Show I Letters to the Editor Dear Editor Faced with an ever increasing tuition bill and no answers as to why the bill keeps going up I am imploring you to provide some good information regarding the mystery I have been attending Salt Lake Community College for four semesters now and each semester I am warned the next one is going to cost more I only want to know why I have tried to discern from the information provided us in our welcome to letters some of the information According to the letter our Student Fees pay 2050 to the Student Association 1550 towards Student Services and 27 towards Student Center operations operations operations oper oper- out of our we pay payin payin payin in Student Fees I realize these are probably old figures since those fees went higher this semester My question is where is the money being spent out of those specific categories The Student Association does little for me from what I can tell Can I request the money back if it doesn't doesn't doesn't does does- nt benefit me in a direct way What about Athletics If I dont don't participate in sports here on cam cam- pus should I have to pay anyway I read the article detailing a meager amount of information about the rate increases and couldn't believe the rates were going up so dramatically I pay about 11 1100 00 ev every ry semester to attend classes here I was under the impression that the Utah State Government had less to do with who pays for what at the university university university sity level Arent Aren't we pretty much self sufficient with all the fees we pay The economy is stifling suffocating suffocating suffocating suf suf- to the poor through layoffs layoffs layoffs lay lay- offs and downsizing A vicious cycle awaits completion when the laborers laborer's wages dr drop p ever lower increasing the of the working poor The chasm between those who have and have not will be greater and now school is becoming this way too If it can be justified I dont don't mind an increase to better the learning opportunity I have If the fee increase or the fees themselves themselves themselves them them- selves cannot be justified then I believe we have the right to have havethe havethe havethe the money back Let the Campus administration deal with it If they are losing money on a consistent consistent consistent con con- basis then no matter how high the tuition increases are the problem will not go away any any- how I want to make the most of my education and support fees for newer computers and supported supported supported sup sup- ported training I will not support s the use of my funds so hard earned to be wasted on a a. a new anew car for the Campus President or the theall theall theall all expenses paid trips I here the Student Body Presidency goes on I want a justification for my fees for my sacrifice and hope someone on your staff might be beable beable beable able to shed some light on where the money is going Sincerely Anthony Dawson Marketing Management Management- |