What are the
pros/eons of
new housing?
more for the dorms and
we have no where close
to the building to put our
trash."
Andrea Reisn
Elementry Education
"The great things about the
new housing are the phone
lines, the computer connec
tions, and the free extended
cable. However, the couch
. es are hard, the kitchen
drawers are too small, and
we can't put anything on
the wall."
Justin Mast
Management
"...friendly neighbors
that party at exactly 3:30
a.m. every morning”
Shante Miller
Communication
"One pro of new student
housing is location, they
are very close to classes.
One con is spiders, all my
kitchen electrical sockets
are upside down."
Tuition Rises As Does Student
Students attending this
campus and any other Penn
State campus opened their
pocketbooks a little wider
this year as tuition
increased by 13.5 percent.
Upper-division students,
the thrust of students at the
Capital Campus, witnessed
an increase of $502 per
semester and graduate stu
dents will pay an additional
$534 per semester. Lower
division students have an
increase of $477 per
semester.
Penn State President
Graham Spanier said the
raise in tuition is a result of
a combination of reasons,
including a cut in state
appropriations, increased
cost of health insurance for
employees, increased
insurance costs due to the
terrorist attacks, salary
increases, and other infla
tionary increases.
“Most students under
stand the need to raise
tuition and support our
principle that quality
should never be eroded,
says Spanier. “Yet some
students are unhappy and
frustrated because the state,
by forcing such high tuition
increases, is shifting more
of the burden of public
higher education to the stu
dents and their families.”
Spanier says there has
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been no effect on enroll
ment since the increase.
However, students react to
the increase with mixed
emotions. “My Dad helps
me pay tuition,” said Jason
Hildreth, junior, secondary
ed. “[My parents] have a
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increasing tuition,
I wonder if the
thought of cutting
the budget was
considered?”
trust fund set up for me so I
am not really worried.”
Amy Brown, junior, pub
lic policy, said, “I think that
the increase was probably
necessary. In today’s soci
ety nothing is free and
costs keep increasing. On
the other hand,” she said,
“instead of increasing
tuition, I wonder if the
thought of cutting the
budget was considered?”
Kimberly Morda, a sociol
ogy major and sophomore
at Harrisburg Area
Community College said
she is searching for schools
to continue her bachelor’s
degree. She claims Penn
State is no longer an
option. “I am a cheap
skate,” she said. “Four-
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thousand dollars is too
much money for a semes-
Although some students
believe the increase wiped
them out, one student says
she is satisfied with the
quality of education for the
price. “You get what you
pay for,” said Nicholette
Boyer, junior, disciplinary
humanities. “I get the best
education for the money I
pay.”
One anonymous student
believes there have been
many opportunities for cuts
in the budget. She said that
when arriving for classes,
she noticed many tables
with free food such as
cheese, nachos, and ice
cream. She said she was
aware that SGA paid for
those things but she sug
gested that a decrease in
SGA’s budget would help
tuition stay at a steady rate.
“I know SGA gives money
to clubs and does necessary
things for the campus, but
in the same respect I feel
that by cutting out the
unnecessary things it might
make a difference when the
question is brought up
about increasing tuition
again.” But what is done is
done, she said. “In two
simple words I can sum it
all up...it sucks.”