Regents recommend Increasing resident tuition by eight per cent and out-of-state tuition to 3.2 times resident costs for the 1982-83 school year was recommended by the Utah State gino of Regents Thursday. In the meeting held at the University of Utah, the board approved the tuition increase which will now be forwarded to the Utah State Legislature for action. _ The regents were originally asking for a 10 percent increase in tuitions, but students, under the banner “8 is enough”, successfully campaigned to keep the boards recommendation to eight percent. The Utah Council of Student body Presidents spearheaded ~s. _ the campaign which supported Utah Commissioner of Higher Education, proposal crease. In increase tuition 8% Arlo Van for limiting addressing the Alstyne’s the in- board, Alstyne said the eight percent increase when coupled with the 12.5 percent increase for the 1981-82 year totaled a 21.5 percent tuition hike over a twoyear period. Alstyne stated it was the largest increase in tuition cost,for that period,in _Utah’s history. “ The comes recommended increase at a time when Utah’s higher education in&titutions ‘have suffered budget cuts totaling 13.5 percent in the past three years. The Council of Student body Officers stated that tuition increases, along with escalating costs of books, supplies, and other student costs adversly affect the ability of many students ‘to attend school. Despite a large amount of attention from the media, stu‘dent turn out was much less than expected at the board meeting. Less than 100, representatives from Utah colleges appeared. The delegation from Weber State College was one of the largest in atten- 3 dance. ASWSC oe ee LoriMemmottt,was please with the group attending from Weber, but said “that more help will be needed from students in the future if we are going to keep tuition down.” Ms. Memmott suggested students contact members of the State Legislature before the January 1982 session, expressing their concern over the eight percent increase.