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FEBRUARY 1-7, 2017 2017 1-7, FEBRUARY Women’s March Exploring grief Foresters’ Ball MONTANA on Montana through art gets boozy | MONTANAKAIMIN.COM | MONTANAKAIMIN.COM KAIMIN page 7 page 13 page 13 THE LAST BEST COLLEGE NEWS COLLEGE BEST THE LAST Out of focus Student athletes with ADHD are left overbooked and untreated | page 8 | @montanakaimin @montanakaimin | facebook.com/montanakaimin OPINION BIG UPS & BACKHANDS The Kaimin’s take on this week’s winners and losers. Have a big up or backhand to contribute? Tweet us at @montanakaimin! Tiny Backhand to Trump for pretty much everything he’s done so far. On that note, Big Ups to protesters. Big ups to the Miss Universe pageant for celebrating its second year without Donald Trump running it. Now if only our country could say the same. Big ups to Steve Bannon for telling the media to “keep its mouth shut and listen.” We Week of 2/6/17 - 2/12/17 were tired of this whole “job” thing anyway. 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Bowen West Kayla Robertson David Atkinson Office Assistants Taylor Featherman Marketing Director Jesse Kipp Copy Chief Columnists Zac Allen Cree Lehrman Yvonne Bunch 2 February 1-7, 2017 montanakaimin.com Anna Reid Delaney Cummins OPINION KAIMIN EDITORIAL Montana should maintain low tuition rates By Editorial staff [email protected] In the age of the skyrocketing cost of a college education, Montana has remained a beacon of affordability. During the 2016-17 academic year, Montana’s universities had the third-lowest in-state tuition in the country and maintained a competitive out-of-state tuition rate, hovering Week of 2/6/17 - 2/12/17 just below the national average. In-state freshmen currently pay only $6,215 at UM, while the national average hangs around $9,420. Despite this, Montana still ranked 35th in the amount of taxpayer money going to higher education per student, according to The College Board, a membership association made up of over 6,000 educational institutions. Montana universities negotiate these low revenue streams by maintaining lower operating costs. But this means Montana students will inevitably miss out on opportunities and services that better-funded universities can provide. The cost of attending college is still on the rise. The College Board reported that out-of-state tuition at four-year universities rose 3.6 percent in the last year, and in-state rose 2.4 percent. The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke Average national out-of-state tuition now sits at a whopping $24,930. ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 For many Montana high schoolers, this is a strong incentive to stay in-state, and Montana 1 Military award 14 15 16 desperately needs them. The state is hemorrhaging young people and the workforce is aging 5 Mink's cousin fast. The state that is expecting a massive labor shortage in the coming decade — the Missoulian 10 Warbled 17 18 19 Garden wed- reported this month that Montana is expected to lose 120,000 workers to retirement and only 14 20 21 22 have 80,000 to 90,000 young workers to replace them. Making higher education more expensive ding feature and exclusive is a terrible strategy in the long run, feeding a perpetual cycle of economic decline. 15 Come about 23 24 16 Symphony Yet Montana lawmakers don’t seem interested in retaining low tuition rates, and are eager 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 member to shove even more financial responsibility onto their students. Gov. Steve Bullock’s annual 17 "Good one!" 32 33 34 35 budget proposal didn’t include a continuation of the tuition freeze that has kept rates steady for 18 Printing process 36 37 38 several years. The Legislature is already discussing cuts to higher ed funding. At a December 20 Without a hitch faculty senate meeting, Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian said, “We’re not 22 Snapper 39 40 41 looking to be the bargain price.” 23 Established 42 43 44 45 With national average student debt at $30,000 for graduates in 2015 and rising, it is clear 24 Cassette reducing funding to state universities is a mistake. Shifting even more of the cost onto already contents 46 47 48 struggling students is simply a bad investment in the state and country’s futures. 25 Kitchen space 49 50 51 52 53 54 While UM’s free-falling enrollment puts it in dire need of funds, students across the state 27 Barracks bunk would benefit from increased funding to the state university system. The attainability of higher 28 Aerial maneuver 55 56 57 education is vital. Since a college degree is practically a prerequisite for most entry-level jobs, 32 Church part 33 Bustles 58 59 60 improving access to higher education will fuel social mobility. 35 Nod, maybe There are some small tuition changes that could make sense, such as equalization between 61 62 63 36 Clinton's in-state freshman tuition at UM and MSU. Tuition is almost $700 more at MSU, but that hasn’t domain, once Copyright 2017 by The Puzzle Syndicate affected MSU’s ability to pull in twice as many incoming freshman as UM in 2016. UM loses 39 Till bill revenue and gains nothing in the way of enrollment, and tuition equalization is both reasonable 40 A bit lit 3 2016 Affleck 33 Home of the 48 Line dance and likely to happen this May at the Board of Regents meeting. 41 Flinch, say title role brave 49 Dalai ___ However, further tuition elevations will only increase the strain on any potential students 42 Cultural doings 4 Current 34 Endeavor 50 "Rebel Yell" and is unfair to those who sought out Montana specifically to receive a quality education at a 44 "Get the regulator 37 Type of call rocker fair cost. picture?" 5 Walk 38 Treat with 51 Partner of void With students’ pockets at stake, a call to our legislators is clearly in order. They can be 45 Kind of bean nonchalantly drugs 52 Balanced 46 Deal (out) 6 Voice lesson 43 Rotten 53 Alone reached by phone or through the online comment form at leg.mt.gov.