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.