The other receive final approval until after the These figures do not include increases effects the Fort Hays on tuition increase in the Leader, option accepts the $1 BOR fee January 1998 legislative session. any fees applied by FHSU. lt also State campus. issue 65), which will be matched proposal, which includes the state The legislature must finalize the does not include the proposed by the state. The state will ma1eh. governor's $2 match to the BOR's technology fee. The Board of Regents approved appropriate a S2 match for the SI "My position is that we adopt $ t technology fee. Students will pay a little more a ruition increase to go into effect fee . the Board of Regent's system ... we Full-time (12 hours) tuition at tuition in the fall of 1998. for the Fiscal Year 1998. This FHSU currently has a $1 per would then give up our technology FHSU for the fall semester of 1998 However, the hike may also means the increase will be initiated credit hour technology fee. The fee," Hammond said. will be as follows: include an increase in funds for the fall semester of 1998. Regent's fee, with the $2 match, Hammond said he consulted • Resident under-graduate: technology. Wintz, continued from page 1 Hammond said he was especially impressed by with each of the new Tiger basketball recruits and with ·,.; ·: . , . ' Wintz' student athlete philosophy. which is based on an each of the returning Tigers from last year's team. (":·~- ~.~~ .... :.;. :.. · academic and an ath1etic discipline. "I like his style as a Wintz said he was flattered at being named the head -- ~· ;:·_ basketball coach, and I like his student athlete graduate coach at FHSU. "1nis is an outstanding opportunity rate." for me to be associated with a quality institution and a Spicer said, ''Chad Wintz can do the job we want quality community," Wintz said. done at the university. and that job is to always be a "I will have no problem selling this university and ··• -: ~~ -:--.iwiti'tnt;~-Mf·'~--~,. houl'!J ~ -For contender for a national title but do so in a quality way. community to young people." ~-rpod c-.iil twlrilrlgham H'aR at 62.&-1-420. I feel very comfortable with him as a head coach." Wintz favors a coaching style similar to that of the ,,....,, _: ,., 11&1 ·· - ,,.. Wintz has worked with some of the top basketball University of Kansas Coach Roy Williams. "We will Mil pn,eont, their coaches in the nation including Larry Brown of be aggressive but disciplined. We'll take advantage of ~Jwo·Fc,rt-~ State-~ •rt~ University of Kansas and Eddie Fogler of Wichita State opportunities given us; but we won't throw up any wild. ~ -of ~Art&,.,_,...~ 111 Moee-Thome GaRery. An Univc:rsity. Wintz also assisted Dean Smith. University crazy shots," Wintz said. wm be ·held tomorrow from 7 to 10 p.m. In Rarick 'l()a·. of Nonh Carolina. at his basketball camps and Bill The Tigers will be primarily a man-10-man team . .t>#d -~, H._ wtll • .paintl~ exhitiitlQrt. '-evfn Morse and Gary Garner when they were head coaches "We like to apply a lot of pressure and press some. We 1'ueHfl. OhJo. Ml pwei,t; IA ceramfce exhil,ttlott at FHSU. will play to out opponents' strengths and weaknesses. Cofum~ . Tho wlll bl; July 14--25. Moee-Tnorne Gallery 15 "Chad brings a wealth of knowledge to the position." and we will be aggressive." Wintz said . ·open open from & a.m. to 4-~ p.m. Monoay-Thureday and f>-11 a.m. on Spicer said. The search committee looked for the person whom Fribj. Hammond said Wintz will travel to Denver this it felt would fit the uni versity's philosophy best and coming weekend to meet other coaches and conference who had a record of both athletic and academic wlWb'-, officials at a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference excellence. "l truly helieve that we found that person H,,,_, .,,,,_.