Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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i Commcniary Tuition a bargain Tuition is going up again— a fact of life at BYU for the past 10 years. With a tuition increase also comes the inevitable grumblings of students who say tuition is already too high and the increase far exceeds inflation. A quick comparison of BYU tuition fees with those charged at other schools shows that we have a better education bargain than we may have realized. The University of Utah charges $870 per year for a full-time student, only $350 less than BYU. That ' s not bad for a private school compared to a public institution. Ivy League schools recently raised their tuition to about $12,000 a year, 10 times that of BYU. We may not be in the same league as some of these schools, but we cer- tainly get more than 10 percent as much education as their students do. BYU ' s tuition is only half of what other private universities charge. For example Oral Roberts charges almost three times as much as this universi- ty, and at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, another private religious school, twice as much. But if one still finds tuition and fees too high, he can attend Utah Technical College for a year for the cost of one BYU semester. The facts show that students here are getting quite a deal, something hard to come by in these tough economic times. Of course these low costs would not be possible without a sizable investment by the LDS Church. Even non-LDS tuition is less than tuition at other private schools. Next time we wish to complain about the high costs of a BYU educa- tion, it may well be appropriate to remember the words of a popular LDS hymn, Count Your Many Blessings. Questions Editor: I am distressed, dismayed, and deeply dis- couraged. I came to BYU in 1978 expecting to find the answers to life ' s difficult ques- tions. I am now a senior, and the three great questions in life remain unanswered for me: 1. Why does every worm in North Amer- ica migrate to the Provo sidewalks after a 2. Why is there no sidewalk on 800 North between 200 and 300 East? 3. Where do all the good looking women go at night? Oh, well. Maybe I ' ll figure it all out in grad school. Jeff Adams, Pleasanton, Calif. e 1983 The Washington Post Arizona Republic. Reproduced by permission. It ' s been a struggle, but fun - Goodbye Y I ' m graduating. I can ' t believe it. I never thought I ' d be able to figure out the G.E. program, let alone complete the require- ments. I survived North Pole winters, gruel- ing apartment lit-., k-i nbarassing ative dates and Physical Science 100. I know how to use the Harold B. Lee Library, know where my academic advise- ment center is located and know where to park without a sticker and get away with it. I managed to keep abreast of an ever-chang- ing ticket distribution policy which made me camp out for tickets, buy tickets from ruth- less scalpers and accept dates I didn ' t want just to see the game. I remember waving colored posters around in the stunt card section in a small football stadium overflowing with vivacious fans. I remember campus before the Kimball Tower, Tanner Building and Conference Centet were built . . . When ASBYU offices looked like a giant garage sale and the Cou- gareat only sold quickie burgers and french I was here when the first Star Wars movie came out and The Star Palace opened for business. I haven ' t been here forever, but four and a half years didn ' t just fly by either. Perhaps I ' m proudest of the fact that I missed being part of the statistics about women who drop out during their first two years of college and never complete their degree. At the same time, I tell my mother that it is possible for me to find a husband in Japan. Paris or Oklahoma and because I ' m graduat- ing single she needn ' t give up on me. And if I ' m suffering from a trip into nostalgia, it ' s only because I look at freshmen and feel positively aged. I ' ll admit, I sometimes wonder if there is Life after BYU. It ' s been comfortable; it ' s been safe. People here care about each other, some- thing that seems to be getting scarce in our world. Yet, I know I will meet good people wherever I go, LDS church members and As I spend time typing up tesumes and interviewing for jobs I realize I ' m about to enter the big time now. I received a good education. My parents and my teachers have done all they can. It ' s up to me now. As I look back over what it took to achieve this goal, I know it was worth it. I won ' t ever be able to say goodbye to BYU, Y mountain and Utah forever be- cause I will always appreciate and cherish the memories formed here. — Torn Latimet Football causes woes Did the BYLI Administtation decide to take a hypocratic oath? From my knowl- edge, only death (probably your own) per- mits taking final exams early. Do you plan on having a death at the football game in order to legally move final exams scheduled duting the Holiday Bowl? But oh, I shouldn ' t be so cynical. After all, BYU ' s longstanding motto is: sports before eduac- Sarah Hawkins, Spokane, Wash. Oh. rise and shout, the tickets are out. All they can say is that they ' re sorry. Have no doubt, they ' ll never run out, was their famous story. Out they go, and who was to know, that tickets could be any hotter In praise of you, who counted wrong. We ' ll turn up our radios loud and true, and hear the Cougars of BYU. Jeff Chandler, Morgan Hill, Calif. -