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Regents approve tuition increase
Allie Abel
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Regents for the University of Texas System agreed to raise tuition for all campuses including a 4.30 percent increase for UT Tyler during a special meeting March 3.

Approved tuition increases ranged from 3.36 to 5.06 percent targeted to begin this fall. UT Dallas is the only campus not increasing tuition for current students, however, new students there face a 3.95 percent increase while non-resident undergraduate and graduates are scheduled pay 9 percent more.

Representatives from Arlington, Austin, Dallas and Tyler campuses all asked for the capped amount of 3.95 percent each year for the next two years.
UT Tyler asked for a 3.95 percent increase but the regents approved a slightly higher amount. That means full time students will pay $140 more per semester.

The meeting in Ashbel Smith Hall included nearly two hours of reports on proposed tuition increases and budget cuts from institution and student government presidents from all nine UT academic components.

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Daniel Sorrells, a freshman computer science major, and Katie Eager, a freshman undecided major, throw snowballs off the patio in front of Ornelas Hall. The sleet-snow mixture hit the Tyler area Sunday. Photo by Ryan Pinkham.

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Campus Police investigating theft of student newspapers
Libby Moore
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Campus police are investigating the theft of more than 200 copies of the Patriot Talon reported stolen last month from newspaper racks in the Administration Building.

The newspapers are valued at nearly $150, according to information filed with the police department by Jacque Hillburn-Simmons, advertising coordinator for the Patriot Talon.

Allie Abel, managing editor, said her conclusion for why the newspapers were stolen is someone didn’t like what was written. She suspects the perpetrator was trying to keep information from the students.

Student meeting set Wednesday
Hattie Kemp
Sunday, March 21st, 2010

The Student Government Association members are sponsoring a town hall meeting from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday in the University Center Ballroom.

“It is open to all students, and we hope for a large turnout,” SGA secretary David Kelley said.

Kelley said Friday afternoon the agenda was not available at the time to report its scheduled topics.

He said some SGA members plan to attend to answer students’ questions about student government.

Minimal student input basis for SGA approval
Allie Abel
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Out of nine University of Texas system components UT Tyler was the only one of two that did not seek multiple surveys of a broad spectrum of student body opinion before recommending a tuition increase before the regents meeting on March 3.

Other school representatives said they used e-mails, forums and web casts to gauge student opinions. UT Tyler SGA President Amy Whitehouse said she talked to “a lot of students.”

A random sample of students interviewed by the Talon indicate a lack of awareness on campus.