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Show Students protest proposed tuition increase Governor Rampton encountered a militant student body last fall when the prolonged Kennecott strike forced a 4% reduction in state expenditures for the year - a cut which moved the University Board of Regents to consider a $5 tuition increase for winter quarter. The ASUU Executive Council, operating under a promise to serve as an active lobby for University affairs, reacted quickly to the tuition increase proposal. On the afternoon of October 24, the Council staged a protest march to the Capitol Building for any and all interested persons to signal their dissent. Several hundred orderly demonstrators ap- peared before Secretary of State Clyde Miller on the Capitol steps. Governor Rampton, who was away at the time, later met with some 25 University students at his home to discuss the money problem. Responding to the interest of the student body and suggestions from President Fletcher, Rampton decided to allot funds for the 1968-69 school year to the present budget, thereby enabling the Regents to maintain a constant tuition level for this year. Board Chairman DonaldHolbrookannounced, however, that the shift of funds will necessitate a larger hike in tuition beginning next year. Students will face the problem unabated. Ill |