University administrators try to halt increasing fees
Depending on their major,
students pay school and
department fees ranging
from $30 to $3,125
By Chuck Slothower
News Reporter
To take the edge off rising tuition, Uni
versity administrators are attempting to
save students money by curtailing the
costs of the miscellaneous fees students
must pay.
The University administration has re
layed to various departments that student
fee increases are to be avoided or increased
only as much as necessary, Vice President
for Student Affairs Anne Leavitt and Asso
ciate Vice President of Budget and Finance
Frances Dyke said.
"We've told people they need to be very
cognizant of the pressures on students,"
Dyke said.
Student fees pay for everything from
transcripts to overdue library books to
physical education classes, and they help
the University pay for costs not covered by
other revenue sources.
If certain schools or departments want
their fee increased, the dean of the
'There will be some fees well
have to raise... We're looking
at all these proposals
pretty carefully."
Anne Leavitt
Vice President for Student Affairs
school makes a request to the University
administration.
"There will be some fees that we'll have
to raise," Leavitt said. "We're looking at all
these proposals pretty carefully."
Many students pay a fee every term simply
to continue their major. Students pay fees
ranging from $30 to if they are studying ar
chitecture, science, multimedia design,
journalism, business, landscape architec
ture, computer science, music or educa
tion. Law students pay a S3,125 fee, mas
ter's students in business pay a $550 fee
and undeclared students pay a $40 fee.
The College of Arts and Sciences —
which includes popular programs such as
psychology, political science and Spanish
— requires its students to pay $40.
Sophomore Brandon Packman was less
than thrilled about the $50 fee he pays
each term for being a pre-business major.
"It's B.S.,'' he said. "What $50 gets me is
a lot of junk e-mails."
However, second-year architecture ma
jor Robert Stroup said the $50 he pays
each term is a drop in the bucket.
"Fifty dollars is like two cents for me,"
Stroup said, adding that he spends between
$500 and $ 1,000 each term on architecture
supplies. "So $50 really isn't anything."
Contact the campus/federal politics reporter
at chuckslothower@dailyemerald.com.
SAMPLING OF 2003-04
STUDENT FEES BY MAJOR
• Arts and Sciences (including undeclared): $40
• Science additional fee
(except for Computer Science and Math-CIS): $30
• Architecture: $50
• Landscape Architecture: $50
• Multimedia Design: $50
• Computer Science and Math-CIS: $125
• Journalism (includes pre-majors): $75
• Business: $125 (undergraduate),
$550 (master’s students), $50 (pre-majors)
• Music: $75
• Law: $3,125
• Education: $50
SOURCE: The Office of the Registrar's Web site
Tim Bobosky Photographer
Bryan Duggan (left) makes a point to buy meat at the Wild Oats Natural Marketplace because he says the market's processors use less
packaging and additives. Some consumers have cut back on purchasing beef products because of the mad cow scare.
MAD COW
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As of Dec. 1, 143 vCJD cases had
occurred in the United Kingdom out
of a worldwide total of 153 cases. The
CDC disclosed that one of these cases
occurred in the United States but that
the patient lived in the United King
dom before moving to America.
Forrester said that anyone with
concerns about eating beef should
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contact the CDC or the Oregon De
partment of Agriculture. She added
that if anyone is concerned about
their specific beef, they should con
tact the store where it was purchased.
University senior and business ad
ministration major Gillian Ronning
expressed some concern about the
discovery of mad cow disease in the
United States.
Ronning said that she recently left
her vegetarian lifestyle behind and
found out about the mad cow scare
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the day after eating her first steak.
She said concerns crossed her mind,
but she stopped thinking about it
that same day.
"I think the chances of getting in
fected are small, but it is still some
thing I would think about before
buying beef," Ronning said.
Contact the crime/health/
safety reporter
at lisacatto@dailyemerald.com.
CRIME
WATCH
Thefts and recoveries
The Department of Public Safety
received two reports of larceny: one
stolen television from H.P. Barnhart
Hall and one theft from Cascade An
nex East. DPS impounded seven
bikes and one wheel: two bikes and a
wheel from the bike racks south of
the open tennis courts and five bikes
from the bike racks east of McClure
Hall in Earl Complex. DPS also re
ceived a report of a recovered vehicle
at Beech Street and East 13th Avenue.
Disorderly conduct
DPS received two reports of dis
orderly conduct, two reports of Eu
gene Municipal Code infractions
for urinating in public and three re
ports of suspicious conditions. DPS
reported two suspicious subjects:
one at the Knight Law Center and
the other at the Bean East Court
yard in Bean Complex. DPS also re
ceived one report of vandalism at
H.P. Barnhart I Iall and *wo reports
of reckless endangerment.
Monday, Jan. 5, 10:34 p.m.: DPS
received a report of subjects throw
ing snowballs at windows in Walton
Complex.
Monday, Jan. 5, 10:54 p.m.: An of
ficer reported a vehicle pulling people
down the street on inner tubes at
Alder Street and East 14th Avenue
Miscellaneous
DPS received one miscellaneous
report of a vehicle accident, one
emergency call report, two alarm re
ports and one request for a bike lock
to be cut at I I.P. Barnhart Hall. DPS
received three requests for vehicle
tows from reserved spots: one from
the Pacific Hall parking lot, one
from the University Health Center
staff parking lot and one from
Spencer View Apartments. DPS also
reported five instances of unlawful
entry of a motor vehicle.
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Wednesday
Amnesty International meeting, 7 p.m.-8 p.m.,
EMU Rogue Room.
American Advertising Federation meeting,
5 p.m.-7 p.m., 310 Villard Hall.
EMU Full Board meeting, 4 p.m.-6:30 p.m.,
EMU Board Room.
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