Marshall University - Chief Justice Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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i v 5: - it m College costs include tuition, housing, books Exper I No other word summed up the cost of a 1 college education quite like it. I Undergraduate tuition for the year was 1$325 for residents, $990 for non-residents. Residence hall fees (including meals) ranged from $999.10 to $1,294.40. The ever-rising costs of books could not be overlooked either. But the buck did not stop there. There :were other expenses to consider. A rough estimate follows of per semester expenses (excluding tuition and housing): Entertainment, $75; food, $150; school supplies, $30; personal items, $45; cloth- ing (no major purchases), $45; gasoline (for commuter students), $120; and books, $50 for a total of $515 in outside expenses. Since money trees could not be found — the funds had to come from else- where. Home, scholarships, work-study or grants and any combination thereof usual- ly provided the needed bucks. A majority of students relied on parents and family for financial support. In addi- tion, a number of students had jobs which allowed them to compensate for miscella- neous expenses. Financial assistance Director Edgar W. Miller said approximately 50 percent of the MU community received some sort of aid. ITe said although figures were not avail- able for the 1982-83 year, he did have the previous year ' s figures and said they var- ied little from year to year. In 1981-82, approximately $700,000 was disbursed in work-study funds; $825,000 in scholarship money; a little less than $2,000,000 in grants and nearly $5,135,000 in loans. College was an expensive venture and it seemed there were figures to tack onto financial statements almost daily. Those statements had to be mailed home. Ah, 20 more cents. It never ended. cost of schooling — 15

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Pay up ' Karen Winters, Greg Coltrill and Jim Forbes wait in line at the cashier ' s oltice to pay second semester tuition. For a lull -time undergraduate stu- dent who IS a resident ol West Virginia, tuition is $325. Books are a major expense at college. Beth Hoylman signs a check to pay hr her books at theMU Book- store. Work-study students help pay college costs by work- ing in departments on campus. Mary Meadows does otlice work in the W. Page Pitt School ol Journalism. Calculating the cost ol school is Rob Foster College costs include not only tuition and housing, but also entertainment, load, books and personal items. ' if Financial aid in the lorm ol scholarships, loans and grants help about 50 percent ol Marshall students. Picking up checks in the linancial aid ollice is a semester chore. 14 — cosi of schooling

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Mea] tickets are distributed the opening day o the residence halls in the formal lounge of Twin Towers Esst. Escaping the confusion of moving in the residence halls, two students sit on the steps of Twin Towers West. 16 — moving in