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W hile there are a number of opinions
circulating about the resurrected
yell “Skyrocket,” the yell certainly
does not mean students are supportive of a
national trend of skyrocketing tuition and
fees. At Texas A&M, tuition has been
increased $9 per credit hour, effective this
spring. While an easy answer as students is
to respond negatively to any thought of
increased costs, current decisions surround
ing the budget are not that simple.
The $9 per credit hour equates to giving up your weekly trip
to the movies. Or it might mean giving up your daily Sonic run.
A student worker will need another hour a week on the clock.
For some, the increase means goodbye to Christmas money. For
some students working year-round and living without many
frills, the hardship is more severe.
Some cannot afford to pay another penny. For others, quality
or convenience outweighs price. But the same person who com
plains about a particular campus issue rarely realizes that he
voted down the funding for its remedy.
While we are all concerned about increasing costs, 1 thank
University President Robert M. Gates for his willingness to meet
with students to discuss tuition increases by hosting three
forums this summer. At the request of Student Government, he
repeated that briefing this fall.
My concern is not as much with the $9, but what will come
the semester after that and the next. How much will my sister, a
sophomore in high school, pay when she arrives on campus?
As students, we have a responsibility to know the scenarios
and then make our voices heard.
Would you rather pay what you’re paying now and have more
than 200 people in an auditorium class or pay more for a class of
35? Would you rather have a lecturer who’s
just read the book you're assigned to reader
pay premium for the professor who actually
authored the text?
When it comes to fees, would you rather
wait 30 minutes or pay more and know the bus
will be there when you get out of class? Would
you rather call next on the weight bench or
pay more to know one will be available?
Some would be horrified by cuts of fund
ing to student organizations, while for oth
ers that sacredness belongs to intramurals. Some don’t under
stand spending for a certain program, but would be horrified if
we cut resources to technology. You don’t value keeping a cer
tain facility open past hours until you're the student working late
on a lab.
While 1 may represent students in these discussions, we each
have a unique perspective on the impacts of each and every
budget cut or increase at our beloved A&M.
So 1 ask you to voice your concerns and suggestions. Come
hear Gates the next time he makes a presentation. Do some
research on your own. Cut the fluff out of your student organi
zation’s budget. Turn off the lights when you leave your resi
dence hall. E-mail your suggestions to Student Government at
aggiematters@neo.tamu.edu or find more information on its
Web site, sga.tamu.edu.
No matter how loud we scream “Whistle-E!,” tuition will be
$9 more per semester credit hour next January, but by being
proactive we can make an impact on what will happen after that.
Student Body President
Matt Josefy is a
senior accounting major.
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Yesterday as I ran into the Memorial
Student Center to escape the torrential
rains a couple of guys walked up to me
and handed me a flyer. I had no idea
who they were or what their flyer was
about, but I went ahead and took it and
read it later in class. Turns out the flyer
was an anti-homosexual statement from
the Young Conservatives that called all
liberals hypocritical for “forcing” their
accepting view onto others. They state
that “the Constitution does not say any
thing about the right to have your (liber
al) values accepted by others.”
Is it not weird that you, the Young
Conservatives, call liberals hypocritical
for “forcing” their views onto others yet
at the same time attempt to force your
own views on to me? If your argument
truly is about the University spending
your student fees on actions that you
are opposed to, as you stated, then
please take your protests to the heads
of the University and stop trying to force
me to accept your ideals.
Aaron Wilkinson
Class of 2007
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