Rarely a week goes by that I don’t see an article in the Star about an increase in student fees or tuition. If it isn’t one, it’s the other. I’ve often wondered where all of this additional money goes. Wednesday’s paper answered my question.

The university is awaiting approval for a mere $21,000 statue of Martin Luther King Jr., which is funded by student fees and administrative fees. $21,000 for a statue!!

If I have to keep paying more in fees, I would like to see my money used for something beneficial to the students. After all, we’re the one’s paying it. Perhaps we could use this $21,000 to pay teacher salaries for those POLS 100 students who were left in limbo after “a clerical error.”

Thomas M. Wilde

sophomore

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