Dear Editor,
Recently it has come to the attention of thousands of Ball State students that Gov. Frank O'Bannon, due to the dwindling state surplus, has proposed a $56.5 million budget cut over the next two years. Because education funding takes an estimated 55 percent of the state budget, the schools will absorb the majority of this cut.
Purdue University president Martin Jischke has proposed a 24 percent increase in tuition for next year. Although this may solve the problem for the administrators at Purdue, this, for the Purdue students, would be a $1,000 increase per year for in-state students.
On the other hand, Indiana University president Myles Brand, has proposed cutting expenses in the administrative area by not filling current vacant positions, by spending less money on administrative supplies and equipment and by charging the students a small technology fee. Cutting back in the administrative area will solve the problem of about 75 percent of IU's funding cut problems.
Unlike Indiana University, Ball State would rather increase tuition than cut back in the administrative area. Like Purdue students, a 24 percent increase in tuition would put in-state Ball State students out another $950 a year.
This increase is unnecessary. If Ball State would tighten the built-in expenditures throughout the university, then there would be no need for such an increase. After all, what good does Shafer Tower actually do for the students? I would say that it is safe to assume that the majority of Ball State students would rather save $1,000 a year than have this useless bell tower.
Jeremy M. Stewart
freshman
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