Campus briefs

Tuition increases by 6 percent next year

Starting this fall, tuition will be $33,000, a 6 percent increase from last year. Currently, the price is $30,900. According to the Bursar Office, tuition typically increases by either 6 or 7 percent every year.

Housing costs will also rise in the fall. A standard double dorm room will increase from $10,785 to $11,067 next year.

University warns that students may receive subpoenas for illegal file sharing

Last Thursday, Ron Danielson, vice provost for information services, received four notices from the Recording Industry Association of America that asked the university to preserve its network records should the association decide to sue students for copyright violations.

In a school-wide e-mail sent last Thursday, Danielson said those notices would be followed by an offer of settlement e-mails to the university, which would be forwarded on to those students without identifying the students to the RIAA. The alleged copyright violations took place between mid February and late March of this year.

In an e-mail sent two weeks ago, Danielson warned that the potential financial cost for a copyright violation can reach up to $150,000.

Presidential Speaker Series canceled after speaker misses flight

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who was scheduled to speak at Santa Clara on Thursday, cancelled the event after missing her flight in Los Angeles, university spokeswoman Deepa Arora said.

Hirsi Ali was supposed to be part of University President Paul Locatelli's, S.J., Presidential Speaker Series. It is unknown if the talk will be rescheduled, Arora said.

David DeCosse, director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, said the ethics center would be interested in bringing her back, but the university wants to find out what happened with her cancellation before rescheduling.

DeCosse said it cost approximately $10,000 to put on the event, with a majority of the cost pertaining to her security.

Hirsi Ali, a critic of Islam, has received death threats and travels with heavy security. There was a metal detector outside Mayer Theatre, and law enforcement officials were involved with planning the event, DeCosse said.

"At the ethics center, we'd love to have her back," DeCosse said. "But we'd like to have our expenses incurred met in terms of a reduction of fees."

From staff reports. E-mail news@thesantaclara.com.