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LUifTbrkr Jetueter/ 3041 Bellaire Blvd. • Houston, Texas 77025* 713/668-5000 Page 10 The Battalion Wednesday, September 22,1 University, college tuition costs increase Tubularman By Boomer Cardinale The Associated Press ALPHA CHI OMEGA 1993 FALL PLEDGE CLASS Honey Adams Allison McClure Krissy Banks Jennifer McConnathy Shanon Boeck Taryn Merts Courtney Bone Gretchen Meyer Shelly Boyette Amy Munno Stephanie Brown Niki Naleski Jennifer Bruton Vicki Nelson Christina Canella Camille Pacheco Camille Carpenter Roxanne Perez Amy Conrad / Vanessa Pharis Jenn Culbert Natalee Pickett Monica Daniels Kelly Quy Amy Denny Valle Randall Laura Ducos Jennifer Rhoda Jennifer Gilbert Julie Rhoda Cat Girald Kristie Sanders Jennifer Howsden Jill Saunders Debbie Janezic Christi Selby Courtney Keith Emily Shields Heather Kinder Tricia Smith Melissa Kitchens Heather Taylor Stacey Klawinski TifTanie Tipton Laura Kohler Laura VanCleave Kathryn Lee Audra Whatley Susan Merck Lacy Williams Katie McBride Stacey Zipp We welcome our 1993 Fall Pledge class. We love you! BOSTON — The cost of higher education continues to outpace income, inflation and financial aid this fall, even as colleges and uni versities slash services, according to the College Board. The average tuition, room and board climbed 6 percent to $6,207 at four-year public universities and 5 percent to $15,818 at four- year private colleges, the College Board reported in a survey being released Wednesday. The increases were about the same as last year's, as competition sharpened for the dwindling number of potential students. "Colleges have simply come to realize that the very markets they wish to serve could not afford them at the rate of increase they were following," said David L. Warren, president of the National Association of Independent Col leges and Universities. "People are dropping out," said Tchiyuka Cornelius, a stu dent at City University of New York and president of the U.S. Student Association. "There are people who want to go to college but just can't afford to." While inflation was 2.8 percent from last fall to this fall, the aver age tuition and fees at four-year private universities and colleges rose 6 percent to $11,025; room and board brought the total to $15,818. The average cost of two- year private junior colleges went up 7 percent, to $6,175. Public university tuition rose 8 percent, to $2,527, after two years of double-digit increases fueled primarily by state budget short falls; room and board boosted the price to $6,207. The average cost of community and public junior colleges jumped 10 percent for the third straight year, to $1,229. "The fiscal crisis in the states is not over," said James Appleberry, president of the American Associ ation of State Colleges and Uni versities. "But it's certainly easing up a bit." 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Taylor didn't see it, but she did read an article about the sign in the San Antonio Express-News in July. She promptly responded and waited for romance to bloom. LSAT. GRE. Expert Teachers Permanent Centers Total Training Call today for a free diagnostic. 696-3196 707 Texas Ave. Ste. 106-E KAPLAN RULES "I thought, 'Well, it says "Seek ing Wives" and I'm seeking a husband so I'll write a letter,'" said Taylor, one of about 1,500 women with the same idea. But Taylor was Ms. Right for Richard Hindman, a 34-year-old financial analyst. She and Hindman had a lot in common. Both are divorced; he has a 12 -year-old daughter and a 14-year-old son and she a 12-year- old son; they love the ocean; and their horoscopes are compatible. The couple fanned the flames of love via telephone. "I now own stock in South western Bell," Hindman joked. For Taylor, it was a fairy tale come true. "I felt like Cinderella. Richard put me on a pedestal and kept me there," she said. Hindman wooed her with flowers and an obvious interest in making a commitment — some thing previous beaus had been lacking. By Jason Brown On Monday, they shared their storybook romance on the syndi cated talk show "Donahue," which featured several of the Houston bachelors and women who responded to the ad. The show, taped last week in two segments, had the couples meet one day, sent them on a date of dining and dancing in New York that night and brought them together the following day to re lay dating details. Taylor stole the show when she said: "Actually, I think I got the best deal of all because Richard proposed to me last night and I accepted." It was around 2 a.m. in a hotel room after that first "Donahue" taping and date — their first face- to-face meeting — that Hindman surprised them both by propos- ing. "He was going to wait, but then he looked in my eyes and saw that I wanted him to/' Taylor said. "I said yes, and then I asked him, 'Will you marry me?' righl back." 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