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              The MAROON February 5, 1982 Vol. 60, No. 16 Loyola University, New Orleans Higher tuition set for next semester By Mike Tifft Maroon Assistant News Kditor A $450 tuition increase, effective in the fall, was announced by the Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., Loyola president, in a letter addressed to parents of Loyola students. The Board of Trustees approved the new tuition rate Jan. 28. The cost of an undergraduate education will rise from $3,200 to $3,650 for 1982-83, according to Jay Calamia, director of Finance and Personnel Services. Tuition rates for the School of Law, Graduate Studies Division, City College, and Summer Session were unavailable at press time. In his letter, Carter credited income from Loyola's broadcast properties for keeping tuition rates from soaring. "It is this unique endowment revenue which makes it possible for us to maintain a comparatively modest tuition and a substantial financial aid program of our own." Carter said the new tuition rate would help meet the cost of maintaining competitive faculty salaries: "Our competitive salary structure insures high quality education for our students. In order to meet our salary obligations, it is absolutely necessary that we increase our tuition and fee charges once more." Loyola's faculty salaries in all rank categories exceed the regional average for faculty salaries at private four-year universities. Carter also noted: "The university spends in excess of $7,000 annually on each student. This is twice the tuition Tuition Increases —1980-83* School Annual Percent Year Tuition Increase 1980-81 $2,725 1981-82 $3,200 15.6 1982-83 $3,650 14.1 * Undergraduate only; graduate, law and City College figures unavailable at press time. we ask families to pay." Calamia suggested Carter might have arrived at this figure by dividing the university's expenditures by the number of fulltime students. Carter, recognizing that federal financial aid is decreasing for students, said "inflation, rising fuel costs, and a slow economy continue to make it difficult for families to find resources to finance the higher education of their children in the college of their choice." He added that although tuition will increase, "our financial aid capability will be increased by 37 percent." Dr. E.P. Seybold Jr., director of Scholarships and Financial Aid, said the increase will come from university money. "In anticipation of federal cutbacks, we budgeted money to counter that type of federal retrenchment."Carter was out of town at mid-week and unavailable for further comment. Besides tuition, residence hall charges will increase in 1982-83. Residential Life Director Robert Reed said the fees would go up approximately 12 percent. Card Key: By Carta Barrow Maroon Reporter Plans to install a card-access system for Buddig and Biever Halls are "still in the research state," Security Director Thomas Blalock said. A proposed system would locate terminals "at the front and wooden doors in Buddig and the front and stairwell doors in Biever — as well as in the elevator areas on each floor," Vincent P. Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs said. A card-access system operates automatically as a student inserts an encoded card into a "reader" terminal for entrance. Residential Life Director Robert Reed believes cards will replace keys by this fall. The elimination of keys, according to Reed, is an advantage of the system. The card-access system can alleviate the problem of students losing or not returning keys. Loss of a front door key costs $15 to replace and "can compromise the effectiveness of the present system," Reed said. A card reported lost can be Card-access system for residence halls proposed to replace present key usage invalidated to prevent others from using it, and replacement cost is only about $3. The card-access system is also capable of recording in its memory when students enter the dorms. Some students have voiced concern over the accuracy and privacy of such recordings. "You go to college to live as an adult, not to have tabs kept on your evefy move," Buddig resident Lynn Carr said. Knipfing explained, "Nobody in this ad- NOETC holds cable forum By Hilary Molony Maroon Reporter The New Orleans Educational Telecommunications Consortium sponsored an informational forum Wednesday to discuss the latest developments in Cox Cable TV's wiring of the city and what the NOETC members can do to prepare for it. NOETC Secretary Jack Hollahan said, "Three channels are offered for educational purposes on subscribers cable." NOETC is planning to offer credit and non-credit courses as well as forums and dramatic and musical performances from the various campuses on the channels prescribed for education. Fred Michlink, head of plant operations for Cox Cable in New Orleans, said it will be about a year before NOETC can successfully begin programming. Michlink told the consortium that the residential subscribers are the most important priority during the six months preceeding July 21. He added that the subscribers'residences must be wired first before Cox Cable can begin wiring the universities. At this point Cox Cable can begin wiring the consortium into its master terminal, Michlink said. Walter J. Schaar, director of Cox Cable's information and education services, said, the consortium should begin preparing its programming schedule. Schaar advised NOETC to develop its programming with consistency so it will appeal to the public. "When you are consistent you will find publications like TV Guide and all of the people who try to print the (programming] schedules start to print your schedule," Schaar said. Schaar said NOETC will need mass numbers of subscribers in order for the consortium to survive. He suggested that "forums and performances" broadcasted by the consortium "should mean something to the university." He added that these performances and forums will have to remain localized and unique to the universities in order to retain the needed subscribers. The consortium is composed of Loyola University, Dillard University, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern-University in New Orleans, Tulane University Medical Center, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Tulane University and Xavier University. Sen. Mathias Mathias argues for due process By Darken Trueblood Maroon University Reporter U.S. Sen. Charles McC. Mathias Jr., R-Md., spoke in Nunemaker Hall Wednesday against recent arguments to limit the "exclusionary rule" which guarantees citizens the right of due process during an arrest. The controversial rule prohibits, evidence obtained by police in an illegal search to be submitted in court. Those opposing the exclusionary rule often blame it for increases in crime, saying that criminals too often get out of jail on technicalities, and that police officers often find their hands tied in law enforcement. Mathias, chairman of the Senate Judicial Subcommittee on Criminal Law, said the exclusionary rule does not increase crime, citing poor education and high unemployment as more likely causes. "It seems to me that the exclusionary rule is a general principle and that principle ought to be upheld," Mathias said. See Card Key /page 2 See Mathias/page 4