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The Illinois Wesleyan University Board of Trustees approved a 5.38 percent increase in the comprehensive fee for the 2007-2008 school year at its regular monthly meeting Feb. 12. The increase marks a small rise over last year's tuition increase of 5.29 percent but is below the six percent average increase for all private institu-tions nationally and the 12 percent increase at state uni-versities in Illinois, President Richard Wilson said, citing a USA Today report. “The tuition increase results from increased costs that the university anticipates in the coming year in several key areas,” Wilson said. “56 percent of the university's budget is devoted to salaries and benefits for faculty and staff, and a portion of the increased funds from tuition, endowment growth and alum-ni giving will be used to provide salary in-creases for those two groups.” According to a 2006 report from the Illinois Board of Higher Edu-cation, the average sal-ary for IWU p r o f e s s o r s was $65,200. A report from the American Association of University Professors states that faculty salaries at bac-calaureate degree-granting institutions went up by an average of 3.2 percent from 2005 to 2006. Wilson did not disclose how large the salary raise would be but said because such a large percentage of the budget is allocated for per-sonnel expenses, the tuition increase out-paces the United States Department of Labor's reported 2.5 percent na-tional infla-tion rate for last year. “Things like health care increases and other benefits impact us more than some sectors of the economy,” Wilson said. “Unlike manufacturers that can put together programs to sell more products, reduce their unit costs and increase their revenue, universities cannot take advantage of economies of scale without negatively impacting the edu-cational experience. Having more students “gen-erally means higher costs for institutions like ours that place a high value on small class size,” Wilson continued. “We also have significant operating expenses associated with buildings and technolo-gy, including debt service on existing buildings and utility increases that increase our costs to a greater degree than SPORTS, PAGE 8 Titan women earn invite to the big dance First Class Permit 30 THEARGUS Illinois Wesleyan University A MARCH 2, 2007 State takes wrong turn with proposed driver’s ed rules OP/ED, PAGE 4 Weekend Weather Sunday Courtesy of www.weather.com High: 31 Low: 24 Saturday VOLUME 113 ISSUE 19 High: 28 Low: 20 IWU Meets World In this Issue On the Web www.iwu.edu/ ~theargus argus@iwu.edu Last week, a group of Illinois Wesleyan University students became world digni-taries — without leaving the Midwest. Two groups of IWU stu-dents, led by associate profes-sor of economics Diego Mendez-Carbajo, represented South Korea and Spain at the Midwest Model United Nations conference in St. Louis from Feb. 21- 24. “It's a process that can sometimes be tedious and tir-ing,” said first-year Monica Shah, a representative for Spain. “You learn that proce-dures only work through coop-eration and collaboration.” Senior international studies major Patrick Beary and senior European studies major Marissa Holloway headed the teams of delegates. Other stu-dents were selected based on the position papers they had previously submitted to Mendez-Carbajo. After being selected, the students were assigned to the General Assembly or the Economic and Social Council and split into committees based on their interests and strengths. The committees included in the General Assembly were Disarmament and International Security, Economic and Financial, Social, Humanitarian and Cultural and Special Political and Decolonization. “It's interesting to be in a room full of other delegates discussing the opinions from the perspective of the country we were representing,” said Shah, who served on the see INCREASE p.2 see UN p.2 Oscar fashion: A red carpet rundown FEATURES, PAGE 3 IWU tuition to rise 5.38 percent Two-time world champion slam poet Buddy Wakefield performs his work as the keynote guest at Friday night’s Poetry Slam at Hansen. ANDY NELSON/THE ARGUS Writers whet skills at Tongue & Ink conference E M I LY O R N AT S TA F F R E P O R T E R Illinois Wesleyan Univers-ity hosted the third annual Tongue & Ink writing confer-ence Feb. 23-24, during which students wrote, shared their work, talked to profes-sionals, tried new writing approaches and met other writers. Over 50 students from IWU, Illinois State Univers-ity, the University of Chicago, Heartland Community College and Lake Forest College attended the conference, which