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‘ Study suggests tuition increase

By Capri Cicero
Staff ll 'r'itrr

Certain issues seem to be reborn every couple of
years, and regardless of when the cycles renew them—
selves, they create concern amon 7 students.

Increasing tuition is one oft ese concerns. The
mention of tuition increases produces a shudder in
students as \isions of dollar signs floating away seem
to close minds to any idea of compromise.

In the 1997 Kentucky Annual Economic Report
from the Center for Business and Economic
Research, Dan Black, a labor economist, and
Amitabh Chandra, a labor economics graduate stu—
dent, tackled the economics of raising tuition at pub-
lic universities in Kentucky. According to Chandra,
who became interested in the subject as a result of
his senior honors‘ thesis, increasing tuition is “one
angle of education reform that has gone unnoticed."

The report, titled “More Efﬁcient Financing of
Higher Education: The Case for Tuition Increas—
es,” argues, among other things, that subsidizing

public universities is an inefficient way to provide
financial aid to residents of the state.

Not only does this method allow the universities
to rely on the government for financing. regardless
of the quality ofeducation, but it provides a foriii of
financial aid to students who could afford to pay
much more for college, according to the report.

Although Chandra agreed that UK is considered
by many to be the best school in the state, many of

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it's going to happen regardless.

The cost of living increases." said

.\'lissy .VIcCallister, an early elementary education
junior. “It's inc-Vitable. But ifyou feel your education
is worth it. you'll pay."

Tim llagedorn, a psychology freshman, answered
similarly. He believes students are not getting the
education they need as it is, and said increasing
tuition is not reasonable.

“\Ye aren‘t going to be able to afford it and

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Allison Marsh
Senior Staff ll’rirer'

Yesterday marked the 24th anniversary ofthe Roe
v, “"3th decision that gave women the constitution-
ally protected right to abortion in the early stages of
pregnancy.

“In Memory of the Courageous Women \Nho
Died from Illegal Unsafe Abortions Because They
Had No Choice" was a program designed to push
rights forward.

“\Ve need to remember we're not going to let the
clock be turned back," said Lise Smith—Peters of
Lexington Planned Parenthood.

Women shared their stories of back—street abor—
tions prior to 1973 in the film ”lien Abortion War
Illegal: Untold Stories. A doctor in the ﬁlm said that in
the 19505, at least 20 or 30 women came in daily,
bleeding from botched abortions.

To obtain medical treatment, some women had to
testify against their husbands. Others drank toxic
chemicals or were raped by criminal abortionists.

In Kentucky, women can choose to have abor—
tions in Fayette and Jefferson counties. The risk fac—
tor is one percent for women in their ﬁrst trimester
and less than two percent for women in the second
trimester, said Elizabeth Strom of the Kentucky
chapter of the National Organization for Women.

Today, abortion is one of the most common clini—
cal procedures, I 1 times safer than carryin a preg—
nancy to term, and twice as safe as a penicil in injec—
tion, according to a Planned Parenthood fact sheet.

More than 50 percent of pregnancies are unin—
tended, and half-are terminated by abortion, accord—
ing to the Alan Guttmacher Institute.

Strom works at a clinic that performs abortions,
and she defends the practice. She said nothing in the

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yesterday in commemoration of the 24th anniverxary of the

Bible says abortion in immoral, nor is it ille ral.
However, Strom said the clinic gets anonymous Tet—
ters and phone calls from anti—abortion citizens.

“Those who are opposed to abortion are coward—
ly," Strom said. “They haven’t expressed their opin-
ions openly.”

Tom Stickler from the American Civil Liberties
Union views abortion as a personal choice.

He said human beings are here solely to pass on

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FAMIlY PLANNING Elizabeth Strom, of Kentucky National Organization for M 'omen, spoke in the Student Center

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genetic heritage. Stickler said ifa women cannot be
forced to get pregnant, she should not be forced to
have a baby ifshe is not ready to.

“Think'of all the liinsteins andJeffrcy l)aliiners
we've lost to abortion," he said. “Then, think oftlic
ones we've lost to abstinence."

As the program wound down and open discussion
began, the audience was urged to take political
action and share their stories.

Tuition Refund Policies

of UK’s Benchmarks:

UK: Board of Trustees reduced the refund limit from eight
weeks to four weeks beginning next fall.

Indiana University: No refund after 4th week

iloitii Carolian State University". No refund after 2nd week
Ohio State University: No refund after 3rd week

Purdue Unvorsity: No refund after 6th week

University of Team: No refund after 4th week
Univeristy of "loci: at Urbana: No refund after 10th week
University of Missouri: No refund after 8th week
University ol itorliicaroiino: No refund after 9th week
University of Virginia: No i’BI‘iiid after 6th week

Virginia Polytechnic institute: No rutund after 6th week
Vlost Virginia Univlrsliy: No refund after 6th week.

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By James Ritchie
Senior Staff Writer

Refunds for courses dropped after the
fourth week of the semester will not be an
option starting this fall.

Currently, students can receive a 50 per—
cent refund until the eighth week of the
term. The UK Board of Trustees voted
Tuesday to implement the change despite
opposition from faculty and student mem-
bers.

The policy revision is designed to save
administrative costs and provide students
with quicker refunds, as well as make UK’s
policy more consistent with its benchmark
institutions, according to the recommenda-
tion from the Ofﬁce of the President.

But the policy may be detrimental to
community college students, said commu—
nity college faculty representative Jim
Miller, one of three trustees who voted
against the revision.

Many of these students work at least one
job, are married and have children, he said.

They sometimes need the extra time to
make a decision about a course because
they may have to deal with unexpected cir-
cumstances, such as a shift change at work
or a sick child.

