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VOLUME 45, ISSUE 31
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012
state of california
Special Election
University Centers Fee May Increase $39 Annually
Speaker Proposes UC, CSU Middle-Class Scholarships
Students will vote on the UCAB proposal which would raise quarterly fees to $89.50.
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By Nicole Chan Associate News Editor In this month’s special election, students will be voting on a proposed $13 fee increase to sustain University Centers, — which includes Price Center, the Student Center and the Che Cafe. According to a Feb. 8 presentation led by University Centers Interim Director Sharon Van Bruggen and John Hughes of the Student Life Business Office, the University Centers budget went into the red during the 2010-11 year. The proposed fee increase will go towards the essential maintenance and needed repairs of University Centers. “Without action, the budget will go into deficit and reserves will begin sliding to zero due to needed facility repairs and replacement projects,” Van Bruggen said in the presentation. Each student currently pays $76.50 per quarter for the University Centers fee. If the referendum is passed, students will pay $89.50 per quarter. According to Van Bruggen, the new fee is lower than university center fees for other UC campuses — students at UC Irvine pay $110 per quarter and students at See FEE INCREASE, page 3
By Zev Hurwitz Associate News Editor alifornia Assembly Speaker John Perez has proposed legislation that would help middle-class students afford California state tuition. Perez’s proposal, announced Feb. 8, would undo a 2009 tax break for out-of-state corporations that would help reduce tuition for certain students by up to two-thirds. If passed by the legislature, UC students whose family income is too high to qualify for Cal Grants, but still below $150,000, would qualify to receive around $8,200 in tuition breaks annually. Cal State students in the same financial demographic would qualify for around $4,000. The cost of tuition, excluding housing and student fees, is around $12,000 a year at UC campuses and nearly $6,000 at Cal State schools. “The pressures of the recession and massive fee increases have eroded, or even ended, the dream of higher education for too many California families,” Perez (D-Los Angeles) said in a statement. “Now it is time for our state to reinvest in our system of higher education. The California Middle Class Scholarship does that by closing a loophole for out-of-state corporations and slashing fees by two-thirds for thousands of California students.” Announced in a video on middleclassscholarship.com, Perez’s proposal would end tax loopholes for corporations that cost the state $1 billion every year. The new scholarship fund would assist an estimated 42,000 UC students and 150,000 Cal State students. Community colleges would also receive an increase in funding of around
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University to Implement Two-Pass Registration System in Fall 2012 By Laira Martin Associate News Editor A two-pass registration system will be implemented for students for Fall Quarter 2012 registration, the Office of the Registrar announced in a universitiy-wide email on Feb. 10. The two-pass system will require students to register at two different times; they can enroll in up to 11.5 units during the first pass, and then up to 19.5 units during the second pass. Students can enroll in up to 22 units on the first day of instruction. Waitlists will not be available during the first pass to encourage students to fully enroll in at least two classes. Additionally, students that fail to enroll during their first pass
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appointment must wait until their second pass appointment to enroll. “This gives all undergraduates a better chance to obtain at least two classes toward fulfilling requirements,” the Office of the Registrar wrote in the email. The range of registration times will also be expanded, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday, with appointments on Saturdays as well. “I think it’ll be frustrating for juniors and seniors who’ve been gaining credits to get better enrollment times,” Marshall College sophomore Courtney Bakas said. “[They] won’t be able to get all the classes they need at once but on the other hand I think it’ll make registration more fair for the whole school population.”
Other UC schools, including UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Davis already use a two-pass registration system. UC Santa Cruz implements a twopass system for all undergraduates that have non-senior status while UC Santa Barbara has a three-pass system. “I really appreciate the twopass registration system,” UCLA sophomore Jerry Ciolino said. “As an underclassmen it can be really hard to get classes you really need or want. With the two-pass system you have a better chance of getting those classes because enrollment is spread out a little bit more over all the undergraduate students.” Readers can contact Laira Martin at lmm002@ ucsd.edu
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