Regents Approve Tuition Hike and Flat Rate  By: Lindsay Liepman
By: Lindsay Liepman  Texas A&M students lined up to sound off on
a proposed flat rate tuition and increase in tuition.  Regents
heard every side of the debate, and have made their decision.
"I apologize for my emotions, but I love this university," said
one Texas A&M student as she spoke to regents Thursday.
Emotions ran high at a public forum on Texas A&M's proposal to
increase tuition and implement a flat rate.  "If a flat rate
tuition was implemented before I came here, I wouldn't have come
at all," said the student.  In spite of persuasive arguments,
the board of regents approved a flat rate tuition policy and
raised the cost per credit hour by at least 19 dollars,
depending on how much money the university gets from the state.
Flat rate means a full-time student taking 12 hours will pay as
much as a student taking 15 hours.  "There are clearly some
merits, because the overwhelming majority of major universities
in the United States have a