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Students to pay differential tuition
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Colleges to increase rates early as fall Connie Thompson The Battalion The Board of Regents approved designated tuition for the College of Architecture, the Dwight Look College of Engineering & Agricultural Engineering, the Professional Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program in the College of Veterinary Medicine and for Mays Business School for fall 2011. “While these additional tuition dollars will allow us to expand the faculty and enhance key programmatic areas, I believe this decision also symbolizes the board’s trust in our faculty and administration, as well as a commitment to maintain the culture of excellence at Texas A&M,” said President Bowen
Loftin in an email to A&M faculty, staff and students. Jeff Pickering, student body president, said the approval reflects student opinion in the colleges. Boards from each of the schools met to discuss viewpoints before the board approved the designated tuition. “I spoke on public testimony to our board and said that the student voice was heard,” he said. “I initially supported it. I have signed my name to it and I did at the meeting. Differential tuition is going to help our schools keep up with the changing times and our competitor schools while keeping our tuition drastically low.” Pickering said while tuition in the colleges are increasing for the fall semes-
ter, the payment is still lower than other institutions in Texas. “At [The University of Texas], their tuition in the architecture department is $4,900 while ours is going up to $2,800. What I would encourage everyone to remember, students and parents, is that even though our tuition is going up, we have a history of providing a great education for a relatively low price,” Pickering said. Pickering was glad the board approved the tuition. “I support it, but with that we’re definitely going to take a proactive role from my executive team, to really work with the board, staff, faculty and make sure the administration produces a better product,” he said.
Richard A. Box, chairman of the Board of Regents, said the board is committed to teaching, research and serving the state of Texas and that A&M will always be a research institution. He said the discoveries of A&M faculty and researchers were world changing. “Texas A&M and all the schools within the A&M System must embrace the fact we are not only a unique asset for the people of Texas…but our institutions belong to the people of Texas,” he said. “We must give the people of Texas excellence in academics, research and service, giving them top value in terms of both the benefits they receive and the cost of providing them.”
DVM increases
◗ Veterinary Medicine students will not be charged this increased tuition for up to two academic years beginning Fall 2012 and Fall 2013.
sports
Aggies fall to ninth inning heroics in world series opener Sean Lester The Battalion
Associated Press
South Carolina’s Scott Wingo jumps in the air after knocking in the winning run against Texas A&M in the ninth inning Sunday night at Omaha.
What’s next
It didn’t’ take long for the Texas A&M baseball team to get a lead in their first game of the 2011 College World Series against South Carolina. It also didn’t take long for them to lose it. “The game couldn’t have started any better for us in the first inning,” Texas A&M head coach Rob Childress said. “We were able to score four runs, got the big hit out of Brandon Wood and felt like we were going to roll and just like that the nerves got to us a little bit and we made some mistakes.” 23,395 people were in attendance including New York Yankee pitcher Joba Chamberlain, who was coached by Childress at Nebraska. The Aggies seemed clear of any big stage nerves as junior first baseman Jacob House hit a single up the middle to score sophomore right fielder Tyler Naquin in a play at the plate and give the Aggies a 1-0 lead. Sophomore right fielder Brandon See Baseball on page 4
◗ The Aggies will seek to avoid elimination against California 1 p.m. Tuesday in Omaha. A&M is 2-2 all-time against California, with the two teams last meeting in the 1992 NCAA Regional.
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