The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents’ plan to cut tuition for out-of-state students has prompted State Rep. Scott Suder (R-Abbotsford) to draft a bill proposing that the board members be elected officials, rather than appointees of the governor.

The cut, which was approved in early February, will reduce per-year, non-resident tuition by $2,300 at UW-Milwaukee and $2,000 at every other public university except UW-Madison. The decrease will take effect in the fall if it is given final approval by the board in June.

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The University Student Court of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is not in operation after the chief justice resigned on Friday, Feb. 24, amid a battle over the court’s budget.

The budget was approved at a Feb. 4 Student Association Senate meeting, but SA President Russ Rueden vetoed it and the Senate will not attempt to override it, Rueden said.

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Survey examines UW System performance

A survey conducted by a Madison firm last fall revealed that state residents think the University of Wisconsin System is overpriced, overstaffed and out-of-step with ordinary people, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Friday.

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Burglary

A student reported that his car had been broken into in the Sandburg parking garage on Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. The rear passenger side window was broken, causing $350 in damage. A CD player was also stolen.

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With hopes of drawing attention to some of the newest additions to the 2006 Study Abroad roster, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for International Education Overseas Programs and Partnerships set up tables in the Union on Feb. 21.

The fair drew a lot of interest, as evidenced by the large contingent of students mulling about.

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Students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who wish to voice their opinions about school policy will have a new venue through which to do so following the reinstatement of the university-level Black and Gold Committee.

The committee will be primarily responsible for overseeing Access to Success, a program intended to increase freshman retention rates by assisting incoming and current freshmen students with their college transitions.

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A tense debate over questionable spending ensued between members of the Student Association Senate and a department dean at the SA meeting in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Ballroom Sunday, Feb. 26.

Robert Bucker, the dean of the Peck School of the Arts, fielded questions for nearly an hour after presenting a budget for the spending of differential tuition that would put the department more than $51,000 in debt.

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On Thursday, Feb. 23, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee University Housing reinstituted its policy of charging students $50 for repeatedly unlocking dorm rooms.

The policy was briefly suspended because the Sandburg Halls Administrative Council had not been consulted about the change, a SHAC official said.

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