from The Daily Cardinal - 1/27/05
Frustrated students discuss tuition raise
A handful of UW-Madison students met in the Red Gym Wednesday night to discuss their concerns with continual tuition increases. Members from the MultiCultural Student Coalition and the Student Labor Action Coalition are trying to organize students to demand that the state do something about tuition costs, which are rising every two years.
Students at the meeting pointed out that as state funding for the UW System decreases, tuition costs increase. Last year 2,000 classes were cut despite a 37 percent increase in tuition. These students are determined to take action against this trend.
Three thousand signatures already exist on the group's petition and they are hoping to get more by going door-to-door around dorms and apartment buildings on campus, according to UW-Madison junior Josh Healey. In addition, there will be a statewide rally Feb. 24 at noon at the Capitol.
Healy said he has full confidence that the students on campus can make a difference.
"If you do it and you put your pressure right, then you can win," he said.
-Hayley Jacobs