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  • March 2, 2012 . WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 4 Our Take Tuition increases are a bad way to balance the books Trustees at North Carolina colleges are keeping the higher in higher education, although not necessarily in a positive way. A story on the front page of todays paper reveals what many students and parents of North Carolina college students have worried, that budget cuts to the UNC System would result in many detrimental side effects, including tuition increases. A special provision of the state budget allows UNC campuses to increase tuition by as much as $750 for the. 2012-13 academic year, a measure intended to help address an over $70 million cut to the UNC systems budget. There is not a limit on how much of an increase there can be on school related fees, such as athletics At WCU, the cost of attending classes for the 2012-13 ac- ademie year is going up $538 under a plan by WCU Board of Trustees in the fall and approved in February by the UNC Board of Governors and UNC system president Tom Ross. For a typical N.C. undergraduate, including on-campus housing and the most-popular meal plan, students can expect to pay $13,539, up from the 2011-12 cost of $12,731. The cost of tu- ition and fees for an in-state undergraduate not living on cam- pus would be $6,367 per year, up ie 40 from the 2010-11 tuition cost of $5,631.60. The adjustments to tuition bills this year and likely more in the future may price many would-be students out of college. No one likes cost increases, whether for gas, groceries, rent, insuranceyou name it. But ina day when a college education can open more employment doors, pricey tuition could keep many aspiring students away and a them from reaching their full potential. Before pouncing on WCU trustees as greedy and unsym- pathetic though, consider what theyve been up against. State ' funding has dropped significantly during the recession. Politi- eal forces may also be a factor. Colleges dont have the clout that say North Carolina Public Schools has in lobbying for greater shares of the shrinking state education budget. They have often argued that K-12 schools deserve more state mon- ey because they dont have as many ways to raise money as universities do through things like endowments, alumni aM grants and, yes, tuition. But raising tuition is a heavy burden on families and stu- dents, who often must go into great debteven with scholar- ships or choosing to stay at hometo afford college. And by having to rely more on outside money like endowments or big alumni gifts targeted for specific programs, colleges could lack the flexibility to put money. where its needed. _ Its a conundrum that isnt likely to go away soon. WCU, and universities in general, must find a way to run their campuses through solid management and resist the urge each time to simply jack up tuition to balance the books. State policymakers also must consider the return-oninvestment when evaluating how to allocate those education dollars. Quality public schools are invaluable to a community and the greater g00d of society. Our Staff Justin Caudell, Editor-in-Chief 109-D Old Student Union. Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 jcaudell@westerncarolinian.com 828-227-2694 ' Lex Menz, News Editor Ryan Alexander, Sports Editor Lauren Gray, Staff Writer Caleb Gray, Staff Writer Ryan Michaud, Staff Writer Tyler Auffhammer, Staff Writer Allison Adkins, Staff Writer Jared Gant, Staff Writer Baieiali Davis, Staff Writer Asia Buss, Staff Writer Katy Williams, Contributing Writer Carvan Craft, Contributing Writer Heather Crawford, Contributing Writer Logan Porter, Gintributiny Writer Laura Odom, Contributing Writer Kalen Quinn, Photographer Ceillie Simkiss, Photographer Jeffery Wilson, Cartoonist Cory Radosevic, Distribution MOVE Lae DAY AND IRRESPONSIBLE! YOUR MOTHER AND I STARTED OUT WITH NOTHINGY.,. Cartoon Quotable J will put in as much information as I can so that you can make a decision about protecting yourself. - WCU Police Chief Ernie Hudson the ~ departments timely warning policy. 2006 eekon OW caglecartoons.com TRUST HE 1 WOULDVE LOVED STARTING OUT WITH NOTHING. 2012 elections may turn on voter turnout. : David Shribman \ Syndicated Columnist Where did all the voters ae ~ Maybe to the ski slopes. Maybe to the mall. Maybe for a wintry walk along one of the spectacular. mountain byways. But not to the cau- cus venues where, arlier this month, Colorado Re- publicans were invited to indicate their presidential preferences. Turnout here was down about 6 percent from 2008. But Colorado isnt alone. Turnout in Florida, where a torrid race filled the newspa- pers and the airwaves, was down about 14 percent. In Nevada, it was down more than a quarter. Even in New Hampshire, where turnout was up 6 percent, the in- crease almost certainly came from Independent voters who veered into a GOP race simply because there wasnt a Democratic race to join. No candidates to love Maybe the question isnt "Where are the voters? May- be the question is Where is the love? This has been a persistent problem in the Republican race