Tech's team also won the sportsmanship award again and the award for consumer acceptability. A conference committee from both houses of the Michigan legislature has approved a higher ed funding bill that boosts Tech's appropriation 5.8 percent. The bill separates universities into five tiers according to the cost of the programs offered. Tech will receive an additional 2 percent if the tuition increase is 3 percent or less. Tech's Board of Control is expected to decide on tuition at the July meeting.
Tech is a member of both.
Michigan Tech's 314 student-athletes have an average cumulative GPA of 3.20 following spring quarter 1999. The all-student average is 3.05. In a related move, the Houghton City Council voted to rezone the old high school site from residential to general business to allow for a development like a jail. The Portage Lake District Library is also interested in at least part of the site for a new building. Conservation officers killed the moose, saying it would not have survived the injuries.