The Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 23, 1987 Page: 3 of 12
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News Analysis
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St. Mary’s tuition rose 12.04
per credit hour or 6.83 percent
over the last year with the
overall inflation rate only 1.1
percent last year and running
at 5.4
percent this year.
"Most of the increase goes
to pay labor," said Dan White,
Vice President of Financial
Administration at St. Mary’s.
In 85 and 86, St. Mary’s was
paying $10,543,131 or 54.15
percent of students tuition
for salaries and benefits.
Other major expenses
included scholarships and
unfunded aid at $909,796;
utilities at $853,153; and
contract services at 845,024.
White pointed out
on luxury items.
Today, St. Mary’s has to
provide large financial aid
staffs, where in the past part-
time faculty handled the job.
Although the Government
gives $100,000 to staff a
financial aid department, it
costs another $200,000 from
tuition to meet student needs.
In addition, safety regulations
have caused the university to
put forth money to meet
standard codes on fire alarms,
sprinkle systems, etc. "In the
70’s," said White, "we could
easily hire a craftsman to run
the Physical Plant, now it
requires an engineer."
look at how the names were
choosen.
First, the Marianists
submitted the name of Rev.
Hispanic community
insulting them?"
Americans would
several factors tha have
contributed to the rise in
tuition.
In the last five to ten years
St. Mary’s and other
Catholic universities have
seen a drop in the number of
clerical teachers, who in the
past have helped keep the
salary expense down.
Secondly, student service
fees for entertainment and
luxury must go up to please
and comfort students. In the
past, students were content
with residence halls like
Treadaway that had small
rooms and a community
bathroom. Now to remain
John DeMoor
News Editor
Around the country college
tuition is continuing to climb
faster than the inflation rate
and topping $18,000 at some
institutions. At. St. Mary’s
University tuition for 86-87 is
just edging inflation . Reasons
for increases vary from the
cost of labor to student
services.
Average annual tuition
and fees rose 8 percent at
private, four year colleges and
6 percent at public institutions
this fall, according to the
College Board’s annual
survey of college costs.
by John De Moor
News Editor____________________
Although students could too deep for a name.
not pinpoint why they felt However, the cultural sin
negatively about the naming came when adminstrators
and renaming of residence decided to commercialize San
halls, they all had a "gut" Antonio with "casa" and for
feeling that the names chosen "conformity" reasons added i
were either wrong or could be to Anthony Frederick anc
better. John Donohoo.
Administrators could not How is it being fair to the
understand why students did Hispanic population or John
not like their nifty idea of a Donohoo and Anthony
Spanish villa on campus that Frederick by combining a
honors the universities and Spanish word (casa) to an
Marianist’s links with the Irish and German name.
Hispanic community. Let’s turn the situation
Goocsos
Paul Ryan -- a Marianist who only did it infuriate the
worked ten years in the Hispanic population, but also
registrar. Next, Campus other groups on campus.
Ministry wanted to show What it really caused was
appreciation for the hispanic to raise a question that
community and suggested the students sometimes are afraid
Arch Bishop of San Antonio to ask and administrators do
Patrick Flores. not want to face: "Why
The idea behind choosing weren’t the students brought
"San Antonio" was it in on the decision-making
honored the cities patron process?" After all, they are
saint — Saint Anthony; it is the ones that have to live
pronounced in Spanish; and there.
it brought out the Marianist If students had been directly
presence in the hispanic involved in deciding the
community because it was the names, "casa" and San
original name of the Antonio probably would not
university. have been used and if they
In short, the name San were, students could only be
Antonio was a great political angry at themselves,
compromise satisfying the As it is now, the names
Catholic, Marianist and will be changed, but at what
Hispanic contingencies. cost?
Some students could live Students will end up
with the name San Antonio, paying the cost of the lettering
even if it appears ($90 per letter) from their
administrators did not look student service fees.
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St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Tex.). The Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 23, 1987, newspaper, September 23, 1987; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1523055/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library.