Spring Break
A Look Back
By: Jason Hand
Issue date: 7/22/05 Section: News
Originally published: 7/22/05 at 2:09 AM EST
Last update: 7/22/05 at 2:12 AM EST
Originally published: 7/22/05 at 2:09 AM EST
Last update: 7/22/05 at 2:12 AM EST
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This weekly feature delves into the extensive Triangle archives to reminisce of days gone by at Drexel University. This is not current news, but rather news articles that students last year, five years and 10 years ago this week read on the front page of The Triangle.
July 23, 2004-One Year Ago
Interim Provost Ali Houshmand sent a letter to students July 12 indicating that a 4.5 percent tuition increase had been implemented. Houshmand further explained that the reason for the tuition increase was to keep the budget on the same level as in the preceding year. Faculty and staff salaries undergo incremental increases every year, and utility costs and the common maintenance of the University was going up as well.
Furthermore, the University also stated that it was switching to an annual billing phase where all full-time undergraduates would receive an invoice in September. Houshmand made it clear that the move was not to force students to pay all at once, but rather to better convenience them. The Undergraduate Student Government Association acknowledged that students had questions about the changes, asking how they would acquire the monthly installments needed to pay the tuition fee by September 28. The Tuition Information and Payment Program issued a pamphlet along with Houshmand's letter outlining the ways which students could pay their bills. The letter stated that the Higher Education Services plan makes it easy for students to spread their costs across nine payments throughout the academic year, interest free, beginning September 28, 2004 and ending May 28, 2005. Students had to submit an application along with a $45 application fee. This fee made up for charges that the University was facing from credit card companies when students used their credit cards to pay according to Vice President of Finance and Treasurer Thomas Elzey.
July 21, 2000-Five Years Ago
Numerous students were angry about relocating from one residence hall to another and then having to move back to their original spot. This came due to the Residential Living Office housing participants of the 37th Republican National Convention in North Hall. Aaron Hankins, a pre-junior majoring in mechanical engineering, stated that if the University had used the freshen residence halls, no one would have to move out because those halls already empty. Kitura Gaines, a junior majoring in international area studies, said that she felt that students were being pushed out of their current living quarters. She furthur added that the Residential Living Office should ask students living in the buildings for their input. Anne Muttahil, a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering, commended RLO on the move since it was her first time away from home, and it is one of those things where one learns from experience when living on their own.
July 28, 1995-Ten Years Ago
Professor of Humanities Mark Greenberg was named the second director of the University Honors Program July 17. He succeeded the program's creator, Roger McCain, who continued his role as a full time economics professor. Greenberg said he was fortunate to have a successful program to build on and excellent students to work with. The new title gave him a chance to work with some of the University's brightest students and assist in making their experience better. Greenberg further added that he liked the Honors program way of teaching interdisciplinary courses and allowing professors to construct new, interesting that meet students' needs. Amid objectives from the University administration, Greenberg wanted to invite guest speakers as part of a lecture series as well as involving more students, faculty and administrators in the honors program's work to continue the expansion of the courses and services of during this time. Greenberg also affirmed that he would focus on the establishment of more Honors courses for engineering students. McCain was vital to the inception of the program during the 1991 fall term. When it began, it had only 33 members. By July, it was increased to 275 students.
July 23, 2004-One Year Ago
Interim Provost Ali Houshmand sent a letter to students July 12 indicating that a 4.5 percent tuition increase had been implemented. Houshmand further explained that the reason for the tuition increase was to keep the budget on the same level as in the preceding year. Faculty and staff salaries undergo incremental increases every year, and utility costs and the common maintenance of the University was going up as well.
Furthermore, the University also stated that it was switching to an annual billing phase where all full-time undergraduates would receive an invoice in September. Houshmand made it clear that the move was not to force students to pay all at once, but rather to better convenience them. The Undergraduate Student Government Association acknowledged that students had questions about the changes, asking how they would acquire the monthly installments needed to pay the tuition fee by September 28. The Tuition Information and Payment Program issued a pamphlet along with Houshmand's letter outlining the ways which students could pay their bills. The letter stated that the Higher Education Services plan makes it easy for students to spread their costs across nine payments throughout the academic year, interest free, beginning September 28, 2004 and ending May 28, 2005. Students had to submit an application along with a $45 application fee. This fee made up for charges that the University was facing from credit card companies when students used their credit cards to pay according to Vice President of Finance and Treasurer Thomas Elzey.
July 21, 2000-Five Years Ago
Numerous students were angry about relocating from one residence hall to another and then having to move back to their original spot. This came due to the Residential Living Office housing participants of the 37th Republican National Convention in North Hall. Aaron Hankins, a pre-junior majoring in mechanical engineering, stated that if the University had used the freshen residence halls, no one would have to move out because those halls already empty. Kitura Gaines, a junior majoring in international area studies, said that she felt that students were being pushed out of their current living quarters. She furthur added that the Residential Living Office should ask students living in the buildings for their input. Anne Muttahil, a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering, commended RLO on the move since it was her first time away from home, and it is one of those things where one learns from experience when living on their own.
July 28, 1995-Ten Years Ago
Professor of Humanities Mark Greenberg was named the second director of the University Honors Program July 17. He succeeded the program's creator, Roger McCain, who continued his role as a full time economics professor. Greenberg said he was fortunate to have a successful program to build on and excellent students to work with. The new title gave him a chance to work with some of the University's brightest students and assist in making their experience better. Greenberg further added that he liked the Honors program way of teaching interdisciplinary courses and allowing professors to construct new, interesting that meet students' needs. Amid objectives from the University administration, Greenberg wanted to invite guest speakers as part of a lecture series as well as involving more students, faculty and administrators in the honors program's work to continue the expansion of the courses and services of during this time. Greenberg also affirmed that he would focus on the establishment of more Honors courses for engineering students. McCain was vital to the inception of the program during the 1991 fall term. When it began, it had only 33 members. By July, it was increased to 275 students.
