Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Volume 136, Issue 2
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Students react to 10 percent jump in tuition BY MADDIE THOMAS Executive Editor
This fall, university graduate and undergraduate students will have to pay more in tuition. In-state undergraduate students will begin paying $8,540 annually – a rise of $760, and out-of-state undergrads will pay $22,240 per year, $1,980 more than last year. This is an increase of approximately 8.9 percent for both. For graduate school, all students, regardless of residency, will begin paying $22,240. Previously, in-state graduate students paid the same as in-state undergraduates, and outof-state graduates paid the same as out-of-state undergraduates. University spokesman David Brond said so far, the reaction to tuition increases has been less than expected. “There hasn’t been enough rancor for it to be a huge issue,” Brond said.
Junior Matt Racz, an out-of-state student from New Jersey, said his parents have agreed to pay for his first two years of college, but he is responsible for paying for his junior and senior years. He said he was unaware of tuition increases until he was taking out loans for this semester. “I was like, ‘How am I going to pay for this?’ ” Racz said. “My loan just got confirmed a week ago. A week ago I didn’t know whether I was coming back to school or not. I don’t understand why tuition keeps increasing.” According to a press release, approximately 35 percent of next year’s tuition increase for both in and out-of-state students will go toward students’ rising needs for financial aid including the university’s Commitment to Delawareans program. As part of the program, which began with the class of 2013, the university has promised to pay in full the
Preparing for H1N1 See TUITION page 4
THE REVIEW/Maddie Thomas
Newark, UD police launch crime crackdown BY CLAIRE GOULD Copy Desk Chief
UD task force braces for fall outbreak THE REVIEW/Stephanie Kraus
STEPHANIE KRAUS Senior News Reporter
The H1N1 virus may have blindsided the campus last spring, but the university says it is now prepared to handle the second wave that the Centers for Disease Control warns will hit campuses nationwide this fall. Marcia Nickle, emergency coordinator of the university’s Communicable Disease Working Group, said the group which consists of representatives from the State of
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Delaware’s Division of Public Health, the Newark Police Department, Public Safety, Student Health, the School of Nursing, Residence Life, Environmental Health and Safety and the Agriculture School, have met a few times over the summer to assess problems that may arise if H1N1 strikes again. Its goal is to develop emergency plans and educational outreach programs, such as the “H1N1 411” Web site they launched last week and poster campaign on campus. The
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CDWG also added 37 hand sanitizer stations across campus to help members of the campus community keep their hands clean. Nickle said the university will notify its students when the seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccines are delivered to Student Health Service. Joseph Siebold, director of Student Health Services said the seasonal flu vaccine is predicted to arrive at the end of September and the H1N1 vaccine is See H1N1 page 10
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On Sept. 19, 2008, a university student was shot on the 600 block of South Chapel Street. In the same month three armed home invasions occurred, two on East Cleveland Avenue and one on East Park Place. These were in addition to a rash of muggings beginning in July and extending through the end of September. This year, the Newark Police Department and Public Safety have instituted a new plan to make sure a similar crime spree does not happen again. On Aug.12, the Newark olice began their Fall Crime Suppression Plan, which will increase police presence in heavily populated off-campus areas. Lt. Brian Henry, public information officer for Newark police, said the department is concentrating patrols on the downtown district, including Main Street, East Delaware Avenue, Cleveland Avenue, South Chapel Street and East Park Place. “We’ll also cover any area where there’s an agitated population of people, large groups milling about late at night or early in the morning,” Henry said. Although the department had a similar plan in place last year, they decided to begin two weeks earlier this Fall. “Last year we saw there were a few incidents that occurred that we thought could be prevented by starting earlier, so we decided to go ahead and do that,” he said. “Some of the incidents that happened in mid to late August last year we prevented this year.” Henry said the program will continue until November, when the department will evaluate the success of the plan and determine whether or not to continue it. He said as the weather gets colder there will be less people out at night, which may decrease the necessity of the plan over time. He also said the beginning of the school year attracts crime because of the warm weather and the large numbers of students out late at night or early in the morning. “People who are committing crimes know students are here at See CRIME page 11
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