thus far. Among the political elite, the issue has taken the form of yearning for candidates who arent, or -wouldnt, run for president. Athong the voters, the issue has taken the form of near apathy. The race to be the nomi- nee who challenges Barack Obama simply isnt excit- ing members of a party that is determined, with a feroc- ity perhaps unequaled since Democratic resentment of Richard M. Nixon, to topple the sitting president. The public doesnt feel it has good choices and so people are staying at home, says Curtis Gans, who, as the director of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate, is the nations leading expert on voter par- ticipation. Im expecting it to continue. On the right you have intense voters. On the center-right you have luke- warm voters. And every- place beyond that not much - interest at all. That frustration is per- vasive. The latest New York Times/CBS News poll showed that nearly two out. __ of three Republican primary voters wish there were more choices for the Republican nomination a group that has grown significantly since the fall. This is yet another piece of bad news for former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachu- setts, who won Colorado and Minnesota in 2008 only to lose them this month. Hes the fellow who appeals to the center-right and who most political. profession- als expect to:be the eventual Republican nominee: a theory that gets its most rig- orous test on Tuesday when Arizona and Michigan hold their primaries. Romney fails to catch on But the Romney chal- lenge isnt the only one that seems obvious and has been the focus of press attention: His inability to win the trust, or the votes, of people who consider themselves conser- vatives and who worry that he is a stealth candidate from the center or, worse, from the left-leaning precincts of Massachusetts. The slice of * self-identified GOP conser- vatives in the Times/CBS poll who wish there were more choices for the Repub- lican nominee: 61 percent. The Romney conundrum may also be how to win the allegiance, if not the enthu- siasm, of the people who are positioned precisely where he is, along the center-right. A CNN poll released this month showed that only 38 percent of Romney sup- porters say they back him strongly far less than the 55 percent of supporters of former Pennsylvania Sen. ~ Rick Santorum who say they back him strongly. Many of these voters are simply not showing up at the polls, and there is reason for Camp Romney to worry that they may not be motivated ) in the fall, when the oppo- nent isnt Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gin- grich or Rep. Ron Paul. In November the opponent will have $f billion to spend, a historic narrative and all the tools of presidential incum- bency, many of which he is using with a newfound deft- ness this winter. Santorum may have. ef- ficiently summarized the Romney challenge with this phrase, from his appearance before the Conservative Po- litical Action Committee ear- lier this month: Why would an undecided voter vote fora moderate candidate who the party isnt excited about? This weeks contests are but an appetizer to the Super Tuesday contests next week, where turnout again is ex- pected to be low and where, given the distinct Southern tint to the event, Romney faces another important challenge. Each of the other candidates has pockets of strength, or of potential, in the 10 races, with Paul hav- ing a natural advantage in Oklahoma, Gingrich hold-. . ing a natural base in Georgia and Santorum aiming for Tennessee, perhaps also for Ohio, and hoping to surprise _ the former speaker in Geor- gia. This is not to say that there arent opportunities _ aplenty for Romney. All those young people who flocked to Obama four years ago dont have one of their - principal motivations (their disdain for President George W. Bush) this time around, and many of them, especial- ly those who have been un- able to find jobs, are suffer- ing a severe case of buyers remorse. This is a natural Romney constituency. But turnout among the young is a very big unknown, and a very big factor. i Democrats not i immune ey Then there are all those elements of the usual Demo- cratic coalition that dont seem part of the Obama vi+ sion, especially blue-collat Americans, many of whoni also are worried about jobs, The opportunity here for Romney is small, to be sure, _ . but there are many ways to define opportunity. One is in the small turnout that has dogged Romney himself. If that pattern carries over to traditional Democratic vot- ers, Romney is the benefi- ciary of the-absence of those ballots in the Obama pile in November. Ordinarily the elationt ship between primary turn- out and general election turnout is tenuous at best, But special factors in 2012 are at work. For the Democrats, the risks are in small turnouts among young and blue-col- lar voters. For the Republi- cans, the risks are in small turnouts among conserva- tives and party regulars who may find they cant fall in love with Romney. This time, the akchiod may be won by the party that can turn around the pou threat.
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