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U of L's campus news source since 1926 www.louisvillecardinal.com January 25, 2005 I Vol. 77, Issue 18
Tuition, h-ousing hike expected
_By Chris Brown
Assistant News Editor
University of Louisville students can most
likely expect an increase .in tuition and other
fees for the 2005-2006 fiscal year. However,
just how much students will pay in the coming
year is still unclear, said Susan Ingram, direc­tor
of Budget and Financial Planning for U
ofL. "We are-very early-in the tuition-setting
process," she said last week.
Ingram attributes the anticipated hike
in tuition to a general increase in the funds
required to operate the growing institution.
"Rising costs and increased expenses at the
unive~sity must be covered through additional
revenue," she said.
Since U of L ·relies primarily on state
appropriations and tuition fees to cover the
costs, -changes in the amount of money state
lawmakers funnel into U of L will affect stu­dent
costs for the coming academic ye~r.
"Since there is a great deal of uncertainty
on whether the university's state appropriation
will change," Ingram said, "tuition and fees
will most likely increase to cover some portion
of the additional costs."
Additionally, students living in on-campus
housing facilities will have to dig a little deeper
to cover room and board for the 2005-06
semesters. U of L vice president for Student
Affairs Dr.· Denise Gifford said housing costs
are expected to rise three to eight percent,
depending on the residence hall facility.
"Utility costs are going up substantially,"
explained Gifford. Since housing fees help
cover services like electricity, water, cable
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. television ~ local i:elephone and high-speed
Internet access, increases· in the costs of an~r
of those mean increases in operating costs for
housing facilities.
Gifford also said that increased housing
fees will help boost staffing in the university's
housing facilities. ·"New positions are bein'g
added," she said, possibly including more desk
aSsistants to_ help bolster-dormitm:y security
and student ~afety.
But while the expected increases in tuition
costs and other fees mean students will again
be paying more for their education, the rise
in rates is not atypical of past years. Since rhe-
200 1-02 fiscal year for example, U ofL tuition
costs per semester for full-rime undergradu­ate
and graduate resident and non-resident
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students have risen, on average, about 10
percent annu;Jly. According to the College
Board's Web site, this is consistent with the
9.5-14.1 percent annual semester tuition in­creases
at most public four-year institutions .
around the nation.
Tuition costs per semester for the Brandeis
School of Law have shown similar trends,
increasing by_ an ;1verage of about five to 10 -
percent annually since the 2001-2002 fisc~!
ye<!.f.
U ofL medical and dental school students
have also seen tuition hikes in recent years,
however the increases have not followe4 par­terns
similar to those of other colleges within
See TUITION page 4
Researchers
receive Gheens
foundation grant
Funds will aid in building
new HS C facility
By Matt Thacker
Cardinal StaffWriter
Researchers at the Cardiovascular Innova­tion
institute (CII), a research partnership
between U of L and Jewish Hospital, will
soon receive an important financial boost
from the Gheens Foundation, one of the
largest education and research foundations
in Kentucky.
The foundation recently pledged $1.5
million over a three-year period to the insti­tute
to help create the Gheens Foundation
Biosensor Research Center.
Ellen de Graffenreid of the U ofL Health
Sciences Center, said the money comes in
addition to support from Jewish Hospital,
Kosair Charities, the Kentus;ky Office for the
· New Economy and Sen. Mitch McConnell.
The funds wiil aid ·in constructing a
75,000-square-foot, five-story building
. .wh.ichwilfbe located on the Health_Scienc~s
Campus, acc~rding to the Gilbane Building
Company. _
The project has a projected total price rag
of around $28 million and will include bio­medical-
research labs, operating and recovery
rooms, training facilities, mock circulation
See GRANT page 2
Fraternities ~eek new members during spring rush
By Charles L. Westmoreland
News Editor
The chalk scribblings all over U
of:Ls sidewalks could only mean one
thing: spring rush is here. Fraterni­ties
will on,ce again be on the prowl
for potential new members to join
their brotherly organizations.
The semiannual fraternal tradi­tion
began yesterday with free pizza
offered at the Student Activities
Center and will continue through
Friday.
Interfraternity Council President
Joey Wilkerson said the council
has taken a special interest in this
year's rush.
Thanks to donations by Pizza
Magia, the IFC was able to-provide
interested students with free lunch
yesterday and has also been running
television ads promoting rush here
on campus.
Wilkerson said the IFC's goal
this semester is to break the current
spring rush record of 120 signing
bids. He said the IFC's mission is to
support and promote all 11 of the
campus' Greek fraternities.
"We're running the IFC like irs
own fraternity," Wilkerson said.
"Even if you missed
the first day, it isn't_
too late to rush. If
anything, come for
the free food."
- Joey Wilkerson, IFC
president, on spring
rush
"We're looking out for the good of
the Greek system. Our job is to get
new students interested in rush,
then we l~r the fraternities go after
them."
Along with promotion, the IFC
-enforces rush rules and regulations
and handles infractions of those
rules.
Why go Greek?
Wilkerson d~scribed Greek life
as a four-year journey. consisting of
three phases.
"The first step is the social phase,
where students start meeting people,
partying a little and having fun,"
he said.
"The secoond stage is leadership,
where members start being proac­tive
on campus - everything from
Student Government to the Baptist
Student Union."
The final phase, said Wilkerson,
is graduation and settling into a
career.
"The last step is ... using the
connections gained through the
fraternity to eleva.re in the work­force
."
See RUSH page 5
The IFC said students should attend rush for the free food, if nothing else. This
year the IFC hopes to break the current 120-signee rUsh retard.
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