Looking at the latest bill for tuition, most students are left with a grimace. And a lighter wallet.
It’s not news that tuition continues to increase at every university across the country. Students have stopped asking why. The newest question is: Where is all of the money going?
Class sizes continue to climb and the number of clubs and extra-curricular groups continue to dwindle. And now varsity sports are starting to be cut.
In September, California-Berkley men’s and women’s gymnastics, women’s lacrosse and baseball were said to be all-but cut. The men’s rugby team was to lose its “varsity” status and be reclassified as a “club sport.”
All to save a little money. 
But wait, in 2009 the California Board of Regents just instituted a greater than 32-percent undergraduate tuition hike.
And about a 10-percent pay-cut for professors.
So where is all of the money going?
At Oregon State University, another Pac-10 school, the budget woes are felt, too. The campus media groups are suffering.
The campus newspaper, The Daily Barometer, has stopped “Diversions” an insert in the Friday newspaper, the campus yearbook has all but ceased existence and the campus TV and radio station are struggling to negotiate space in a new building when the current one is torn down.
While the deepest cuts are being made in the classroom and around the campus, the most visible funding gap is often found back on the playing field – even though most tuition dollars don’t ever buy a basketball or pay soccer net.
Back at California, athletic director Sandy Barbour, told the AP the university will have a decision within the next week about whether baseball and four other programs will be saved. Because right now, the university is analyzing donations from outside groups to determine if enough money has been raised to keep the sports.
One Former California baseball player Doug Nickle says the group “Save Cal Sports” has raised between $12 million and $15 million.
The question is, will a single dime make it to a classroom?
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I really hope they are able to keep baseball as they are a very good baseball team that has some promise this season. Also, it needs to be figured out soon in order to allow these players to transfer to other programs.
This goes for all Cal sports. It seems unfair to leave these players in limbo when they could be enrolling in another school to continue their collegiate athletic career.
But living in California has demonstrated that the public universities in this state are late to notify of changes and are ambiguous when they do.
I really hope they are able to keep baseball as they are a very good baseball team that has some promise this season. Also, it needs to be figured out soon in order to allow these players to transfer to other programs.
This goes for all Cal sports. It seems unfair to leave these players in limbo when they could be enrolling in another school to continue their collegiate athletic career.
But living in California has demonstrated that the public universities in this state are late to notify of changes and are ambiguous when they do.