Parking pennies
The word "extra" is usually not associated with money, especially at the University. The high cost of a University education has left students not only with little spending money, but also with distressing amounts of money owed in student loans. The city of Ann Arbor, however, seems to consider the University student body an endless source of excess revenue for the city's coffers. The latest extortion Ann Arbor has imposed upon students is the hike in parking meter rates and fines, which came into effect during the summer months.
Pop quiz
The U.S. Supreme Court opened a new session last week, deciding which appeals it will hear in the upcoming year. As important as the cases that will go to trial are, there are countless others on which the court will not pass judgment, thereby upholding the rulings of various appellate courts throughout the nation. One such case, an appeal brought by the teenagers and parents of an Indiana school district, raises a key issue in the debate over the privacy rights of minors.
Letters to the Editor
Megan Schimpf : Prescriptions
Loan rates are not the only key to real college affordability
General pats on the back and gratuitous comments about improving the future for children emanated from the White House on Wednesday as President Clinton and lawmakers announced an education package that included a reduction in loan interest rates.
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