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Requirements for WUE will change
New scholarship program developed to help compensate for changes Elizabeth Rudd
tuition in other states, and because of this Neiheisel said the program is no longer financially sustainable. Beginning in fall 2011 it will be much He said the State Board of Educaharder for out-of-state students to partici- tion can support up to about 300 WUE pate in the Western Undergraduate Ex- participants and the campus currently change program. has about 1,600 — 500 of Steve Neiheisel, assistant which were awarded in fall vice provost of enrollment 2010. Those students who management, said to make are currently enrolled in the up for the reduction in WUE program will not be affected participants and the changes by the changes. to the program, the UniversiNeiheisel said the intenty of Idaho has created a new tion is to have the Discover scholarship program called Idaho program make up for Discover Idaho. the other students who would “It (Discover Idaho) will be qualified for WUE. be a program that includes “We understand the WUE an academics component and program is well-known outa need-base component,” of-state and we need to make Neiheisel said. “So students sure that the Discover prowill be able to get — from gram becomes just as well out-of-state — will be able known,” Neiheisel said. to get some place between The decision to change the $3000 and $8000 in waiver WUE program was not an in… We are limiting the WUE one, Neiheisel said. He Molly Stinson stant to out-of-state students who said a scholarship task force WUE student was set up last spring and inare National Merit Finalists or who enroll in our honors cluded representatives from program.” around campus and different Neiheisel said the current WUE re- scholarship committees which met nuquirements give a waiver of 1.5 times the merous times and also included two workinstate fee rates to out-of-state students shops with 30 to 40 other participants. who come to UI with a 3.0 GPA after Mike Loehring, director of underhigh school and maintain a 2.0 during graduate admissions and a member of the college. The waiver makes fees for out- task force led by Dan Davenport, director of-state students less than those of instate of student financial aid, said they received Argonaut
“If I didn’t get the WUE I wouldn’t be able to afford to come here just because the out-ofstate tuition is too high for me to pay.”
feedback from students, faculty and staff about certain needs. Neiheisel said the task force looked into available options that included individual college, federal and institutional scholarships. “The main thing we’re trying to do is make sure that the institutional finances, obviously there’s been a fee increase and we know that we’ve had to make some cuts institutionally and things like that, we had to line up the finances of the institution with the enrollment issues,” Neiheisel said. “We had to really go through an entire process of revisiting all of our financial aid, and this was one of the pieces that changed.” Loehring said it is too early to tell what the impacts on applications will be, but thinks they will be able to tell a little better after Feb. 15 when about 80 to 90 percent of the applications will come in. “I think there will be an impact, but as far as how much impact, I don’t think I can really say at this point in time,” Loehring said. “I just think it’s too early to right now predict any numbers or anything, but do I think it will have an impact, yeah I do.” Molly Stinson, a sophomore from Happy Valley, Ore., said without the WUE program, she would not be at UI. “If I didn’t get the WUE I wouldn’t be able to afford to come here just because the out-of-state tuition is too high for me to pay,” Stinson said.
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A piece of Jordan Lowe's art in the Reflections Gallery was vandalized around 6:40 p.m. Friday. The gallery showcases artwork from students on campus.
Reflections gallery vandalized Friday Dara Barney Argonaut
Junior Jordan Lowe said he was pleasantly surprised his art exhibit in the Commons Reflections Gallery lasted about two weeks, but was disappointed to see it was tampered with Friday around 6:37 p.m. “I have had to fix it a few times. I mean I realize it was a temporary structure, but this time I had to take it down for good,” he said.
Conscience Law becomes controversy Kaylee Kosareff Argonaut
After a long debate, a bill known as SB 1353, also known as the Conscience Law, passed in Idaho. This legislation states that a health care provider, mainly pharmacists, may refuse services to patients based on their own moral or religious beliefs and opinions. Currently, the most often opposed services are related to birth control and emergency contraception, or Plan B. “Not only can a pharmacist refuse to fill a prescription, but they can also refuse to give the written prescription from a doctor back to the patient. Then, on top of all of that, refuse to refer the patient to another pharmacy or pharmacist that will fill their prescription for them,” said Dorothy Chorlton, current president of the VOX at the University of Idaho “Voices for Planned Parenthood” group. According to a letter written by
Idaho Governor “Butch” Otter to the Senate President, “We entrust these individuals (healthcare providers) to diagnose, treat, medicate, and otherwise care for our loved ones everyday ... they hold a special place in our culture and deserve our respect and appreciation ... SB1353 protects the rights and personal beliefs of these healthcare providers.” However, further into the letter, Otter said he is concerned the legislation would spur a debate about whether or not a patient’s rights to choose their healthcare is balanced with the rights of the healthcare professionals to refuse certain services. “I don’t think that anyone’s personal opinions should ever get in the way of their job, freshmen Kady Suhr said. If it’s a prescription from a doctor saying something is good for a patient, and the patient agrees, then that is between the doctor and that person. It’s
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Senate bill 1353 passed in Idaho making it possible for pharmicists to refuse services to patients based on their own moral or religious opinions. not a pharmacist’s specialty or business to say what is right for you.” Otter argues later that “forcing health
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Lowe said he was let into the Commons around 7:50 p.m. to check on the reelings that ran to cassette tapes from the top of the stairs down to the back room. In that room, there were cassette tapes connected to the reelings, tapes suspended in the air and audio that came from a box in the room played as well. “It was pulled down to the point where I couldn’t fix it.
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Samantha Perez, pro tempore for the ASUI Senate, said the Beat BSU canned food drive went well overall. The University of Idaho raised 34,500 pounds of food, which was twice as much as last year. Boise State University raised 623 pounds of food. “We had a lot of alumni and student involvement which really helped,” Perez said. The ASUI Senate was assigned to put the whole food drive together and Perez said she felt like the senators came together as a team to organize the project.
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