2008 Woodie Awards
Voices Articles
Sports and steroids
Should we really be worried about scientifically engineered drugs?
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Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Marion Jones, and Rafael Palmero - all former greats that have been torn down and outcast because of doping allegations. Over the past few years, the world has watched many of its heroes fall from grace as the grip on steroid use has tightened.
Our reader's voices
Tuition increase brings in $3 million more a year If you take just the new freshmen and transfer students (and not the substantial number of students, at least several hundred, who can't or don't graduate in five years) there are 5,000 new students being charged the increase - not, as University President Michael Rao is quoted as saying, a small amount of students but in fact more than one in four on-campus students.
Do you have any big plans for the end of summer?
CMYOU
"I'm working all the way until the beginning of the fall semester. I won't get a vacation until Labor Day weekend." Pat Booth, Ithaca senior "I just graduated with a degree in geology, so I'll be looking for a job." Dan Chandonais, Roseville alumnus "I turn 21 on August 24.
Skyrocketing
With a higher price comes greater responsibility
In 2004, Central Michigan University possessed the third-lowest tuition in the state and was known for its quality and bargain. Then came 2005, the first year of the CMU Promise. CMU trustees raised tuition 38.6 percent for incoming freshmen but promised the same rate for five years.
The whole picture
The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees approved the possibility of upper and lower level tuition rates on Thursday for the 2010-11 academic year. Students who are enrolled in courses with less than 55 credit hours will pay less than students enrolled with 56 or more credit hours.
