University of Central Oklahoma
TUESDAY1 February 7, 1995
How much of your money Student fees• is spent on what at UCO? The Student Voice Since 1903
By Kelley Beard
Student Writer Each semester students are charged additional fees along with tuition. But what do these fees really pay for? With their tuition, students are charged an activity fee, an evaluation fee, a facility fee and a library fee, said David Koehn, controller of business affairs at UCO. The activity fee of $4 per credit hour assists such organizations as the Accounting Club, Chemistry Club and the Student Government Association. Student entertainment programs such as homecoming, band travel and the Ebony Heritage Ensemble are also assisted by the activity fee.
Special events like Earth Day and the American Theatre Festival also benefit from the activity fee. Men's and women's basketball, tennis, track and the pom pon squad are funded by the activity fee, and in turn, students are admitted to these events at no charge with a validated ID. Some scholarships for athletics, debate and drama are also paid out of the activity fees. The evaluation fee (or assessment fee) of $1 per credit hour goes to a university-wide evaluation program that UCO must have to maintain university status, said Dan Martin, finance counter manager. This fee is mandated by the State Board of Regents and funds the institutional
assessment activity program. goes for repayment of a bond issue that is There are four main programs UCO is financing the expansion of the University required to have in order to meet the Center, landscaping and parking improverequirements for the evaluation fee. ments. These programs are the entry level placeThe parking decals students purchase to ment program, evaluation of general educapark in the UCO lots and fees collected by tion curriculum for freshman and sopho- Auxiliary Services are also used for these more level classes, a program curriculum improvements. that tells how 1/See FEES, Page 4 well students are prepared by the university curriculum and The budgeted amount is the total dollars student satisthat was expected to be collected. faction surveys. The actual amount is the amount actually The facility collected from the activity fees. fee of $2 per credit hour Activity Fees:
`94-'95 Student Activities
Budgeted Actual
East meets 'best' Students 'flock' to U.S. schools for 'better' education opportunities By Nicki Cormier
In my country young people don't have jobs like they do here.
Staff Writer
—Neven Loncar
Croatian UCO student
Neven Loncar
Life is hard and demanding in Taiwan. For me it's kind of a break being here. —Juile Yeh Taiwanese UCO student
Julie Yeh
Few American students travel abroad to study, yet international students from all over the world flock to the United States to further their education. Some students arrive as freshman— others have studied for several years in their own country and are here to obtain additional degrees. "I came because I wanted to experience life in the United States," said Julie Yeh, a graduate student in international relations, who is from Taiwan. Yeh said America is the number-one country of choice for students all over the world, although sometimes the trip is not so easy.
Budgeted Actual Budgeted Actual Budgeted Actual
Budgeted Actual Budgeted Actual: Budgeted Actual Budgeted Actual Budgeted Actual Budgeted Acutal
$1,223,510.00 $ 660,624.42 Student Programs & Projects Income: $ 75,980.00 $ 66,151.97 Other Income:
Total Income
Expenditures—Organizations:
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Letters
2
World Wrap 6 Around Campus
11
Sports 8-9 Comics
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SPORTS UCO tames the East Texas State Lions in Lone Star Conference basketball Saturday night.
$135,569.00 $ 57,390.41 $ 60,740.00 $ 34,403.11
Educational Programs:
$164,775.00 $119,416.04
Yearbook: $ 49,110.00 $ 5,167.07 Athletics: $310,899.00 $256,791.75 Scholarships:
Other:
Total Expenditures
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$1,394,490.00 $ 768,131.77
Entertainment:
Budgeted Actual Budgeted Actual
$ 95,000.00 $ 41,355.38
IT'S A TIE!
MUSIC
Freshman queen announcements end with a runoff election, scheduled for Wednesday.
Music reviews from the Beastie Boys' live album to the Norman band, Limbo Café.
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$482,233.00 $250,725.62 $413,058.00 $ 92,956.81 $1,616,384.00 $ 816,850.81