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Even with yesterday’s announcement of the substantial hike in tuition, the Faculty faces a troubled financial future. Associate Dean for Finance Cheryl Hoffman-Bray told the Faculty Council last month that without budget cuts, FAS will face a deficit in 2005. Kirby instituted a “soft freeze on hiring” this fall in order to keep the Faculty from adding positions that it cannot afford in the long...
Romney’s plan also calls for an across-the-board hike in tuition, which is reasonable so long as the tuition is only placed on those students who can afford it. Currently, Massachusetts’ tuition is below average for New England and mid-Atlantic public colleges. Yet, while bringing Massachusetts’ tuition to par, Romney’s plan mandates that at least 46 percent of any tuition increase go to supplement financial aid programs. The state should continue to ensure the commitment to provide affordable education for all students without placing an undue burden...
...choices this year. And in an upending of conventional politics, it's the Republicans who are leading the way to higher taxes. Within two days of being sworn in last month as Georgia's first G.O.P. Governor since Reconstruction, Sonny Perdue proposed one of the state's biggest tax hikes ever. Though he backed off when legislators balked, other Republican Governors are forging ahead. Connecticut's John Rowland, elected as a tax cutter in 1994, began his third term by proposing a 1% income-tax surcharge on millionaires. G.O.P. Governors are also pushing new taxes in Idaho, Arkansas, Ohio...
...Nepal opt to join a group tour, but I wanted some individual freedom. In Kathmandu I hired a guide, Kamal Bhatta, and he obtained my trekking permit, hired a porter and arranged transport to the trailhead, which took six hours to reach. Once on the trail, I could hike at my own pace and choose where I wanted to sleep, which was usually the place with the best apple pie. The Annapurna circuit's nickname, in fact, is the "Apple Pie Trail," in homage to the local specialty and the easy trek...
...possible to hike entirely alone?without a guide or a porter?but it's a false economy. Kamal was a font of knowledge about local culture and the unique flora and fauna I would have otherwise overlooked. He showed me how to crack open a type of mud-color river stone to reveal ancient fossils. He also pointed out ragged scars on the mountain flanks caused by landslides that not only destroy villages but take out trekking parties as well. Altitude sickness is another potential killer. I chafed at Kamal's exhortations to go slower, but soon came to heed...