Driving up prices: Ticket, rate hikes take advantage of students
Attending a university can be a huge drain on the finances of both students and their families. Students attending the University - the most expensive public school in Michigan - are placed under an especially large financial strain. The city of Ann Arbor, however, seems to believe that University students are in possession of excess stores of money that they should be contributing to the city's coffers. This myth has led the Ann Arbor City Council to raise parking fees to 80 cents per hour - a hike of 20 cents - and to increase parking ticket fines from $5 to $10.
In the money: Increased salaries bode well for higher education
University professors will find bigger paychecks in their mailboxes this year, following figures released last week. The 1997-1998 fiscal year marks the largest increase in U.S. college faculty salaries in more than a decade, according to a study by the American Association of University Professors. The year's 3.4-percent increase brings salaries for full professors to just under $80,000 at research institutions. Well above the national mean, the University pays its full professors an average of $91,900.
Thank-you notes and love letters
It seems fitting to write my last column sitting here on the Diag. For four years, it has represented the heart of my University experience. It's where students come to relax, study, sunbathe and be seen. It's where campus tour guides bring prospective students and parents to tell them the tale of the 'M.' It's where young alumni bring their babies and toddlers to scoot around and chase squirrels. It's where I sit and watch the people pass by.
Viewpoint: MSA has improved 'U' student life
Dear students, The time has come where some of us are graduating, moving on or just moving up in the University. The Michigan Student Assembly now has turned over, and the new and exciting leadership of Trent Thompson and Sarah Chopp will be leading you next year.
Letters to the Editor
04-13-98
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