“-We’vc effectively closed the door (for
refunds) to those students,” Miller said.

Jack Guthrie, an alumni member who

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voted in favor of the recommendation, said
“there is no intention at all to hurt a stu-
dent."

Though the revision is good because it
brings the University in line with its
benchmarks and increases efficiency,
Guthrie said he would be interested in
reviewing the policy after a year if it seems
to be having a detrimental effect on stu-
dents. Based on his experience as a student,
Guthrie said, most students probably will
not have a problem in simply dropping
classes earlier to receive a refund.

“Whatever time period you've got, you
take," he said.

Student member and Student (iovern-
ment Association President Alan Aja, who
voted against the change, said he did so for
the community college students and finan—
cially unstable students.

“It’s very important to them that they
have a more open option,” Aja said.

Aja said he would have supported a
compromise in which students could
receive a refund until the ﬁfth or sixth
week.

“Sometimes I don’t even have a grade by
the fourth week," Aja said.

In a study of UK’s benchmarks con-
ducted by the Ofﬁce of Management and
Budget, only two universities out of l I had
policies more liberal than UK’s current
one.

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Senate ratifies
national security group

\\':\Sl ll\(i lit )_\' , The Senate ratified l’res
ident Clinton's groundbreaking national securit\
team uitli lightning speed yesterday. L‘iililii'llillii'
Madeleine Alliriglit as the nation's first female
secretary of state and former Republican Sen
\Yilliam Cohen as defense secretary.

Both won ‘)‘)-() approval with no word of doubt
or dissent.

"She‘s a strong lady She's a courageous lady,"
Senate lioreign Relations Committee Chairman
Jesse Helms, R—N.C.. said of Albright, the L'.S.
ambassador to the Lnitcd Nations during Clin-
ton's first four years in office.

The Cohen debate wa~ equally laudatoiy

“It's a pleasure to participate in your coronav
tion -. lniean. your confirmation." said Sen l’at
Roberts, R AKair, welt oming ( iolien back.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller, I) \\'.\'a., out of the
country “till .i trade mission in Japan, was the
only senator not to \tilt.‘

Congress, Clinton plan to compromise
\\"\Sl ll\( i'l ( i\ l’iesident (:Illlllill and

Republitan leaders are making conciliatory gesr
titres toward each other in the first days ofthe new
administration .ind ( Zonsii'ess (:linton is offering:
to narrow the gap on .\ledicare spending. ind the
Senate is upping through his key Cabinet noini
nations.

Plenty of disagreement lies ahead, particularly
on budget issues

Still, two days after Clinton's inauguration and
a day after the l louse reprimanded Speaker Newt
(iingrich for ethics \‘ltil uions. an unusual sense of
civility and bipartisansliip pervaded the nation's
capital.

“This is the way we ought to do business
around here," said Sen. Christopher Dodd. l)v
Conn, as the chamber sped to confirm Clinton's
nomination of Madeleine Albright as secretary of
state,

“\Ye will try to work together." Senate .\I.i]ori~
ty Leader Trent Lott. R-;\Iiss.. told the Senate
He called the confirmations of >\lbright. and Iatei
of Republican \\'illi.iiii Cohen as defense secretary
both by votes of ”9—H “indicative of what we
can do in the weeks and months ahead."

The day before, in a gesture of deep political
significance, Clinton offered to split the difference
with Republicans on restraining the soaring costs
of Medicare.

Simpson attorney critical ol police

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - O.J. Simpson's
lawyer took aim at police yesterday to counter a
theatrical summation by the victims' relatives that
featured pictures of a smiling Ron Goldman and
the anguished voice of.\"icole Brown Simpson.

“\Ve will demonstrate to you there is an
immense amount wrong With the evidence," attor—
ney Robert Baker told jurors. “They talk about
results of tests. we talk about contamination
before these tests were ever done."

He also criticized the plaintiffs, who spent a
tlay—;iiid~a—halfiinploring jurors to find Sim ison
responsible for the June II, 1994 deaths oilMs.
Simpson and Goldman, and to strip the football
star of his fortune.

“I sat here as have you for the last two days. . I
didn’t hear one word about police malfeasance,
Did you hear one word about it:" Baker asked.

“You cannot put sympathy, passion, prcpudice
into your work," Baker told the jury. “You get
to decide the fact. filter through the law, and more
importantly filter through your commonsense "

m Yeltsin returns to Kremlin

MOSC( )\V —~ Boris Yeltsin showed up at thi
Kremlin on yesterday for the first time in two
weeks, a surprise appearance that took the wind
out ofa parliamentary move to oust him because
ofhis poor health.

The a ipearance clearly was timed to quell
claims Yeltsin is too sick to govern, althou rh ofﬁ~
cially he went to the Kremlin for what ai es said
was a working meeting with Prime Minister Vik-
tor Chernomyrdin.

The visit was reported by the presidential press
service, but it said no photographs or video
footage of Yeltsin’s return to work were made.

The president, who had heart surgery in
November. hasn't been seen in pet.“ or in pic—
tures since he fell ill with pneumonia o .Jan. 6.

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NFAVARK, NJ. — A funny thing happened
on the way to the inaugural, so Whoopi Goldberg
decided to apologize.

She got a little help from Maryland and
Delaware state police in traveling from New York
to Washington, DC, to arrive on time Sunday
for pro—inauguration festivities. But New Jersey
told her to go alone, saying it wasn’t appropriate.

Goldberg hadn’t requested the escort — that
was done by one of the inaugural's organizers. But
she called Gov. Christie Whitman's ofﬁce anyway
Tuesday to say she was sorry for any misunder—
standing.

“Shc was concerned that she not be seen as
someone who was demanding special attention,”
the governor said.

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