was themed “The Art of the Hoax” and featured keynote speakers Kent Johnson and Davis Schneiderman. The conference kicked off Friday afternoon in Hansen Student Center with poet Rob Telfer. In his session, “Slam Poetry and the Poetry Slam: How to Write Poems People Will Like,” Telfer talked about the new age of poetry and how to keep up with the quick-witted competition that poetry has partly turned into. Later that night Telfer host-ed a poetry slam featuring S A R A H K E I S T E R S TA F F R E P O R T E R 2007-08 comprehensive fee increase breakdown •Yearly tuition: incresed $28,986 to $30,580 •Room fee (double occupancy): $4,104 to $4,330 •Board fee (basic plan): increased $2,610 to $2,700 •Student Senate activity fee: increased $150 to $170 K I M S TA B O S Z S TA F F R E P O R T E R seeINK p.2 On Sunday, Feb. 22, the Council for Latin American Student Enrichment (CLASE) sponsored a Caribbean Dinner in Memorial Center's Main Lounge. The event, which was free to students and was advertised as “bringing Latin heat to the cold winter,” featured tradition-al Caribbean food and live Latin music for attendees to enjoy. CLASE is an active organi-zation on campus comprised of students passionate about the promotion of campus diversity and cultural awareness, specifi-cally focusing on Hispanic her-itage. It is headed by Damaris Ortiz and Dino Mendez, who serve as president and vice-president of CLASE and were the principle organizers of the event. The dinner was a suc-cessful way for group members to publicize the organization itself while promoting its core values in a fun, lively atmos-phere. “It was a great turnout, but just a little overcrowded,” said CLASE secretary Stephanie Valentin. Over 100 people attended the dinner, building long lines to the buffet, but most students were happy to chat and enjoy the music during the wait. “It's a Sunday night - where else do I have to be?” said Anne Marquette. Other students agreed that the food was well worth the wait. The meal featured tradi-tional rice, beans, salad and flan, but fried plantains proved to be the hit of the night. “I couldn't believe they had that,” said Ann Chang. “It was delicious.” Upon entering the lounge, students were greeted with a room full of round, clothed tables and colorful decorations. The dinner was served buffet-style, which encouraged atten-dees to walk around and social-ize during the meal. A sizable area in front of the band was also cleared of tables so that anyone unable to resist the call of the upbeat Latin band would be free to salsa or meringue the evening away, though not many people did. “I think you could have CLASE offers students a taste of the Caribbean seeCLASE p.2 IWU Lab Theatre production rouses censorship talks Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts Sven Miller received a rude awakening Monday with the announce-ment of the possible censoring of his lab theatre production “Into an Unlulled Sleep.” The play, which Miller directed and co-wrote with senior Illinois We s l e y a n U n i v e r s i t y acting major Nolan Ken-nedy, drew ire for its use of nudity and blackface to help portray a history of oppression in the United States. “The play is somewhat controversial. There were some students who had issues with it, and there was some communication from parents about it,” said Matt Kurz, IWU Vice President for Public Relations. “Some people were unfamiliar with the situation and wanted to ask some questions about it.” Kurz also said one student from the theatre department had asked to be removed from the project, which is loosely based on Barbara Ehrenreich's book “Nickel and Dimed.” The concerns prompted a c o n f e r e n c e call with P r e s i d e n t R i c h a r d Wilson, who was out of town, Provost R o g e r Schnaitter and r e p r e s e n t a - tives from the theatre depart-ment. The concerns were then relayed to Miller and the members of the produc-tion. “There was a need for clari-fication,” Miller said. “The D A N A R M S T R O N G N E W S E D I T O R ABOVE: IWU students Amanda ReCupido (front), Matt Katch (middle) and Kim Stabosz (back) react to the poetic stylings of Buddy Wakefield at the poetry slam Feb. 23 in Hansen. RIGHT: Poetry slam emcee Robbie Q. Telfer performs an original piece for atten-dees of Tongue and Ink 2007. Over 50 students from around the state attended the slam Friday night. ANDY NELSON/THE ARGUS “In my entire theater career, I've rarely seen people leave the theater with such stunned faces.” SVEN MILLER DIRECTOR, “INTO AN UNLULLED SLEEP” seeSLEEP p.2 L I N D A M A R T I N S TA F F R E P O R T E R
