Let's look at our community and the importance of politics here for a moment. We are not sure if students realize it, but they are subsidized at Central. Students attending private colleges incur the entire fee. Attending a university is attending a government-funded institution, and since the government helps to fund it, politics are definitely pertinent to the attendee's lives. Having a representative who is sensitive to the needs of the university is key to that institution's growth.
Many students are concerned with the rise in tuition.
This is a result of bills getting bigger and state funds staying the same. Central's funding for next year is exactly what it was for this past year. The reason for this is there are bills the residents of this state passed, which have to be paid for. This leaves less money for students at universities. Two new prisons were built in Missouri, and now they have to be staffed and run.