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DAILY HELMSMAN Tuesday 4.22.14

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Vol. 81 No. 104

Despite tuition freeze, student fees still expected to increase Independent Student Newspaper of the University of Memphis

By Mandy Hrach

news@dailyhelmsman.com While tuition likely will remain frozen for the first time in more than 20 years, University of Memphis students will still find it more expensive to attend

starting in August. The Tennessee Board of Regents is scheduled to meet June 19 to consider a mandatory fee increase of $307 per year for full-time students. The board will also consider a tuition freeze for in-state students and a tuition decrease for out-of-state

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students. “A lot of students don’t understand there are two different types of fees they pay,” Monica Greppin-Watts, communications director of the Tennessee Board of Regents said. On top of tuition, full-time students pay $628 in mandatory

program fees every semester that go toward everything from new technology to free tickets at athletic events. If the fee hike is approved, students will pay $298 annually to build a bridge across the railroad tracks and a new campus recreational center. The remaining

$9 will go to the student Health Services. In 2005, controversy struck when students learned they were to pay for the construction of the new University Center. Many students expressed resentment

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Library is third department to get 3D printer

photo By Jonathan a. CapriEL | staff

Cody Behles, emerging technologies librarian, show students how to the MakerBot Replicator feeds plastic into the machine in order to create objects.

By Jonathan A. Capriel news@dailyhelmsman.com

Walking into the McWherter Library, students might hear the rhythmic R2D2-like beeping and buzzing of the MakerBot Replicator

3D printer, or see the sculptures, toys and tiger’s heads fabricated from melted plastic, that sit beside it. The 3D printer, which sits beside the Research and Information Services desk on the first floor, is one of two recently purchased

The Daily Helmsman is a “designated public forum.” Students have authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval. The Daily Helmsman is pleased to make a maximum of 10 copies of each issue available to a reader for free. Additional copies are $1. Partial printing and distribution costs are provided by an allocation from the Student Activity Fee.

printers that students can use without charge, Emerging Technologies Librarian Cody Behles said. “Many schools will allow you to come up with a design and print it for you,” Behles said while he demonstrated how to use the machine. “But they won’t let you touch the

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3D printer. Memphis is one of the only campuses where students can learn how to use these on their own.” Students are allowed to schedule up to four hours a week with the 3D printer. Behles teaches the 10-minute training course that

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must be completed before they are allowed to use the printer. “Everyone must also sign a release form,” Behles said. “It is actually pretty safe, but if you put your hand to close melted plastic

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