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Full Text | The Illinois Wesleyan University Board of Trustees approved a 5.38 percent increase in the comprehensive fee for the 2007-2008 school year at its regular monthly meeting Feb. 12. The increase marks a small rise over last year's tuition increase of 5.29 percent but is below the six percent average increase for all private institu-tions nationally and the 12 percent increase at state uni-versities in Illinois, President Richard Wilson said, citing a USA Today report. “The tuition increase results from increased costs that the university anticipates in the coming year in several key areas,” Wilson said. “56 percent of the university's budget is devoted to salaries and benefits for faculty and staff, and a portion of the increased funds from tuition, endowment growth and alum-ni giving will be used to provide salary in-creases for those two groups.” According to a 2006 report from the Illinois Board of Higher Edu-cation, the average sal-ary for IWU p r o f e s s o r s was $65,200. A report from the American Association of University Professors states that faculty salaries at bac-calaureate degree-granting institutions went up by an average of 3.2 percent from 2005 to 2006. Wilson did not disclose how large the salary raise would be but said because such a large percentage of the budget is allocated for per-sonnel expenses, the tuition increase out-paces the United States Department of Labor's reported 2.5 percent na-tional infla-tion rate for last year. “Things like health care increases and other benefits impact us more than some sectors of the economy,” Wilson said. “Unlike manufacturers that can put together programs to sell more products, reduce their unit costs and increase their revenue, universities cannot take advantage of economies of scale without negatively impacting the edu-cational experience. Having more students “gen-erally means higher costs for institutions like ours that place a high value on small class size,” Wilson continued. “We also have significant operating expenses associated with buildings and technolo-gy, including debt service on existing buildings and utility increases that increase our costs to a greater degree than SPORTS, PAGE 8 Titan women earn invite to the big dance First Class Permit 30 THEARGUS Illinois Wesleyan University A MARCH 2, 2007 State takes wrong turn with proposed driver’s ed rules OP/ED, PAGE 4 Weekend Weather Sunday Courtesy of www.weather.com High: 31 Low: 24 Saturday VOLUME 113 ISSUE 19 High: 28 Low: 20 IWU Meets World In this Issue On the Web www.iwu.edu/ ~theargus argus@iwu.edu Last week, a group of Illinois Wesleyan University students became world digni-taries — without leaving the Midwest. Two groups of IWU stu-dents, led by associate profes-sor of economics Diego Mendez-Carbajo, represented South Korea and Spain at the Midwest Model United Nations conference in St. Louis from Feb. 21- 24. “It's a process that can sometimes be tedious and tir-ing,” said first-year Monica Shah, a representative for Spain. “You learn that proce-dures only work through coop-eration and collaboration.” Senior international studies major Patrick Beary and senior European studies major Marissa Holloway headed the teams of delegates. Other stu-dents were selected based on the position papers they had previously submitted to Mendez-Carbajo. After being selected, the students were assigned to the General Assembly or the Economic and Social Council and split into committees based on their interests and strengths. The committees included in the General Assembly were Disarmament and International Security, Economic and Financial, Social, Humanitarian and Cultural and Special Political and Decolonization. “It's interesting to be in a room full of other delegates discussing the opinions from the perspective of the country we were representing,” said Shah, who served on the see INCREASE p.2 see UN p.2 Oscar fashion: A red carpet rundown FEATURES, PAGE 3 IWU tuition to rise 5.38 percent Two-time world champion slam poet Buddy Wakefield performs his work as the keynote guest at Friday night’s Poetry Slam at Hansen. ANDY NELSON/THE ARGUS Writers whet skills at Tongue & Ink conference E M I LY O R N AT S TA F F R E P O R T E R Illinois Wesleyan Univers-ity hosted the third annual Tongue & Ink writing confer-ence Feb. 23-24, during which students wrote, shared their work, talked to profes-sionals, tried new writing approaches and met other writers. Over 50 students from IWU, Illinois State Univers-ity, the University of Chicago, Heartland Community College and Lake Forest College attended the conference, which was themed “The Art of the Hoax” and