Four years ago, new UA students paid $85 in mandatory fees. If the latest round of fees is approved, new students will be forced to hand over $893—over ten times more.
UA students used to vote on new fees for non-acdemic spending in fair elections. Now, UA administrators pass them based on biased marketing surveys.
Four years ago, new fees were a necessary evil, used to fund specific programs for a limited time. Today, new fees stuff multiple programs into one massive "fund" for undisclosed purposes and often result in unnecessary expenditure.
UA students are rallying against this unfair fee passing process for unessicary expenses. "No student in the state of Arizona should be denied access to public education because he cannot afford to pay for a gym membership, organic fruit in the student union, or plasma-screen televisions in the library" says Connor Mendenhall, a UA senior.
This photo was taken at the Tuition Hearing on March 1, 2010.
Photo by: Whitney Reed
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