Pres. Shelton took some hard questions from the GPSC and members of the audience last night. More details to come (we were totally there), but for now, here's Shain Bergan's well-written article in the Wildcat:
http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2009/04/09/News/Grads.Grill.Shelton-3704352.shtml
By the way, our absolute favorite speaker of the night was Hope Jones, who explained that there are two President Sheltons, one who sticks up for us grads and one who is a politician.
In the Daily Star today Aaron Mackey reports on the $1,000 tuition surcharge proposed by Pres. Shelton: http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/288069.php
As several graduate students explained last night at the GPSC meeting, what the money is called is almost as important as how much money is charged. Tuition waivers and fellowships would cover all or part of "tuition" surcharges, while they would not cover additional "fees". The semantics are almost as important as the economics.
Also, the audience received a copy of the proposed fee increases last night, including a utilities fee. As Sallygradstudent has said time and time again, there needs to be an immediate campus-wide utilities conservation program enacted. ASUA needs to pick this one up and get students to stop turning the air down to 55 degrees in classrooms, get the lights turned off at night, etc.
Get on the ball, ASUA!
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