featured keynote speakers Kent Johnson and Davis Schneiderman. The conference kicked off Friday afternoon in Hansen Student Center with poet Rob Telfer. In his session, “Slam Poetry and the Poetry Slam: How to Write Poems People Will Like,” Telfer talked about the new age of poetry and how to keep up with the quick-witted competition that poetry has partly turned into. Later that night Telfer host-ed a poetry slam featuring S A R A H K E I S T E R S TA F F R E P O R T E R 2007-08 comprehensive fee increase breakdown •Yearly tuition: incresed $28,986 to $30,580 •Room fee (double occupancy): $4,104 to $4,330 •Board fee (basic plan): increased $2,610 to $2,700 •Student Senate activity fee: increased $150 to $170 K I M S TA B O S Z S TA F F R E P O R T E R seeINK p.2 On Sunday, Feb. 22, the Council for Latin American Student Enrichment (CLASE) sponsored a Caribbean Dinner in Memorial Center's Main Lounge. The event, which was free to students and was advertised as “bringing Latin heat to the cold winter,” featured tradition-al Caribbean food and live Latin music for attendees to enjoy. CLASE is an active organi-zation on campus comprised of students passionate about the promotion of campus diversity and cultural awareness, specifi-cally focusing on Hispanic her-itage. It is headed by Damaris Ortiz and Dino Mendez, who serve as president and vice-president of CLASE and were the principle organizers of the event. The dinner was a suc-cessful way for group members to publicize the organization itself while promoting its core values in a fun, lively atmos-phere. “It was a great turnout, but just a little overcrowded,” said CLASE secretary Stephanie Valentin. Over 100 people attended the dinner, building long lines to the buffet, but most students were happy to chat and enjoy the music during the wait. “It's a Sunday night - where else do I have to be?” said Anne Marquette. Other students agreed that the food was well worth the wait. The meal featured tradi-tional rice, beans, salad and flan, but fried plantains proved to be the hit of the night. “I couldn't believe they had that,” said Ann Chang. “It was delicious.” Upon entering the lounge, students were greeted with a room full of round, clothed tables and colorful decorations. The dinner was served buffet-style, which encouraged atten-dees to walk around and social-ize during the meal. A sizable area in front of the band was also cleared of tables so that anyone unable to resist the call of the upbeat Latin band would be free to salsa or meringue the evening away, though not many people did. “I think you could have CLASE offers students a taste of the Caribbean seeCLASE p.2 IWU Lab Theatre production rouses censorship talks Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts Sven Miller received a rude awakening Monday with the announce-ment of the possible censoring of his lab theatre production “Into an Unlulled Sleep.” The play, which Miller directed and co-wrote with senior Illinois We s l e y a n U n i v e r s i t y acting major Nolan Ken-nedy, drew ire for its use of nudity and blackface to help portray a history of oppression in the United States. “The play is somewhat controversial. There were some students who had issues with it, and there was some communication from parents about it,” said Matt Kurz, IWU Vice President for Public Relations. “Some people were unfamiliar with the situation and wanted to ask some questions about it.” Kurz also said one student from the theatre department had asked to be removed from the project, which is loosely based on Barbara Ehrenreich's book “Nickel and Dimed.” The concerns prompted a c o n f e r e n c e call with P r e s i d e n t R i c h a r d Wilson, who was out of town, Provost R o g e r Schnaitter and r e p r e s e n t a - tives from the theatre depart-ment. The concerns were then relayed to Miller and the members of the produc-tion. “There was a need for clari-fication,” Miller said. “The D A N A R M S T R O N G N E W S E D I T O R ABOVE: IWU students Amanda ReCupido (front), Matt Katch (middle) and Kim Stabosz (back) react to the poetic stylings of Buddy Wakefield at the poetry slam Feb. 23 in Hansen. RIGHT: Poetry slam emcee Robbie Q. Telfer performs an original piece for atten-dees of Tongue and Ink 2007. Over 50 students from around the state attended the slam Friday night. ANDY NELSON/THE ARGUS “In my entire theater career, I've rarely seen people leave the theater with such stunned faces.” SVEN MILLER DIRECTOR, “INTO AN UNLULLED SLEEP” seeSLEEP p.2 L I N D A M A R T I N S TA F F R E P O R T E R |
Collection | Student and Alumni News Periodicals (Illinois Wesleyan University) |