ASMSU a nent Tuesday, November 14, 2000 MSU course fees under speculation Erin Raley up paying the same amount, it Exponent Writer just may change the source that the dollar is going to go to," said Tuition and course fees at Tom Stump in reference to Montana State University are those students in the Architec­ currently under review and ture and MTA departments. speculation by the Montana ''Over the lifetime of that University System Regents Task specific program you will prob­ Force on Student Fees. ably end up paying the same There has been a proposal amount of money," said Stump. submitted by the Regents Task In the past, students have Force to increase student equip­ had to quit school for a semes­ ment fees and to include a tu­ ter just so they could raise ition surcharge for specific pro­ enough money to take a spe­ ~ , prop ·11 in cific set of classes with expen­ turn, raise ' over I cost tu­ sive course fees. ition by $4 100 p )ear "This new proposal allows "\\ e w, d an ppro '1 to costly fees to be leveled out tuition anc.. <> e p me that throughout a student's entire wa~ simple lea I more career." stable ~ -sa1 om Stu 1p, Vice The middle of December is President fc Administration the deadline for department and Fmanr( i MSU. Deans to come forth with their \\ ith thi .ew proposal, a proposed fees, said Stump. Stu­ fe\\ change!> ; ll be occurring. dent government in the middle Student eqm nent fees will in­ of January will review the pro­ crease in the 1ount of $10,500 posal. Everything will then be per v dr Th equipment fees submitted to the Board of Re­ m lud computers, furniture, gents in March. ~den 1fi · nent 'ld their Stump said that if everything repair and 'llainten< ce. This goes as planned, the proposal com pproxin rely to a will be approved and in effect for 1.75 percent mc1 the 2001 fall semester. There is also a proposal to "I think what this did on our initiate a tuition surcharge for campus was that it made the programs such as Media/The­ departments more aware of atre Arts and Architecture. Ma­ what they were charging their jors within the College of Archi­ students," said Stump. tecture would pay approxi­ Over the last two years the mately $30 per semester. For Montana Board of Regents has Media/Theatre Arts majors, the been concerned with the price of charge would be approximately tuition. In response to this con­ $180 per semester. With these cern, the board formulated a flat fees, specific course fees task force of members from ev­ would be eliminated. ery part of the university system. "The student is going to end see Student fees page 6 Funding probleID for Flu blues MTA departIDent Vaccine delayed Erin Raley about funding. supplies for all the students." "Our film and photo de­ Thad Kelling Exponent Writer Exponent Writer The delay is the second one partment is one of the re­ this season (delivery was first MSU's Theater and Media nowned in the nation and for The influenza vaccine in­ delayed in October); but the Arts Departme nt is facing us to lack in modern and ad­ dustry broke its promise to Health Service remains opti­ problems over a growing en­ equate equipment is ridicu­ provide the MSU Student mistic that an epidemic will rollment and a lack of fund­ lous,'' said Bill IIeiselmann, Health Service and other not occur. Since influenza usu­ ing. a film major and employee at health care providers around ally doesn't hit Bozeman until "We are unde r-funded , KUSM. the nation with its vaccination January, they believe that the under-facilitated and under­ Twelve ye a r s ago, the order by mid-November. impact of the delay will be mi­ staffed ,~ said Ben Seymour. MTA department instituted The Health Service had nor, if even noticeable. Seymour is a film major and course fees, which presently acted on that promise; it orga­ "I think we've got a safety head of the Media and The­ gen e rate approximately nized a clinic that was sched­ window from now until the ater Arts Network, a student $ 130,000 per year. uled for today. But the clinic epidemic may hit,·· said Rob­ run organization comprised "We n eed $ 180 , 000 a has been cancelled, and the e it Flaherty, a family physi­ of film, theater and photog­ year to operate this depart­ Health Service is planning an­ cian and acting medical direc­ raphy students at MSU. ment effectively," said Paul other clinic in mid-December. tor at the Health Service. '"But Over the past six years the Monaco, head of the Media "There will not be a vac­ it may not happen." de partment of Me dia a nd and Theater Arts d e part­ cination clinic in November," The reason for the delay is Theate r Arts has seen an ment. "Even with course fees said Sheila Devitt, a certified production problems. To de­ e normous increase in the we are falling short." college nurse at the Health velop the vaccine, companies number of majors. With 4 50 The MTA department has Service. "But we will adver­ produce three types of the vi­ majors, the departme nt is never had a capital or equipment tise extensively as soon as we ms that cause the flu and then understandably worried see MTA page 6 have adequate vaccination see Virus page 5 November 14, 20t Melon baller cheerleaders vote: still no President elect should have a recount or even Joel Morgan possibly a re-vote, while other Exponent Columnist people think "Florida, since The United States is when did we let Canadians currently divided into two vote?" This makes the rest of us emotionally charged and battle­ wonder if we shouldn't ditch the ready factions, and I am a idea of voter registration drives columnist who is not afraid to at VvWF matches. share my opinion, so here it is: Ballots actually caused quite Light beer is less filling, and you a problem in Palm Beach, Fla., "tastes great" people can all go where many voters are going to l-1t'J ~(Vo -f.,.:r ! °R!· d:. ~ straight to Florida for all I care. the courts saying that the ballots No wait, that is not it 0.J. were too confusmg. Some f·hI +r:-~r..,,_, lock w-..s ~ ·--1: ..~ ~ Simpson is not guilty, um, new Yoters say they meant to mark Cf\! ..: . .J l Coke is better, the South shall the spot next to Gore­ \,lie. T'Hol "to (e·CCl;(l+ rise up and conquer? Lieberman, but they '"'"-"'do ;-r°'j "'-it1.! ~ I remember, the real issue is accidentally ..,..,'Tote in Eminem. ~~JI who is going to become the next In a press conference, Eminem president of the United States. responded by saying / ~f I~ Some people think that Florida see Florida page 3 11 :0 Correction In the Nov. 7 edit10n of the Exponent it was stated that Lisa Conley wrote the "Always ... Crazy for Patsy Cline" article. It was actually \\Titten by Exponent writer Yogi Khalsa. The wicked secret Basketb· fans ge THE EXPONENT of Roberts Hall The E.xponentis published most Tuesdays Jamin Casey found it grew worse with everv uproote and Fridays throughout the academic school Exponent Columnist step. 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