There is an odd sort of doublespeak coming from MSU’s administration when it comes to dealing with budget cuts.
MSU Spokesman Terry Denbow first reassured us that the university is “going through transparent and rigorous discussions” (Students protest budget cuts Thursday SN 10/9) regarding the budget cuts being proposed to MSU Provost Kim Wilcox. But now our hearts should be broken to learn from R. James Kirkpatrick, dean of the College of Natural Science, that, “We’re going to have to keep individual recommendations confidential” (MSU Provost receives plans to reduce budget, SN 10/16).
If individual recommendations are kept confidential, then they are not transparent. This kind of doublespeak is symptomatic of an administration that wants MSU students to pay more — a 10.1 percent tuition increase — for an education that offers them so much less. Cutting programs and charging students more for their education is not “boldness by design,” it’s a tired attempt to profit at the expense of graduate and undergraduate student programs.
Please join concerned Spartans at 1 p.m. on Oct. 30 at the state capitol, where we will rally for a better budget, because we think MSU students deserve better.
Matthew Johnson
graduate student
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