The Keystone 2015-04-02

              Keystone newspaper
KUTZTOWN
UNIVERSITY
Volume LXXXIII Issue 4
Student-run newspaper since 1933
Thursday, April 2,2015
KU introduces 12th president:
Dr. Kenneth Hawkinson
Dr. Kenneth Hawkinson and his wife Ann Marie pose with KU cheerleaders.
He will assume duties
on July 1
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By Emily Leayman
Editor-in-Chief
Members of the campus from
students to administrators to faculty welcomed the 12th KU pres
ident, Dr. Kenneth Hawkinson,
on March 17 in the McFarland
Student Union Building.
The selection resulted from a
unanimous decision by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education Board of Governors,
according to a press release. Hawkinson will assume the position
on July 1. Acting president Dr.
Photo by Jayaruwan Gunathilake, The Keystone
Carlos Vargas-Aburto will leave
the position on June 30 to become
president at Southeast Missouri
State University.
In attendance were Hawkinson's
wife, Ann Marie, Jack Wabby, KU
Council of Trustees and Presidential Search Committee chair,
See HAWKINSON, page 4
Ninth annual Race Against Racism
5K benefits Boys & Girls Club
"Together We Run"
scheduled for April 18
By Megan Ryan
Contributing Writer
Every year
since 2007,
a group of
KU students
have worked
together
to plan the
annual Race
Against Racism 5K on
campus. The
goal of this
event is to
raise awareness about
the issues of
racism and
end acts of
intolerance.
This year's
race was
dubbed "Together We Run," and
will be held Saturday, April 18 on
the DMZ. On-sight registration
will be held from 8-9 a.m., opening ceremonies will be at 8:45
a.m. and the 5K run/walk will
Students participate in the 2014 Race Against Racism 5K.
begin at 9 a.m.
Amanda Fretz, who started the
race at KU and advised it from
2007 to 2011 said, "At the time
it began, the KU community had
faced a number of acts of discrimination and
violence, so
students wanted to make a
statement to
the community
that the acts
were not representative of
the entire KU
community."
All money
raised from the
event will be
donated to the
Boys & Girls
Club of Berks
County. "The
decision to
donate to the
Photo by Cori Armstrong
See, RACE, page 3
Per-credit tuition model
still in development
Student forum now
scheduled for April
By Samantha Biastre
Staff Writer
SGB president Joe Scoboria talks about the per-credit tuition
model at the SGB meeting on March 24.
Photo courtesy of University Relations
The per-credit tuition model
forum has been rescheduled once
again.
The forum, which invites
students to come and voice their
opinions about the new model,
was first scheduled to take place
on Thursday, March 5. The date
was later changed to Tuesday,
March 24. Now, that forum should
take place in the month of April.
Although the per credit tuition
model will be discussed at the
forum, the status of the university
budget will also be talked about
as the issue revolves around the
university's limited budget. The
model is not close to being finalized, and "is still in development"
according to Jerry Silberman, vice
president of Administration and
Finance.
The proposed model will raise
the students' tuition
per credit by 3 percent of the current
2015 prices, so
$800 more would
be spent by students
per semester. Any
student who would
take less than 15
credits per semester would pay less
tuition, but that
student would not
complete their
education in the
intended four-year
track.
Silberman said,
"The model was
presented as one of
the ways to solve
the university's
deficit and avoid
further elimination
of programs and
services."
A survey was sent
out to students' KU
emails from Student Government
Board. The student responses
will be one of the factors that the
university will consider "when
making any decisions about the
model going forward" said Silberman. "It is very important for us
to hear what students have to say
about the model."
78 percent of students who participated in the SGB survey said
that they did not agree with the
model, 12 percent said that they
did agree with the model and 11
percent of students said that they
See TUITION, page 2
Sandy Hook victim's father speaks at KU 2
Students lead anti-sweatshop activism 4
Word on the Street: per-credit tuition model J
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