Delco Sports - pg. 8
Vol. XXXIV, No. 1
PSU Delco
Costs are up
13.5 percent
By SHAWN PETTIT and
KAREN KARASZKIEWICZ
Lion's Eye staff writers
It's a new school year and it's time to
spend a whole lot of money.
A whole lot more than last school year.
‘This year, Penn State University has
increased its tuition costs by 13.5 percent.
Last year's semester tuition at Penn State
Delco, including technology and activity
fees, was $3,582 for associate and lower-
division students and $3,729 for upper-
division students. This year, the semester
tuition with fees has been raised to $4,060
for associate and lower divisions and
$4,227 for the upper division. The total
increase is about $478 per semester.
"It all has to do with state funding,"
said Jeffery Wirth, who works in the bur-
sar's office. He said that due to the eco-
nomic downfall over the past few years,
the state has fallen into a deficit in its edu-
cation budget, and that results in higher
tuition costs for state schools.
Wirth also said the process of how
funds are distributed between campuses
affects the costs.
"All tuition goes through the universi-
ty, which is a $2.3 billion research univer-
sity," he said. "A certain amount of funds
are allocated to the Commonwealth
College, which distributes funds to their
12 campuses according to the amount of
credit hours each campus takes in."
Diane. Disney, “Dean of the
Commonwealth College, which includes
Penn State Delco, says that the increase in
tuition here is not as high as other Penn
State campuses.
Penn State remembers:
Tribute to 9/11 victims
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Tultlon for students at Penn State Delco rose an average of $478 from last semester to this semester. Since the 1998-99
school year, the increase has amounted to a 23 percent hike tied for the highest In Delaware County.
"That's one victory," said Disney.
But when asked about any increase in
state funding, Disney said it was not like-
ly. :
"If the economy gets a jump-start in
the next few years, then we might see a
small increase, but for now, tuition costs
aren't going to change very much," she
said.
: The actual increase in the past
three years has been a record-high 23 per-
cent. The only other college in Delaware
County with an equal increase is Widener
University, a private institution.
The actual funds that are allocat-
ed to Penn State Delco are split between
By SARAH GALLATIG and
MEREDITH BECKER
Lion's Eye staff writers
In remembrance of the events of
9/11, students at Penn State Delco
came together for a candlelight vigil
one year later.
At 8:46 a.m., the campus held a
moment of silence along with most
of the U.S., to honor the victims and
heroes of the tragedy. Although the
the winds of Sept. 11, 2002 created
problems in keeping the flames lit,
"the candles (were) burning in our
hearts," Doreen Hettich-Atkins,
director of student life, said.
The Lima Fire Co. sent a crew
to speak to the students about the
loss of their brethren in New York
City that day. After a fireman spoke,
Hettich-Atkins asked the Penn State
Gospel Choir to lead the students in
singing the national anthem and
“God Bless America.”
After the choir finished, student
Dalesqui Bertier sang an emotional
rendition of a gospel song in honor
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of the occasion.
Penn State Delco has many dif-
ferent activities and displays to
commemorate the anniversary. In
the Vairo Library there is a display
case filled with different artifacts
from the collection of Mike Iezzi.
Included are photos, pieces of the
rubble, and firemen’s IDs.
In the Classroom Building, you
can find window murals painted by
Connie Kirker's art students. Murals
include one stirring picture of a fire-
- man flanked by a flag and paintings
of the Statue of Liberty and the
World Trade Center.
In the campus bookstore are
many books relating to the 9/11
attacks. Ranging from "The Idiot’s
Guide to Understanding Islam" to
"In Their Eyes" and other accounts
from Ground Zero.
The school also held forums for
students to voice their feelings on
the 9/11 anniversary. In the Main
building, the school offered a
"Remembrance Room" for students
to bring things such as poetry, pho-
tos or any other thoughts they had
about the tragedy.
The school also held discussions
- in which the students expressed
their emotions concerning 9/11.
There was a picnic Friday, Sept. 13
at which students were encouraged
to wear red, white and blue.
If you need to talk about the
tragedy, call Hettich-Atkins in stu-
dent life (610) 892-1331 or (610)
892-1278.
various student organizations and expendi-
tures in the school. Campus activities,
equipment, facilities, program support,
recreation, diverse issues, and support
services, among other things, are paid for
by the student activity fund.
Actual funding from tuition is used to
run and maintain the campus.
Photo by Meredith Becker
Students observe a moment of slience at a candlelight
vigll on the Penn State Delco campus at 8:46 a.m. on
Sept. 11.