From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!glaser
Newsgroups: net.college
Title: Re: U.C. Boycott of Classes 2/16 - (nf)
Article-I.D.: yale-com.873
Posted: Sun Feb 13 02:03:03 1983
Received: Tue Feb 15 04:33:48 1983
References: ucbcad.495

The idea of a student boycott to protest tuition hikes sounds
quite sensible, especially at a public school (such as U.C.)
funded (in large part) by the state.  Good luck with it!

At the same time, my initial reaction to your protest over a $100/quarter
(= 300/academic yr) increase was one of amusement.  Here at Yale, the
1983-84 price tag has just been announced:  $12,980 for tuition, room,
and board, an increase from this past year of over $1600!  Now, I realize
there's a big difference between a state school and a private university,
where over 1/2 of the student body is receiving some kind of financial aid.
Still, if you're boycotting over 300, we should be striking over $1600!


At Yale, the announcement has met with general apathy; I would guess that
most people don't want to think about it.