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The undergraduate tuition rate for the 2018-19 academic year has been finalized as $47,470, a 4.42 percent increase from the 2017-18 academic year. The majority of the University’s graduate programs will also have a 4.42 percent increase in their tuition rates, according to Patrick Hogan, the associate vice president for financial planning and budget. “The annual budget prioritizes activities that improve faculty and staff compensation, commence the lease and operations at our
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new Playa Vista campus, increase our brand identity and marketing efforts and expand our investments in financial aid to ensure access to qualified students,” said Hogan in an email to the Loyolan. This year’s tuition increase is .02 percent less of an increase than the previous year, which was 4.44 percent. “I understand. It’s a great school. I feel like you get what you pay for, but I’m not going to lie—it makes you feel a little jilted,” Cormac Dolezal, a freshman film and television production major said. “This sort of raise is frustrating because a lot of people are working their way through school, and you don’t want someone who wants to be a Lion to not be able to be a Lion because of tuition increases.” LMU’s financial aid website estimates the total cost for undergraduates to
be $67,999, which includes books and supplies, average room and board and parking and transportation. “I really hope that tuition isn’t raised because I can barely afford it as is,” said junior psychology major Savannah Swan. “My education is really important to me and I would like to stay at LMU because I love it and really wanted to come here, but that may not be an option for me if the cost goes up.” Housing for students in the regular freshman halls will be $5,045 for each semester, which is total about $10,090 per year. McKay will be $5,232 per semester, with McCarthy and Rains Halls coming out to be $5,392 per semester. “I think more transparency [is] needed to show students what the rise of cost of tuition is about,” said Matthew Ma, a sophomore economics major.
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LMU Gates Scholar creates a company from the ground up Chelsea Dixon’s passion for child development prompted the creation of her company. Kayan Tara
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Most of us have had babysitters while growing up – or have babysat – at some point or another. Chelsea Dixon, a Los Angeles native, had a full time nanny growing up. Dixon, a senior psychology major, also began periodically babysitting children through the daycare her aunt owns in Los Angeles. Passionate about childcare from a young age, Dixon’s long term goal has been to dedicate herself to working in a field geared towards helping children. Once she got to college, Dixon decided she could capitalize off of a concept seemingly as simple as babysitting and started her own babysitting company. As a sophomore, Dixon came together with her business partner, De’Ja Leslie, to collaborate on the idea. Dixon and Leslie, a third-year student at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), have known each other since they were children, according to Leslie. Through the resources and connections, Dixon and Leslie had with the families of those they babysat and Dixon’s aunt’s daycare, the two women began to build on their vision for a babysitting company. Dixon and Leslie created a task list for the company, from which they had to cross something off of each week. Dixon was saving and putting away as much money as she could See Dixon | Page 3
Student research displayed at the 10th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
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Kesterlyn Wilson (upper left), a sophomore biology major, and Lauren M. Kelly (right), junior biology major, present their findings in the University’s yearly Undergraduate Research Symposium, which took place on Saturday, March 24 in University Hall. The symposium also featured an Arts Showcase on Friday, March 23.