Late fee in effect today

Students who have not paid for registration or increases in their units will be charged a $250 fine beginning today.

The university assesses this charge to students who did not pay by yesterday. The fee cannot be waived.

Jean E. Johnson, associate controller of student services, said in a campus memo that if the charge occurs as a result of departmental policies or error, the department is responsible for paying the $250 fine.

Students whose registration has been canceled must pay the fine and their full tuition before re-enrolling for class.

Students with pending financial aid can also re-enroll.

2 new Regents confirmed by Arizona Senate

The Arizona Senate confirmed the appointments of Fred T. Boice and Robert B. Bulla to the Arizona Board of Regents Tuesday.

In early January, Gov. Jane Dee Hull nominated Boice and Bulla to the board, which governs Arizona's three state universities.

The new Regents will attend their first board of regents meeting today and tomorrow at Arizona State University.

Boice and Bulla will serve eight-year terms, replacing regents Judy Gignac and Hank Amos.

Boice, who lives in Tucson, is head of Boice Financial Co. and is Board Chairman of Caseworks Manufacturing Inc., a maker of hotel, motel and health care furniture.

Bulla is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. Prior to his appointment to that position in June 2001, he served as president & CEO for 18 years. He lives in Scottsdale.

Campaign Arizona to return more money

Campaign Arizona - UA's $1 billion capital campaign - will give back $155,000 to augment the $1 million it has already contributed to help the university offset state-mandated budget cuts.

The money normally would have been distributed to deans for fund-raising projects in their colleges, University of Arizona Foundation spokeswoman Dana Wier said.

She said examples of how the money would have been used include donor recognition banquets and out-of-town outreach activities.

"(The return of funds) will have an impact in that deans will have much less to work with," Wier said.

In a campuswide e-mail distributed last week, UA President Peter Likins and other administrators announced the hand-back of funds.

"This contribution does not completely eliminate the development fund intended for such activities," it stated. "But it reduces it to $51,000 available for the remainder of fiscal year 2002."

The campaign contributed the original $1 million to the university in October to prepare for a 4 percent cut.

But in January, legislators decided on a 4.56 percent cut for the three state universities. The university must locate nearly $2 million in addition to the cuts they made last semester.

The money was returned after administrators began a "quest for 'central' savings" to pay for a larger cut then they had previously anticipated.

Senate approves funds for several clubs

The ASUA senate unanimously agreed to give nearly $5,000 to several campus clubs at last night's meeting.

The $4,843.79 will cover expenses for four clubs putting on various functions.

Camp Wildcat which runs weekend-long camps for local elementary school children, was given $2,510 to cover training for counselors.

The Mortar Board Senior Honorary will receive $1,093.79 to cover Mortar Board Week - where members work to make their organization known on campus through various events on the Mall - and a recruitment drive for next year.

The Multicultural Business Student Association got $720 to cover a trip to San Francisco and The Association of Chinese Students and Scholars got $520 for expenses for their Chinese New Year celebration.

Earlier this week, the Appropriations Board - a committee which reviews clubs' initial requests for money - denied Students Against Sweatshops $789 for a conference at the University of Arizona, saying the event was too political.

Associated Students with Disabilities director Nazir Abriham also told the senate he would like to see more students get involved with his organization.

He would like to put together a survey to see what students are concerned about and hopefully plan a mini-conference by the end of the year.