More buildings for Buckeye fans to TP
The Michigan Daily reported the University of Michigan is considering building private residence halls called “North Quad” on the north campus of the university for the fall of 2005.
Integroup Realty Trust, a private developer in Jacksonville, Fla., is attempting to build the residence halls. Wayne Senacal, chief executive officer of Integroup Realty Trust, said the complex will offer students the comforts of residence hall living with the independence of off-campus living. Each resident will have his or her own bathroom and bedroom and will share a living area.
The surrounding community is not happy about the proposed building. Residents of the Broadway Street community, the area where the apartments are slated to be built, are concerned about the increased traffic the students’ cars would create.
Kent State denies inflating attendance
The New York Times inaccurately reported the methods Kent State University used to count attendance at their football games, according to the athletics department at Kent State.
The Kent Stater reported athletic officials denied all the information in The New York Times article, which said the athletic department sponsored tailgating parties in the parking lots surrounding the football stadium and counted them in game attendance. If Kent State was counting tailgaters in their game attendance, then they would be in violation of NCAA rules and could risk losing their Division 1A status.
Teams with Division 1A must average 15,000 at home games, and Kent State has been short of that standard. If Kent State lost its Division 1A status for the football program, it would also lose its membership in the Mid-American Conference.
Nursing program in critical condition
The Board of Trustees at Syracuse University will soon decide the fate of the nursing program.
Students received letters from Vice Chancellor Deborah Freund detailing a proposal to phase out the School of Nursing.
The Daily Orange reported the university said the school lost $2.7 million, while the school itself said it made $500,000.
Enrollment is also low for the college. The university suspended graduate admissions after only six people applied. Also, quotas developed by university officials and the deans of the individual colleges and schools are not being met at the undergraduate level.
OSU not only school with tuition trouble
Students at Youngstown State University may have to pay $250 more next fall, as reported by The Jambar. YSU president David Sweet proposed the tuition increase to the Board of Trustees to vote on yesterday.
Sweet maintains the university will still be $2.3 million in debt, even with the 10-percent increase. He blamed a lack of state funding and raising salaries of the campus for the deficit.
To assist students with the raise in tuition, the university plans to add $800,000 in resources, scholarships and grants. Eighty percent of students at YSU already receive some sort of financial assistance.
– compiled by Amanda Wurst
