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Green State University WEDNESDAY July 2, 2003 CHAMP: Bruce Lietzke wins the SUNNY U.S. Senior Open, held in HIGH 85 I LOW 61 Toledo over the weekend; tmw.bgnews.com PAGE 7 weekly independent student press VOLUME 97 ISSUE 7 Trustees up fees, alter dining THE COST OF A SEMESTER The University Board of Trustees voted Friday to increase tuition by Tuition will go up almost 10 percent. But increasing fees is nothing new. Fall instruc- USG wants change tional and general fees combined have gone from $2,327 to $3,439 since 1998. The fees below apply to full-time undergraduates. 9.9 percent in fall 1 FALL OF ... Instructional fee General fee to limited meal plan 1 1998 $1,935 $392 By Chuck Soder Every extra dollar spent on a larg- By Scott Niles will go toward scholarships. 1999 $2,029 $408 MANAGING EDITOR er meal plan is an extra dollar in ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR "The budget has also trimmed 2000 $2,157 $427 Members of Undergraduate Flexfunds gained because each WThe University Board of operating costs of the University 2001 $2,330 $464 Student Government held an plan reserves SI,050 for Dining Trustees voted Friday to increase by approximately $6 million and 2002 $2,679 $564 impromptu meeting Thursday to Services. tuition and fees. They approved reduced programs that are no 2003 $2,844 $594 find a way to get the University to Though most of the 11 USG several changes to Dining longer in line with the institu- be more flexible with Flexfunds members present at the last- Services, including revisions to tions highest priorities," — a proposal to limit the amount minute, unofficial meeting initial- the meal plans and how they can University President Sidney Source BGSU Office ol Institutional Research Chuck Soder BG Ne»s of meal-plan dollars that can be ly opposed Flexfunds entirely, be used. Ribeau said. All information given on the as well, whether it is off campus spent at the Student Union. many acknowledged that some- "The board voted... to approve "The trustees approved a new meal plans comes from a or wherever. The largest meal Though the University Board of thing must be done to help a budget for next year which rais- S220.6 million educational bud- recent press release. plan costs Sl,800. Trustees approved Flexfunds Dining Services. es fees but includes substantial get as well as general fee and The new meal plans will offer Each of these meal plans when they decided the budget at The independently run com- increases in student financial related auxiliary budgets of $29 five different choices that stu- including the limited plan will their Friday meeting, USG still pany is between S300.000 and aid," according to a recent press million for the 2003 fiscal school dents are able to pick from with now have what is called plans to fight to change the S400.000 in debt, according to a release. year," according to the press one of those plans being an "Flexfunds." amount allotted to each plan. BG News interview in April with Being concerned about the ris- release. incentive for off-campus stu- Flexfunds are a certain portion The new program will give stu- Linda Newman, executive direc- ing cost of education for the stu- In addition to the rise in dents. of the overall meal plan balance dents with a SI,125 minimum tor of University Dining Services. dents, trustees raised funding by tuition, fees and financial aid, There wiU be a limited plan for meal plan $75 in Flexfunds, $9 million for the 2003-04 school University meal plans are also people that do not like to eat a lot which can be spent anywhere. year. $2.1 million of that money going through major changes. but prefer alternate food choices TRUSTEES, PAGE 2 USG,PAGE 2 "To have to... let this many people in and of such-and-such race, it seems almost to be self-defeating." PARENTS GO TO LUNCH ADAM BISHOP, SENIOR U. of M. looks to race, not BGSU By Dmitri Bulgakov Statement and through its Anti- REPORTER Harassment Policy," Gonzalez The use of affirmative action in said. "The University strives to the college admissions recendy create in its curriculum, campus gained wide publicity. The programming, student organiza- Supreme Court on lune 23 ruled tions, and hiring, an environment that minority applicants may be that is accepting of diverse identi- given some edge during admis- ties." sion procedures. Even though our "Bowling Green State University does not have affirma- University does not use race as a tive action, still the issue