1981_08 The Daily Collegian August 1981

              Daily Collegia
Monday
Fee hike
passed for
next year
For nearly 2,300 students, part ot Thursday was spent  standing In line I
Robert Gauthler/Dally Collogian
ir walk-through registration.
Nearly 2,300 opt to stand in line
Each of us has a tendency to procras-
Robert Board, registrar of CSUF,
said he feels this may be the reason so
many students use walk-through regis¬
tration each year.
Board said that 2,290 students waited
in line last Thursday for walk-through
registration.
"In the past we've had 2,300 in walk¬
through registration," said Board.
"There has usually been about 1,800 to
1.900 in late registration."
Late registration began today and
Board said students using this time to
register will face a $20 late fee.
Board said he does not understand
why more students do not take advan¬
tage of the early registration method,
in which the students mail schedules to
the university.
"I talked to some students standing
in line who were shaking their heads,"
said Board. "Some say they will never
go through it again and some say it's
not that big of a hassle for them."
Board said that many of the students
registering late do not get into the"
classes they want.
"Eighty-five percent of the students
that  went "through  early   registration
got complete programs," said Board,
adding that two to three times more of
these students came back to add or drop
a class on priority add day last Wednes-
Board said that if the university was
paying the workers in walk-through
registration, it would cost the school
a lot more than for tie early, registration
method.
"All the workers in the walk-through
are volunteers,". said Board.     "The
One volunteer, Roger Hemman,
a junior, said he would be willing to the
job again next semester if it means
getting all his classes.
Hemman said he did "occasionally"
have problems with students who were
new or who didn't get the classes they
REGISTRATION continued on page 3
asked to dig even deeper into their
pocketfcooks next semester.
During the summer, the California
State University and Colleges Board of
Trustees approved a student service fee
hike of $16.50 to help make up for a
$5 million deficit in the 1981-82
CSUC budget.
The combined fee   incre
students with more than  s
will pay $29  more  for  sei
semester than they did last s
representing a 35 percent hike.
While the increase in the student ser¬
vice fee portion of the required fees
will be assessed only one time — during
the spring semester — many student
leaders and campus administrators are
worried that the CSUC may be forced
to hike the fee even higher due to an
increasingly tight state budget.
"It's going to be a real battle to keep
them (the fees) from going up," said
Jeff Watson, Associated Student pre¬
sident.
"And it is going to be a constant battle
to keep the level of education up with
inflation," he said, noting that rising
prices continue to erode the purchasing
power of students and the state.    .
During the C*UC board meeting in
July, retiring Chancellor Glenn Dumke
said fee increases, "however objection¬
able," are preferred to further cuts in
instructional programs or restricting
enrollments.
Before the meeting was held, the state
legislature approved the deficit budget
and gave the board the option of increas-
" ing student fees, cutting back programs
-or both.
FEES continued on page 12
Inside
CU line-up
PS 5.
A schedule of this year's
campus entertainment
activities.
Shuttle bat
A free service offered
to students.
Volleyball preview
The team rebuilds.
P0 6.
pg8.
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The first dip
Housing Director John Wetzel w
Friday afternoon. The $52,000 p<
Fund and tha CSUF Aatoclatlon.