According to the Washington Post, Maryland governor candidates wrestled over a variety of political topics in a radio debate this morning, including the possibility of rising tuition costs. Gov. Martin O'Malley has assured that he will back the funding of a $127 million dollar education initiative program, while opposing candidate former governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. has not, stating, "the initiative has become a political football."
When asked how they would feel about the possibility of rising tuition costs at Frostburg State University, four students, past and present, had similar reactions.
Greg Goldberg of Potomac, Md. responded with a question. "Are they raising them? I didn't know they were," he asked, before saying, "As long as they aren't too high, I guess." Goldberg is a junior at FSU studying art.
"They shouldn't raise them. If so, the money would probably be going towards the new Lane Center." said Rashad James of Washington, DC. As it is, people already come here as a last choice, and raising the price would mean less people would come here." James is a junior mass communications major.
Larissa Blizzard, a senior studying art said, "It would be very difficult because it would be hard to fork out the extra money. That would be bad, and I would be rather mad." Blizzard is a resident of Cumberland, Md.
A graduate from this past spring, Ryan McCullen of Lothian, Md. said, "Even though I already graduated, I really wouldn't like that."
While only four people reacted sourly to the possibility of rising tuition costs, with the blundering economy and the already exorbitant cost of an education, the odds are good most students would feel the same way.
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