Monday, January 27, 2025

Take a peek behind the curtain and test drive the NEW StateNews.com today!

Word on the street

h3. How would an increase in tuition affect you?

“I will have to take out more loans and live more frugally. It’s pretty expected because there’s usually an increase — everything costs more.”

Nathan Papi-Wark
interdisciplinary humanities junior

“I think it’s going to affect me a lot because everything is going up, like university housing and bus passes, so it will have a big impact.”

Christina Halliburton
biomedical laboratory operations senior

“With school getting more expensive it seems the government wants us to get into debt before we can make money, and it seems to be backwards thinking.”

Bridget Smeekens
human biology junior

“As an international student, we pay twice as much because the Korean currency is unstable. Our parents might be paying a 15 percent increase.”

Minyeong Kim
finance sophomore, international student from South Korea

Support student media! Please consider donating to The State News and help fund the future of journalism.

Discussion

Share and discuss “Word on the street” on social media.