Money is a sensitive subject, as we have seen during this period of time, from the rhetoric printed in the Collegian to the colored chalk on sidewalks around campus.
Budgets are tough things.
From setting aside money for next week's groceries to tightening belts in academic departments, it's something everyone has to deal with. I almost wonder if the campus hasn't seen this kind of activity since the tumultuous days of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The kind of ardent fervor which seems to be absent in student elections was embraced then by many students, who were anxious about where and how their money was going to be spent. We are faced with another possible rise in fees dealing with Lafene Health Center. The cuts that could be made if the raise isn't approved would put every student on this campus at a severe disadvantage.