How will you endure a likely fee increase of 35 percent next
year? Igor Sapozhnikov
Third-year, microbiology and neuroscience
“It’s a shame that there might be a fee increase,
but UCLA is one of the cheapest California schools. And it depends
on what the fees are going to be used for. We really
shouldn’t complain because we are a little spoiled with an
incredibly cheap, great education. I just wish there was a more
gradual increase or at least a “˜heads up’ so I can deal
with it.” Justin Brossier
Fourth-year, history
“To endure a student fee increase, I guess I am going to
have to take less class and work more hours. It’s going to
affect me a lot because I am barely getting by now. It’s
definitely not a good thing. I guess no one is willing to raise
taxes for education, which I think should be done.” Boris
Dralyuk
Third-year, Russian language and philosophy
“I would protest in the only way I know how: passive
aggressive nonresistance. I would just sit there, and hopefully it
will evoke a change. Maybe I will get other people to sit with me.
Seriously, it’s certainly not comforting to know that I will
have to pay that much more, but if it’s necessary, then
it’s necessary. There really isn’t anything that can be
done.” Garen Vartanian
Fourth-year, neuroscience
“Luckily, I won’t have to deal with the student fee
increase. I realized I could graduate either fall quarter or in the
summer, and I decided to get my requirements over with as soon as
possible. So, when I realized the fees would go up, I decided to
graduate so I won’t have to deal with it.” Michael
Chang
Fourth-year, microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics
“I wouldn’t really have to endure it. I
wouldn’t really feel the effects of a student fee increase
because my parents pay for my tuition, obviously. But I still
wouldn’t be happy about it.” Compiled by Kelsey
Hicks/Daily Bruin Senior staff, photos by Karuna Karmarkar/ Daily
Bruin