It's a bit disgusting to see the big smiles from Schill and his sycophants as they celebrate a ten percent increase to in-state tuition.  Pardon my rudeness, but I'd guess some U of O students who are already struggling to stay in school might have some suggestions regarding what the administrators and commissioners could do with that proferred soft-served ice cream.  

We envision education, especially higher education, as an important opportunity for young men and women from modest, working-class families to "better" themselves financially....remember "upward social mobility."   It certainly was that case in the 1960s for me and my contemporaries.  Today? Not so much.  The cost is so prohibitive that working class kids are justifiably intimidated at the prospect of 100K or more in student loan debt.  

There was a time when college/university education was for the wealthy elites.  Are we returning to those times?  ......Gary Crum