The_Rambler_1979-05

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TUITION INCREASE
The Executive Committee
of the State University
Board of Trustees authori-zed
a partial increase in
tuition for next year to
maintain the high quality of
thj^ University's academic
program.
The increase will not
affect students in the junior
or senior years, whose
tuition costs will remain
unchanged, or those
students in the freshmen and
sophomore classes who are
eligible for full financial aid.
The tuition will be increased
by $150, to a uniform of
$900 per semester.
The Trustees plan to
channel the overall $9.1
million of income from the
selective tuition increases
for specific objectives which
they deem imperative and
wtiich can not be omerwise
supported. They are:
1. $4 -million to cover the
cost of bonding about
million in new construction
to accomodate projected
enrollments, provide
mandated facilities tor ine
handicapped and permit
alternatives necessary for
student health and safety.
2. $2.5 million to begin
replacement of some $550
million of academic
equipment which is either
obsolete or physically
deteriorated. •
3. $1.3 million for library
acquisitions and access.
4. $700,000 to cover
increases in the minimum
wage.
5. $300,000 to help the
Agricultural and Technical
Colleges meet increased
mandatory savings require-ments.
6. $300,000 to support
Educational Opportunity
summer programs.
Many students receiving
some form ^^ financial aid
would not be adversely
affected by the tuition
increase because they will be
entitled to greater benefits
under the State's Tuition
Assistance Program and the
Federal Government's Basic
Educational Opportunity
Grants.
The tuition increase will
provide some relief to local
sponsors who have been
forced to bear the burden of
inflationary cost increases
and to commit the State to
adequate funding of the 30
colleges in the SUNY
system.
STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE
REFERENDUM
A ten dollar increase in
the Student Activity Fee has
been authorized at the
campuses of the State
University of New York in-request
for a higher fee.
Chancellor Clifton R.
Wharton, Jr., has approved
an increase in the fee from
$70 to $80 a year. The ceiling
may be increased only after
the vote; which will be held
May 1st in Roosevelt Hall
Gym between 9:00 a.m. and
2:00 p.m.
Mr. Michael Mitura,
Director of Student
Activities, and other
trustees, explained that the
activity fee ceiling has
remained at the same $70
level since 1969.
"The activity fee ceiling
raise will give students more
activities," Mitura said.
"The current ceiling of
$70 per year was established
ten years ago. The money
then purchased much more
than it does today. We all
know what inflation has
done to prices. We simply
cannot buy or provide for
nearly as much as we used
to. Equipment, salaries,
services, and supplies have
all skyrocketed while the
funds have decreased
because of inflation and
dropping enrollment."
Student activity fees
underwrite a wide variety of
co-cirricular and extra-
Crime Decreasing at
There has been a general
decline of crime on the campus
of SUNY at Farmingdale.
Among those that have slightly
risen are burglary, assault,
grand larceny, auto theft,
harassment and possession of
firearms. Incidents of fires,
disputes and motor vehicle
accidents at Farmingdale have
also slightly increased from the
year before.
A report from January 5,
1979 of year end statistics of
campus crimes states that the
number of sex-related crimes,
robberies, false fire alarms, and
false bomb threats have
decreased between 1977 and
1978. Petit larceny, trespassing,
and fraud have also lessened.
Farmingdale
The report, a product of the
investigation section of campus
police, goes on to show that the
number of arrests made both
by campus has decreased.
"Relatively speaking, jwe have
a lower crim^ rate on campus,"
Dr. Bedell, Assistant Dean of
Students, stated. "If we get one
case in a year of violent crime,
it's a lot."
The major crime problem on
campus is the incident of stolen
personal and state property.
Even though the rate of stolen
property for Farmingdale is
comparatively low, it is our
greatest problem. Last fall four'
or five cars were stolen within
two months. The campus
police did locate a suspect and
the incidents stopped, but cars
that are left unlocked are highly
susceptible targets. More
common on campus are books
being stolen, and once again
this is often due to leaving
property unattended.
Dr. Bedell believes the
amount of drugs used on
campus is not great for the
population size of this
university. Alcohol is the
number one drug used by
students, and pot is second.
Angel dust, tranquilizers, and
pills are the less apparent drugs
used on campus. Nationally,
LSD has been increasing in
colleges, but Dr. Bedell has not
heard of many incidents of its
use here.
curricular activities on the
Farmingdale Campus,
including programs of
cultural and educational
enrichment, recreational
and social activities, tutorial
programs, intramural and
intercollegiate athletics,
student publications and
other media, assistance to
recognized student organi-zations,
insurance and
transportation service
related to the conduct of
these programs, and
reimbursement to student
officers for service to
student government.
The current $70 maxi-mum
student activity fee is
being assessed at the major
State operated campuses at
the present time. It is
anticipated that great many
students will vote "yes" to
raise the fee on May 1, the
day you vote on the
referendum.
Evaluation Forms
Do you expect to be looking
for a job? If so, it is important
that you have three Evaluation
Forms filled out by your
instructors so this information
can be in your file for reference
purposes. The Evaluation
Forms give information
required by prospective
employers as to attendance,
motivation to succeed and
employment potential.
Forms may be picked up in
the Career Counseling and
'Placement Office, Room 116,
Administration Building.
Term Paper Clinic
Term Paper Clinic is once
ae,ain functioning in the library
this semester but with some
variation in the hours of
operation.
We would like to stress the
fact that you need no
appointment in order to avail
yourself of this service. Just
come into the library during
any of the times listed below
and a librarian will be able to
help you.
TERM PAPER CLINIC-Monday
- Friday
11:00 am - 12:00 Noon
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Monday and Tuesday
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm