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By Jessica [email protected]
The average Rowan Uni-versity freshmen will pay about $22,000 for one year of tuition, fees, a required meal plan and on-campus housing in a double-bed dorm, according to increas-es approved by the board of trustees on Wednesday.
The board approved an approximate four percent increase in tuition and fees, a three percent increase in meal plan costs and a four percent increase in student housing at Wednesday’s meeting and decided to table the budget vote until the September meeting.
The proposed tuition rate for an in-state undergradu-ate student for the academic year is $8,396 with $3,280 in fees. For an out-of-state undergraduate, tuition will be $15,754 and fees are the same. Tuition has risen $322 from last year for in-state students and $606 for out-of-state students. Fees have increased by $120.
“In the conversations I’ve had with other college presidents, some want to go beyond the four percent, but I believe you’ll see most at or near a four percent
increase in tuition,” said Rowan President Dr. Don-ald Farish. “Last year’s increase was approximate-ly three percent.”
For meal plans, freshman residence hall students are required to purchase either the All-Access or 14-meal plan for the fall semester and the All-Access, 14, 10 or 7-meal plan thereafter.
The cost of the All-Access meal plan will be $3,850 — up $140 from last year and the 14-meal plan will be $3,660 — up $130 from last year, with the other meal plan options increas-ing moderately.
For on-campus housing, a double-bed residence hall room will cost $6,498 and a single-room will cost $7,598, both requiring a $200 hous-ing deposit. The increases from last year are $250 and $292, respectively. To live in the Edgewood-Triad apart-ments, a student will pay $6,800 — a $262 increase from last year. Residence in one of the Rowan Bou-levard apartments will cost $8,944 — an increase of $344 and living in the townhouse complex will cost a student $8,197 — an increase of $315.
The board also approved a resolution to institute a $50 late fee for students who do not have their immunization records com-plete by Aug. 15, one month after the published dead-
Rowan U. board OKs tuition hike
(See ROWAN, Page A-7)
By Maryclaire DaleAssociated Press Writer
P H I L A D E L P H I A — An amphibious sight-seeing boat that stalled in the Delaware River was knocked over by an oncoming barge Wednes-day, spilling 37 people overboard and leaving two passengers unac-counted for after a fran-tic rescue effort.
Ten people were sent to one hospital after the cap-sizing of the six-wheeled “duck boat,” which offers tours of Philadelphia by water and land. Only minor injuries were reported. Witnesses said many passengers were wearing life vests as res-cuers plucked them from the water.
Searchers spent hours looking for a 16-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man believed to have been aboard the vessel, police Lt. Frank Vanore said.
“It’s remarkable that we’re only looking for two people,” Deputy Police Commissioner Richard Ross said.
The search was scaled
back to two boats at nightfall.
The duck boat had driven into the water just after 2:30 p.m. and suf-fered a mechanical prob-lem and a small fire, offi-
cials said. It was struck about 10 minutes later by a barge used to trans-port sludge, then sank.
Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said div-(See CRASH, Page A-8)
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■ Students to pay about 3% more for meal plans; 4% more for lessons, fees and housing
Associated Press photos
Rescue vessels are seen on the Delaware River in Philadelphia with the Camden waterfront as a backdrop on Wednesday. Coast Guard officials say a barge col-lided with a tourist duck boat on the Delaware River in Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON TWP.
2 still missing in Philly duck boat, barge crash
An unidentified person is escorted to an ambulance at the scene of the accident after being rescued.
By Chris Megerian
Statehouse Bureau
Hello? Anybody home?The state is spending
$3.2 million a year on near-ly 20,000 unused landlines and mobile phones, accord-ing to a comptroller report released Wednesday. That means about one of every six government phone lines isn’t needed.
“Examples of government waste don’t get much clear-er than that,” Comptroller Matthew Boxer said.
He said after cutting employees, agencies did not disconnect their phone lines.
“In the meantime, the state is paying for it,” Boxer said. “After years of this system not being closely
monitored, we’ve ended up with thousands of lines that are not being used.”
One mobile phone was funded for nearly six years after an employee resigned. That’s one of the thousands of lines agencies have begun disconnecting in response to the audit.
Michael Drewniak, spokesman for Gov. Chris Christie, praised the comp-troller for revealing “ridicu-lous” waste.
“It’s a symptom of what’s wrong with state opera-tions in New Jersey,” he said. “This is just the sort of waste and inefficiency that will not be allowed to continue.”
New Jersey government has more than 100,000
Report finds N.J. footing $3.2M bill on unused phones
(See PHONES, Page A-7)
By Jessica [email protected]
WASHINGTON TWP. — After a bit of controversy, the school board has hired a new law firm to provide legal advice for the 2010-11 school year.
The Comegno Law Group, presided by John Comegno II, was named the new solicitor for the board.
However, hiring a new solicitor wasn’t on the board’s scheduled rotation for this year, according to board President Kurt Sny-der.
The board’s procedure is to issue contracts annually, but to only solicit new pro-posals for professional posi-tions every three years.
Board member Stephen Altamuro, who was sworn in this April, questioned the policy, saying the board could be missing out on cheaper rates.
“Times are tough and everyone’s looking for work, therefore, people are bring-ing down their price to be competitive,” Altamuro said. “It gives you a chance to re-evaluate them every year.”
The solicitor for the past two years has been John Armano. This year, his firm did not submit a proposal to be the board’s lawyer, Snyder said.
Six firms submitted proposals, and the busi-ness committee narrowed it down to three: Comeg-no Law Group, Capehart Scatchard and Parker McCay.
Altamuro said the vote was split with five in favor of Comegno: himself, Andrew Walter, Chuck Wiseley, Scott Dzierzgows-ki and Jim Murphy; and four in favor of Capehart and Scatchard’s Joe Betley, who was the former board solicitor.
“My only thoughts were, one of the candidates had worked for us successfully in the past,” Snyder said. “Some of us felt like because we are coming into such hard times, maybe we’d go with someone we know can get the job done for us.”
BOE taps new law firm for solicitor
(See SOLICITOR, Page A-5)
Staff photo by Lori M. Nichols
Alyssa Martin (center) wipes her face with a cold towel as she and her Harrison Township Little League soft-ball teammates share a laugh during the game against Swedesboro-Woolwich on Wednesday evening.
By Carly Q. Romalino
It was still sweltering at 6 p.m. in Mantua when the Harrison Township and Swedesboro-Woolwich girls softball teams took the field in a Division 15 Little League All-Star game on Wednesday.
But the heat was no match for the nine- and 10-year-old minor divi-sion players, who said they were concentrating less on the weather and more on what was happening on the field.
“We’re focused on the
game and not the heat,” said 10-year-olds Alyssa Martin and Elaina Hansen, who play for the Harrison Township team.
As the sweat dripped from their faces, coaches reminded the girls on both teams to drink lots of water, chew on ice, and wrap their necks in cold, wet towels.
“The coaches are con-stantly on them,” said Dave Dominik, Swedesboro-Woolwich coach, whose players sat in the dugout under a fan borrowed from the Swedesboro-Woolwich Fire Department that mist-
Heat wave can’t stop softball All-Stars
(See HEAT, Page A-5)