ENTERTAINMENT: Big-name bands travel south this fall, p. 7
SPORTS: LSU to play ULM at home tonight, p. 5
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013 • Volume 118, Issue 2
Challenge Accepted UREC opens new obstacle course
Alexander frequents D.C. to see officials Gordon Brillon Staff Writer
Elizabeth Thomas
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series looking back at F. King Alexander’s time at California State University Long Beach and ahead at his plans as the new LSU president.
Contributing Writer
Although summer is over, never fear. From swinging vines to climbing rock walls and zip-lining, adventure abounds at the University Student Recreation Complex’s newest challenge course addition. The challenge course, located by the UREC, was moved from its previous location on the River Road fields. The space the course once occupied will be clear to make way for eight multi-purpose fields and four softball fields with a wagon wheel configuration. The $124,750 project is the first segment UREC, see page 15
Check out a video of the course at www.lsureveille.com/ multimedia/videos
ADMINISTRATION
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Mechanical engineering senior Matt Greenwald plummets down the zipline Sunday at the UREC Challenge Course. Check out more photos of the challenge course on p. 15.
Although LSU president F. King Alexander has moved to Baton Rouge, he’s making a home for himself in Washington, D.C. Donald J. Para, interim president of California State University, Long Beach, said Alexander made frequent trips to Washington during his time at CSULB to discuss higher education policy with White House officials. Alexander said he will use contacts made during these trips to address the specific policy ALEXANDER, see page 15
BUDGET
Tuition, fee bill increases explained Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer
Students may wish they spent a little less money at bars this summer, as they are once again welcomed back to campus with an increase in tuition and student fees. The 2013-14 fiscal year brought a $45 increase in required fees, the addition of a $48 Building Use Fee, 10 percent increase in resident tuition and a 15 percent increase in nonresident tuition. Thomas M. Smith, acting executive director of the Office of Budget and Planning, said student recommended fees, student health fees and other allocated fees make up the total required fees. Smith said increased nonresident tuition is a result of the GRAD Act passed in June 2010
and taking effect in 2011, which requires the University to charge comparable average rates for nonresidents as their Southern Regional Education Board peers. “That’s a big jump, but it’s a mandate from the legislature,” Smith said. “It’s a public policy decision made by the state legislature and the governor.” As the state sees more cuts to higher education, the University will continue to increase tuition to make up for the lost dollars, Smith said. He said in-state tuition increases sometimes go unnoticed because most of those students have TOPS. Required fees come in two kinds: Student recommended fees, such as Student Sports Recreation FEES, see page 15
infographic by ANDREW HEBERT / The Daily Reveille