raises factor in making admission deci- controversy. sions. So, the Supreme Court rul- "The University does not use ing does not have a direct impact race in admissions," Alberto on how BGSU admits students," Gonzalez, Vice Prov >st for said Bettina Shuford Assistant Academic Services, said. "The Vice President for Students Affairs University recruits broadly to and Director of the Center for receive a diverse pool of applica- Multicultural and Academic tions, but race is not a factor in Initiatives. "In terms of my per- accepting students to BGSU." sonal perspective on affirmative Our college uses other means action, 1 do support affirmative to achieve the diverse learning action because it enhances the environment. educational life of a university "The University supports diversity through its Mission AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, PAGE 2 Social Security future uncertain By Eileen Langford accident that will leave you out of REPORTER work but Social Security also Many students believe Social helps in the untimely death of a Security will not be around once child, spouse or parent. The they reach the age of retirement Disability and Survivor Benefits This notion forces people to are available to workers under 24 think. "Why do 1 have to pay for who have paid Social Security Social Security if it is not going to taxes for just one-and-a-half benefit me?" Th? fact of the mat- years or for workers under 31 who ter is that not only is Social have paid Social Security taxes for Security helping college students, half the time elapsed since the but about 150,000 young men age of 21. and women are getting Social loann Karr, a senior at the Security benefits, not from old University who has benefited age or retirement but from dis- from social security, says, "the Emily HoSBG News ability services. benefits helped immensely after I Not only does Social Security FOOD AND FACTS: Parents of incoming students line up for lunch Monday afternoon in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. During the help students in the case of an SOCIAL SECURITY, PAGE 2 meal, held in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom, parents are given the opportunity to ask student Orientation Leaders questions about campus. FOUR-DAY FORECAST THURSDA¥ FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY High: 88" High:82" Partly High: 85" The four-day forecast is taken High: 86' Sunny Storms Sunny Low 63' Low: 60" Cloudy Low. 62" from weather.com Low: 65* FOR ALL THE NEWS VISIT WWW.BGNEWS.COM 2 Wednesday, July 2.2003 WWW.BGNEWS.COM USG looks for compromise on new'Flexfunds' USG. FROM PAGE 1 hours at dining centers and FLEXFUNDS BREAKDOWN ACROSS MEAL PLANS spring when Newman sent an e- Wendy's set a high benchmark for allowing meal plan funds to roll mail to students describing early the franchise nationwide. Fall students with the following meal plans will tace dining choices USG President losh Kontak over from one year to the next, he versions of the proposals. There "They weren't even open the limited by "Flexfunds." Once the listed amount of Flexfunds has said he agrees that limiting meal described their thoughts on were also several events planned entire quarter," Lyons said. been used in the Student Union, they must use cash or BIG Charge card spending in the Union is Flexfunds. earlier in the year to evaluate stu- Most of Dining Services' prob- for meals there. $1,050 of each plan will go to Dining Services. necessary, but wants to secure "I also understand that finan- dent opinions on campus dining lems stem from early decisions more Flexfund dollars for each cial constraints necessitate Until now, students could regarding the Union, according student by spring. By then, if restrictions... but USG represen- Meal Plan Size of plan Flexfunds spend as much of their meal plan to Pearcy. Dining Services' budget is show- tatives are hoping to work with Limited Plan $1,125 $75 as they wanted at the Falcon's "That was extremely poor ing signs of health, administra- the University to see if these Nest, Wendy's, the Carnation Cafe planning on part of the tors could alter the program. restrictions can be addressed 8G Basic $1,375 $325 and the Black Swamp Pub. In the University," he said. Though he opposes the specif- with the financial situation in beginning the University The new proposal might hurt the Union's goal of being the ic dollar amount allotted to each mind." Falcon Feast $1,500 $450 embraced the idea of students meal plan, Kontak.