COMMENTARY Everyone on campus facing new cnanenges \»k llir I *r «*—i* I i'll I Myles Brand University President Question to l 'niversity Brest dent Myles Brand What are the key issues faring the l diversity in the 1993-94 academic year7 Individually, tin* key issues fat - ing students focus on such typical concerns as writing a good term paper or passing the midterm, paying the bills for hooks, tuition and housing, sav ing time to attend a concert, game or party, or make new friends and nurture old friendships. Collec tively. students and all members of the campus community face new challenges this year as the University changes itself because of new financial realities. Reduced state funding means two things to students. First, tuition will increase. Second, higher education will, in turn, require the University to make major changes in its undergrad uate program By next year, resi dent student, tuition will have increased almost fit) percent since the inception of 1990’s ballot Measure 5 If the m>\t phase of Measure 5 takes place, tuition will again rise substantially, sure ly double-digit, during 1995-96 and 1996-97 We won’t 1m* able to halt these tuition increases, though we may be able to slow them down. To do so. we need to help this state develop a tax system to provide stable funding for higher educa tion and all other publicly fund ed services The only opportuni ty we have in the near future to affet t the state’s tax situation is todays sales tax referendum, known as Measure 1 All students registered to vote should seri ously examine the pros and cons of this ballot measure and make sure they vote today Higher tuition is the impetus for the rapid changes in under graduate education today’s stu dents will experience over the course of their college careers Faculty and administrators real ize that, with both residents and non-residents paying more each year, we must provide students with full value for those precious tuition dollars, and the Univer sity must ensure that students cun graduate in four years. The first and most visible change students will experience is the effect of significant efforts already launched by the faculty to simplify the curriculum requirements At the last Uni versity Senate meeting, faculty and students voted unanimous Iv to eliminate cluster require ments The faculty is also working hard on broad reforms aimed at improving the quality of the aca demic program for eat h student For example, under proposal* that fat uity committees are now studying, freshmen and sopho mores would get more small < lass exponent es, juniors anti seniors would hove more opportunities to work directly with faculty on research projects Things will he different Stu dents mn help themselves anti the University suet essfully weather these i Imllengiug times by keeping an open mind to pro posals for change, by participat ing willingly and constructive ly with the faculty in finding ways to improve the academe program and bv being tolerant of temporary inconvenient es as improvements are implemented Although many issues will attract our attention this year such as underage drinking dur ing grts>k rush, multicultural cur riculum revision work by the Assembly committee, and build ing replacement units at Amazon family housing — we i an t afford to lose sight of the mosi funda mental issue Wo need io work together to make sure that changes brought by reduced state funding and higher tuition vv ill make the undergraduate program at the University bettor Ask the I’rvsidrnt" inil hr u a rtmilar feature in the Emerald m whit h l ’mwrsitv President Myles Brand answers a question fmsnl b\ the Emerald **************** fWUNDERLANO r-t—' 5lh STREET ^ 5Cv.DEO PUB^KET £2“ 683-8464 f - VIDEO ADVENTURE 1 VAlltr RIVffR PVA2A " VpJ^ l -l** W»l* an \»» *■ •¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥• BUY ONE 14" AT REG. 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