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(PUBISHED 31 AUG 2004)
Compiled by Laura Beard
Northern Light
University of Delaware
Dorm burglaries cause concern
Seven burglaries occurred in three campus residence halls,
University of Delaware Police said.
Jim Flatley, senior assistant director of Public Safety,
said the burglaries took place at Christiana Towers and
in the Rodney and Pencader residence halls.
Stolen items included prescription drugs, cash, credit
cards, laptops, a Sony Playstation and textbooks.
Residence hall burglaries are an infrequent year-round
occurrence, Flatley said, but they are especially common
at the end of the semester.
“This happens throughout the year,” he said,
“but especially this time of year when textbooks and
laptops are being sold back for cash.”
Flatley said no one has been arrested or is currently
under suspicion.
Although nothing is known about the possible suspects,
Associate Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cummings
said many intruders enter behind residents who hold open
the door for them.
“I think our students are polite and too trusting,”
she said, “They see someone coming and hold the door.”
Kathleen Kerr, the director of Residence Life, said after
the burglaries her office sent out a community e-mail to
all on-campus students, letting them know what happened
and the precautions they should take.
Courtesy of The Review Online
Emory University
Administrator’s arrest shocks
university
Emory University’s top financial officer was arrested
on charges of sexual battery and public drunkenness in July,
prompting his indefinite leave from Emory to receive treatment
for alcohol abuse.
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration
Michael Mandl, who is not expected to return for the start
of the year, will transfer his duties to several members
of the division during his absence.
On July 31, according to a DeKalb County police report,
Mandl allegedly grabbed a 19-year-old employee of Ricardo’s
Mexican Restaurant, and pulled her toward him while he was
intoxicated. Restaurant manager Solis Ricardo told police
he witnessed the incident, according to the report.
Officers arrested Mandl on two misdemeanor charges when,
according to the report, he repeatedly refused to take a
seat in the police car. Damage to Mandl’s 2003 Saab,
which was in the parking lot, suggested he previously had
been in an accident, according to the report.
Under Georgia law, misdemeanors for sexual battery and
public drunkenness are each punishable by a sentence of
up to 12 months in jail.
While Mandl is on leave, the department heads in his division
will take care of his job duties. These duties include overseeing
several departments, including finance, facilities management
and human resources. He also supervises much of the University’s
fund raising and $2.2 billion budget.
In his absence, his executive assistant Mary Eccard said
it will be “business as usual.”
Courtesy of The Emory Wheel Online
University of North Dakota
Enrollment up but only by eight
students
Although the number of enrolled students is narrowly above
last years statistic, the University of North Dakota now
has the most students ever on its opening day in its 111-year
history.
Registrar Nancy Krogh posted the opening day statistic
of 12,494 students just topping the 2003 count of 12,486.
Although small, administration and students looked at
the increase positively.
“We continue to be very pleased with the university’s
enrollment growth, which is in keeping with our strategic
plan,” President Charles Kupchella said. “We
also continue to be happy about the balanced growth. We
continue to attract growing numbers of students from around
the country and the globe. It is clear that people continue
to think of the University of North Dakota as an outstanding
institution of higher learning.”
The strategic plan, announced by Kupchella in 2001, seeks
to increase enrollment to 14,000 by next year.
Alice Hoffert, associate vice president of enrollment,
said the goal of 14,000 students in 2005 as attainable.
She explained that the growth of on-campus and distance
learning students should achieve that goal, but added, “Students
are still registering every day and can do so until the
tenth day of class.”
The final numbers of that day will determine the official
number of students enrolled.
Courtesy of the Dakota Student Online
Drexel University
Students, administrators voice opinions
about recent tuition hike
Interim Provost Ali Houshmand sent a letter to students
in July, announcing a 4.5 percent tuition increase.
Drexel University, a private institution, will charge
a higher rate than public institutions like for their in-state
residents.
When asked why the university increased the amount of
tuition for the 2004-05 academic year, interim Provost Ali
Houshmand responded, “colleges and universities must
raise their tuition due to several factors, including adjustments
for inflation, which is now running at about 3.25 percent.”
“Employee salary increases, rising health care and
energy costs are other factors,” Houshmand said.
Houshmand also asserted that Drexel was able to keep the
increase the lowest among the region’s colleges and
universities, as reported in the July 14 edition of the
Philadelphia Daily News.
According to the Daily News article, most colleges in
the area increased their tuition from 4.5 percent to 7.4
percent. Drexel maintained the lowest increase.
Houshmand advised students that tuition may increase every
year due to many factors.
“Annual tuition increases at colleges and universities
have been commonplace since the early 1980s, and depending
on the economy. This trend is likely to continue at most
private institutions and certainly among public institutions,
where state budgets are especially challenged to meet the
growing costs of higher education.”
Courtesy of The Triangle Online
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