The Griffin: volume 57, issue 14 - Feb. 6, 1987

              Student Body Bemoans 1987-88 Tuition Increase Go to D.C. for Student Aid operating expenses are increased incrementally across the board appears to be an arbitrary, inefficient way of allocating funds. 2) The failure to provide a breakdown of funds allocated according to department prevents a complete evaluation of the proposal. 3) The increase in parking fees seems exorbitant in light of the imminent reduction of available parking areas." The senate, however, did agree with the proposed $2-per-credit hour increase that would raise money for the Athletic Field Building Fund, along with the seven percent hike in faculty salaries. "The senate did a good job asking questions and examining the budget," stated USA President Angelo Buscemi, '87, who drew up the resolution {cont'd on page I) 'TAG" signs made a return to the hallways of the Student Center this week as Canisius students made their thoughts on the 1987-88 tuition hike known. ph"«> '>>• mM FLYI™ l)The method by which Officials Part of the resolution reads "We, the members of the Undergraduate Student Association, object to the $400 tuition increase as proposed by the 1987-88 Canisius College Budget. We further believe, for the following reasons, that we cannot support the budget proposal and,believe these points in need of further consideration and revision: posed budget, which was presented to the senate by Dr. Laurence W. Franz, vice president for business and finance and College treasurer, Rev. Edmund G. Ryan, S.J., executive vice president for academic affairs, and Mrs. Lillian M. Levey, vice president for student affairs at the Jan. 27 senate meeting. The $400 tuition increase announced last week at the Undergraduate Student Association Senate meeting has created a strong negative reaction among students who will have to shell out the extra money to attend Canisius in 1987-88. by Dave Hibbard Canisius Student dissension has been expressed in several ways over the last 10 days. Members of the student government and student body have taken different approaches to making their displeasure over the budget in general, the tuition hike specifically, known around campus. The student senate passed a resolution Jan. 27, in which they voiced their objection to certain points made in the pro- Along with the goal of defeating Reagan's budget cuts, Fr. Ryan stated that they will "try to reinstate a tax bill regarding interest accumulated on gifts given to non-profit (cont'd on page 4) Representatives of Canisius and other private institutions will hold the position of "keeping present financial aid status, and increasing Pell Grants and Work Study programs," he said. laFalce are Canisius graduates. "Time will deliberately be spent between both political parties so that it doesn't become one-sided," commented Fr. Ryan. Some of the political representatives that were present at the meeting were Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D- N.Y.), Sen. Alfonse M. D'Amato (R-N.Y.), Rep. Henry Nowak (D- Buffalo), Rep. John laFalce (D- Buffalo) and Rep. Jack Kemp (R-Hamburg). Both Nowak and schools). The members comprising these organizations "will be briefed by lobbyists before going into the conference," Fr. Ryan said Tuesday before leaving Buffalo. The meetings were held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington from Tuesday through today. Fr. Demske, Fr. Ryan, and Martin attended conferences with other members from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU, composed of 810 schools), the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU, composed of 28 schools), and the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU, composed of 335 He commented that the administration realizes "that most Canisius students depend on government aid" to cover the costs of tuition. $27,000 average family income of a student attending Canisius. The proposed changes in- The Very Rev. James AA. Demske, S.J., College president, Rev. Edmund G. Ryan, S.J., executive vice president for academic affairs, and George M. Martin, executive vice president for administrative affairs, lobbied to defeat President Reagan's proposed budget cuts scheduled to come into effect during the 1988-89 school year. by Ann Meissner Three college administrators traveled to Washington, D.C., Tuesday in an effort to bolster legislative support for increases in student financial aid. According to Fr. Ryan, private institutions don't receive state subsidy equal to public schools. The average family income of a student at SUNY-Buffalo is $39,000, compared to the For those who will be attending Canisius in 1988-89, this means less assistance to cover the cost of future increases in tuition. Time won't be spent on President Reagan's 1987-88 budget, since it was passed last year. elude a $3 billion cut in the student assistance, which will shift the burden of paying tuition from the shoulders of the government to the students. Drug Tests Begin After Three-Month Snag \ \ ij|i|fr J j Area Colleges Fight Drugs, p. 3 and women's basketball coach Mike Rappl exercised this right. "I think that when we sat down in May we never even talked about testing one or two, it was taken for granted that we'd test the whole team," said Macarchuk of his discussion with Koehneke. The implementation of the testing comes after the fall sports have been completed and near the end of the regular season for the winter sports. Coaches have varied reactions to the late start of the program. "I was disappointed that the program didn't start at the beginning of the year with a struc- It ont (I on !>»m- '.it This leaves the hockey, swimming and indoor track teams to be tested for the winter season. The program, developed by Koehneke and Dr. Thomas Miller, dean of students, calls for random testing of all athletes, cheerleaders and team managers for each sport in a given season. The program also allows individual coaches to request that their whole team be tested. Men's basketball coach Nick Macarchuk For the most part, the samples from Canisius will be processed and the results reported to the school within 48 to 72 hours. Roche is capable of performing a drug screen test and coming up with the results in 24 hours, if necessary. Instead of Millard Fillmore, The Griffin has learned from a source in the athletic department that Roche Bio-Medical Laboratory, Inc. of Raritan, N.J., will handle the testing for Canisius. When contacted by phone, a representative of Roche confirmed it was performing the tests for the College. they couldn't do it," said Dr. Daniel R Starr, director of athletics. "Their (Millard Fillmore's) people weren't very organized and after two months they said The problem in finding a lab site began when Millard Fillmore Hospital on Gates Circle, the original site for the actual testing of urine samples, informed Canisius the hospital would not be able to analyze the tests. "The testing went very smoothly, without a hitch," said Peter Koehneke, head trainer and coordinator of the program. The testing, originally scheduled to begin the third week of October, was also performed on the men's basketball team Monday. The results of the Lady Griffs' tests were returned from the laboratory the day after the testing. After a three-month delay caused mainly by difficulties in securing a laboratory testing site, Canisius' drug testing program began Jan. 29 as the women's basketball squad became the College's first athletic team to undergo an examination. by Mark Mende THE GRIFFIN Serving The College Community FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1987 VOLUME LVII, NUMBER 14