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              The By Abbey Eusebio Staff Writer DePaul students will be paying approximately 4.9 percent more for their tuition next year, according to an announcement made by the Board of Trustees this week. Students received their annual letter trom the Rev. John P. Minogue, university president, detailing the tuition increase. Full-time undergraduate students who entered prior to or during 2000 will have a 4.8 percent tuition increase, totaling $16,920. Students who entered in 2001 will have a 4.9 percent increase, totaling $ 17,310 and all part-time students will have an increase of 5 percent increase, totaling $335 per credit hour. Also, the registration fee for all students will increase from $5 to $20 per term. Minogue also reminds students enrolled in upper level courses in the College of Commerce, School of Computer Science and Telecommunications and Information Systems that they will have to pay a surcharge to compensate for the additional instructional costs related with these courses.According to Minogue, DePaul has maintained a tuition increase percentage oj approximately five percent or less over the last few years. Minogue states in the letter, "We will continue to take steps to increase the value of your degree by staffing classrooms with outstanding faculty and providing wellequipped facilities." However, some students are skeptical about what the university will do with the extra money. Many feel that instead of being utilized less for academics, it will be Tuition rates increase again DePaul $16,140 Loyola-Chicago $18,814 Marquette $18,180 Board of Trustees approve a 4.9 percent increase for full-time students, 5 percent for part time 2001-2002 College Expense Breakdown Information provided by the individual academic institutions Students are also voicing out about the exclusiveness of the decision for the tuition increase. "It doesn't really bother me now because I don't have to pay for my tuition, since my parents pay for my tuition and we get a decent amount of financial aid," said sophomore psychology major Cathy Garbat. "But in the long run, it is going to be an issue. The university appears to be using our money to make DePaul look good. Instead of actually asking us, the students, for our opinion as to what to use the money on, they are basically taking our money without asking for it and making their own decisions as to what to do with the money." Also enclosed with the letter was a copy of the Chicago Tribune article analyzing DePaul's Lincoln Park Campus written by architecture critic Blair Kamin, which "offers a glimpse into the $150 million capital investment DePaul has made in the past decade to fulfill our goal of providing a holistic education with quality academic programs, state-of-the-art facilities and contemporary amenities that foster a greater sense of community among students." Northwestern $25,839 DePaulia Friday, March 15, 2002 DePaul University, Chicago Vol. LXXX, No. 17 used to attract new students. "DePaul wants to attract more students," said sophomore English major Bradley Nelson. "Our university is becoming less of a research university. We don't know to what extent the money is going to be used and how hard they will try to hire new faculty. The tuition increase is rather excessive. For example, look at the new Student Center. There was nothing really wrong with the Stuart Center. The tuition increase indicates that the university is looking ahead and wanting to become bigger." St. Xavier $15,000 Notre Dame $24,320 "Stolen Summer" director Pete Jones and actor Aidan Quinn entertain the crowd at the Theatre School Monday night. By Jim Distasio Editor in Chief DePaulia photo by Mary Megan Volpe By Michelle M. Valiukenas News Editor Speaking in front of a packed house at DePaul University's Theatre School Monday night, first-time writer/director Pete Jones summed up the key to his Hollywood success in a sentence: "I won a contest." Jones, 31, is the winner of the first Project Greenlight contest: a venture fronted by actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon ("Good Will Hunting") and producer Chris In response to growing media attention and the recent moratorium imposed by Illinois Governor George Ryan, DePaul University hosted a two-day conference "Death Sentence 2002: An Interfaith Forum for Humanity" last weekend. The event, which was co-sponsored by the Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International and a slew of other education, political, religious and Steve Hawkins, director of the National Coalition Against the Death Penalty, addresses the crowd at "Death Sentence 2002," held last weekend at DePaul. Attendees included Governor George Ryan and Sister Helen Prejean, C.J., author of "Dead Man Walking." Celebs hit campus to discuss death penalty 'Project' lights up Theatre School Moore (the "American Pie" movies) where amateur screenwriters submit their film scripts online for a chance to have their movie made and released in theaters by Miramax Films. Jones' script, "Stolen Summer," edged out more than 10,000 other entries. The unemployed former insurance salesman from Deerfield, 111. was given the directorial reigns and a $1 million dollar budget to start (an extra $500,000 was later given). Adding to the pressure of being ww.thedepaulia.com The 'other' Minogue Magazine, page 17 De fauna photo by Brendan J. Ryan human rights organizations, was designed to bring light to the need to end the death penalty in Illinois. "I think it was highly successful on several counts: the plenary speakers explored the death penalty from many angles-philosophical, religious, political, legal procedural and social ethical," said the Rev. James Halstead, one of the conference organizers. "The quality of the presenters and presentations was very high—what See Punishment, page 2 a first-time director with no Hollywood experience was the HBO documentary crew that followed Jones around to chronicle his every misstep for a 12-episode series that premiered on the pay cable network last December. Jones was joined at the Theatre School event- moderated by faculty member Lisa Portes and part of the Chicago Live: The Arts seriesby the film's star and native Chicagoan Aidan Quinn ("Legends See Greenlight, page 7