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The Student Senate held a forum to discuss a proposal opposing war in Iraq. See page 3.
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Tuition skyrockets above $22,000
Tuition for next year will go up 6.5 percent, a $1,600 increase from this year’s tuition, bringing total costs to $22,615, President Gaylen Byker announced Monday. The increase for 2002-2003 was 5.9 percent. The announcement came at a town hall meeting following last weekend’s Board of Trustees meeting, in which the board reviewed various issues in addition to tuition. With giving down and spending up at the college, early speculations about this year’s tuition hike had it increasing as much as 10 percent. Ultimately the rumors of such a high figure were discredited, however, after the board concluded its meeting and announced its decision.
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Spike in computer viruses prompts CIT threat
This season is filled with viruses. As students sneeze their way to class and sniffle through their homework, it seems there is enough to keep them occupied without having to deal with computer viruses as well. In the past four weeks, 80 to 90 of the 1,500 on-campus ResNet subscribers have been affected by computer viruses. According to Krista Spahr, student computing specialist for Calvin Information Technology, “In the past there’s always been virus activity but it hasn’t been as significant.”
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A week in the life of Chimes
Every Friday morning during chapel break, students all across campus pick up their copy of Chimes. Maybe you just got out of Hymnsing as you’re reading this now. To be sure, reading Chimes is a long-held tradition here at Calvin, even as far back as 1907 when they had to read it in Dutch. But contrary to popular opinion, this newspaper isn’t put together by a group of monkeys at typewriters. We use computers. Seriously, though, a lot of work goes into this newspaper every week, and the staff takes pride in its work. To give our readers a better sense of what putting together this publication is like, Chimes would like to present a week in the life of a student newspaper.
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