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Volume 8
Issue 9
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October 23, 1985
Strike One: Metro's '86 Battle
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Student _Fees May Rise, Services May Be Cut Shirley Roberts Reporter
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A task force commissioned by Metro president Paul Magelli to study the effectiveness of student fees may recommend that fees be increased or student services be cut, its chairperson said. Metro's student fees, which have not been raised since 1981, are insufficient for current program expenses due to inflation and cost-of-living raises for staff, according to the groups' initial findings. Roberta Smilnak, associate vice president of student affairs, heads the task force, comprised of students and faculty. At its first meeting Oct. 18, the group discussed the effects the enrollrneatcapwiilhaveonsb.rlentfeesandreviewed the activities supported those fees. The task force must complete its work by March 1, and the results will be sent to the Student Affairs Board, the vice president for student affairs, the president of the college and the board of trustees. The members of the task force agreed that the main thrust of their investiga-
tion will be streamlining existing programs, determing the need for a feestructure change and finding out what the students want from their fee dollars. They will study the possibility of a fee shortages, the need for a fee increase, the quality of programs now supported by fees, the present bond situation and the impact of the enrollment cap on student fees. They also will study Metro's athletic program. The current fee for full-time Metro students is $28.25 a semester. The present enrollment of fee-paying students is estimated at 17,000, including UCD students who take MSC courses. UCD's student fee is $12.00 a semester. But UCD funds only four programs at Auraria. The MSC Board of Trustees has always insisted that Metro's fees and tuition remain competitive with other four-)"ear institutions in Colorado, Smilnak s:lid. Smilnak said the last student fee increase was in 1981, when the current fee structure was implemented. ' Since 1981, the cost of living has increased 25 to 30 percent, Smilnak said. continued on page 7
Gov. Dick Lamm stopped by to look over the production of The Met with staff Tuesday.Robert Davis, editor said "We go way back. I saw him at the capitol a few years ago."
Events C~nter Feasibility Studies Rejected David King Reporter
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A committee assessing the need for an events complex at the Auraria Higher Education Center voted to reject two proposals for feasibility studies. According to Richard Feurbom, director of Auraria campus recreation and chairman of the Student Recreation/Events Study Co}Illllittee (SRESC), the committee requested proposals for the development of a feasibility study prepared by business and marketing students working under faculty supervision. One of the two proposals submitted was written by two students from the University of Colorado at Denver's Graduate School of Business Administration. The committee turned it down
because the proposed study would not involve enough student participation. "They were approaching the study like entrepreneurs, which is not what we (SRESC) wanted," Feuerborn said. The second proposal was also rejected because it didn't allow for substantial student participation. The committee was formed last spring and is researching building a new sports and recreation facility for several reasons. Feue~bom said the existing Auraria Physical Education Building is already overcrowded, accommodating between 700 and 800 student a day. He said construction of a UCD Replacement Building between Larimer and Lawrence streets just north of the P.E. Building is expected to add substantially to the number of students using
the facility. Metropolitan State College's expanding basketball program, which includes a new head coach, Bob Hull, and plans to apply for a Division I ranking in the NCAA, also may require additional space. Last year, the MSC men's basketball team played its home games at the Auditorium Arena. But arena regulations requiring union security, concession and maintenance personnel make that too expensive, according to campus recreation. Larry Ambrose, director of community relations for AHEC, said it is important for the committee to come up with a reasonable plan for a student recreation and events center. If it fails, Ambrose said, Magelli might find
enough support to build a facility designed specifically for athletic events. The committee wants a facility that can be used for commencement exercises, concerts, intramural and recreational activities, as well as basketball. A budget of $10,000 was approved for the needs-assessment study by the Auraria Board and the Student Facility Policy Council. The committee is planning to use money in the Reserve Fund to develop the chosen study using departmental assistance from one or all of the three schools sharing the campus. "We don't use the resources of this campus enough," Ambrose said. "H the students want a recreation center, then they should be willing to initiate it." D