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February 17, 1999
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Volume 77, No. 19
Trustees Approve 5% Hike for Tuition
by Jasmine Marshall
News Editor
In a continuation of last
year's trend of decreasing the
rate of tuition increases for
undergraduate students* the
Loyola Marymount University
board of trustees approved a
4.85 percent increase in tuition
and fees on- Monday, Dec. 7,
1998. Last year, the board of
trustees increased tuition 4.95
percent, a drop from 1997-1998's
hike of 5.5%. In the past two
years, tuition hikes have
increased a total of 10.7%.
For students entering LMU
before May of i995, tuition will
jump from last year's total of
$16,752 to $17,564, but this will
only impact 5th year students.
Students entering after May of
1995 will pay a total of $17, 932
in full time tuition. Graduate
students enrolled in the MBA
program and engineering pro¬
duction management will pay a
total of $650 per unit, while the
marital and family (art therapy)
program and Graduate film pro¬
gram will cost students $550 per
unit. All . other graduate pro¬
grams will cost $525 per unit.
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Resident Housing, per year
1997-98 1998-99 1999-00
Desmond/Rosecrans/
Whelan/Doheny Halls
McKay Hall
Loyola/Hannon/Tenderich
McCarthy/Rains Hall
$3,780
$4,124
$4,952
$4,368
$3,930
$4,288
$5,150
$4,542
$4,162
$4,288
$5,420
$4,794
will see tuition increase from
$21,488 to $22,530 for full-time
students, and from $14,368 to
$15,064 for part-time law school
students. According to John
Oester, vice president for busi¬
ness and finance, “In the past
two years, Loyola Law School's
tuition has paralleled the
increase at the Westchester cam¬
pus.”
For undergraduate students
living in on-campus housing,
fees will increase across the
board, varying according to the
student's choice of residence
halls. Residents of Desmond,
Rosecrans, Whelan, and Doheny
will see fees increase five per¬
cent from $3,047 to $4,162.
McKay residents will pay
$4,532, up 5.6 percent from last
year’s fees of $4,288. Fees for
Loyola, Hannon and Tendrich
apartments will increase 5.2 per¬
cent, from $5,150 to $5,420. Both
McCarthy and Rains will see
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fee increase of 5.4 percent, from
$4,542 to $4,794. Oester noted ,
“The important thing to keep in
mind is that the room fees are
increasing three percent, plus
$155 over the current year, per
student. The extra $115
increase represents the installa¬
tion of the cable television sys¬
tem.”
Richard Rocheleau, director
of student housing, confirmed,
‘The increase [in housing fees]
includes the cost of cable for all
the rooms, which effects housing
fees, and hot tuition.” He also
noted that, while cable is “a per¬
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vocation hour on Feb. 16 with a traditional Dragon Dance.
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Figures released by John R. Oester, vice president for business and finance and
treasurer, as approved by the Board of Trustees on Dec. 7, 1998
: it • ■■ Percentage Increase, per year
1998-99 1999-00
4 4. '
centage of the increase for next
year, the increase also takes into
account the increased costs of
operating and maintaining the
buildings.”
•- Rocheleau said that he feels
the increases in housing fees are
justified. “We remain competi¬
tive with other institutions in
Southern California,” he said.
“We remain middle of the road in
terms of housing fees. We are
not the highest or the lowest.”
Students expressed concern
Tuesday over the uses of funds
from the tuition increase. Jo
Nisha Kelly, a senior business
administration major, said, T
believe the trustees should defi¬
nitely let us know why they
made the decision to increase
tuition.”
Oester replied, “The need for
the tuition increase meets the
Tuition : page 5
GRE Test Loses Pencils
In Favor of Computers
by Megan Crowley
Managing Editor
Students planning to apply to
graduate school will have the
opportunity to take the last
paper-and-pencil format for the
Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
on April 10, 1999. After that test
date, the GRE will only be
offered via computer. The
Educational Testing Service
(ETS), the organization which
writes and administers the GRE,
has eliminated the traditional
format in favor of the advantages
offered by Computer-based Test
(CBT).
The question format on the
CBT are the same as those on
the paper-and-pencil GRE.
However, the delivery of the
questions is extremely different.
In the paper-based exam, test-
takers are given the same ques¬
tions, with each question worth
ten points, regardless of the level
of difficulty. In the GRE CBT, a
test-taker is given questions
based upon their answers. Test-
takers begin with 500 points,
and if they answer a question
correctly, they are awarded
points and given a more difficult
question. If they answer incor¬
rectly, points are deducted, and
an easier question is given. The
first 10-15 questions weigh tnore,
not only because they determine
GRE : page 3
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